TAMPA, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 30: Nikita Kucherov #86 of the Tampa Bay Lightning holds the Stanley Cup above his head during the 2020 Stanley Cup Champion rally on September 30, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)
The Toronto Maple Leafs enter the new NHL season as extremely heavy favorites to win the Canadian Division.
Last year, the Toronto Maple Leafs were only a career average season from Freddie Andersen away from being a dominant team in the NHL. In the Playoffs they ran into a pair of hot goalies that stopped them cold in their tracks in perhaps the flukiest thing that has ever happened in recent NHL history.