Just a few months after ending the NHL's longest playoff drought, the Toronto Maple Leafs are taking aim at the sport's longest championship drought.
It's been 46 years since Lord Stanley's Cup has been celebrated in the streets of Toronto, but after coming within a minute of reaching the second round of the postseason last year, the Leafs are closer (although plenty of work remains) to accomplishing this goal than they have been in quite some time.
While championship success is an unrealistic goal for this club in the 2013-14 season, no one can fault upper management for having confidence. According to the Washington Post, some future championship plans are finished.
Tim Leiweke, the new chief of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd., is so confident the Toronto Maple Leafs will soon end a 46-year Stanley Cup drought that he’s mapped a victory-parade route for the hockey team
“I have it planned out and it’s going to be fantastic,” Leiweke said yesterday in his first interview since taking over the Toronto-based sports group...
While having part of the cha ...
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