After consulting with the spirits of Leaf greats Conacher, Clancy, Day, Kennedy and Horton the following was revealed to me:
2011-2012 Season. Leafs start off slowly, gather steam towards Xmas hit all star break on a high.
Fold under pressure, lose 20 games or so over the next 30 and squander their play off spot.
Ron Wilson fired.
2nd year They come out like gang busters hit Xmas doing well, injuries decimate them they end the season out of play offs
Burke fired
3rd year – the team that Burke built with some additions plays poorly at first, gathers steam with some mid season trades and gets in the playoffs, does well but loses in 2nd round
4th year same team finally plays well the entire season but exits the playoffs too early
5th year Team is well coached, well managed but underperforms and squeaks into playoffs but eliminated in first round
6th entire coaching staff and management threatened with losing job as they underperform for the first 3 months At Xmas they turn it around and enter the playoffs on a high,still rated as underdogs, this team plays above its head and they go deep into the playoffs, maybe even the finals
7th year The Toronto Maple Leafs dominate the game and win their first Stanley Cup in 51 years.
(Sadly 4 days before the cup is presented to the Leaf Captain at centre ice in the newly renamed Twitter Ice Palace on the waterfront in downtown T.O., a meteor crashes through the roof of my apartment atomizing me and my big screen television.)
Rejoice my friends. Our long sojourn in the wilderness is coming to an end. Bay Street will ring again with the sounds it has known for much of its history, a Maple Leaf Stanley Cup parade.
With those sounds Leaf Nation shall weep with joy and peace shall reign for a time.
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