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Maple Leafs Conn Smythe watch: Game one

Every year a trophy that is made to look like Maple Leafs Gardens is handed out to the NHL Playoffs MVP. Every sport has an MVP award for the playoffs, and ironically the NHL’s is named in honour of a former Maple Leafs owner and is a model of the Leafs arena. See, the Leafs are never in a position to win it, and have only won it once since it was first given out in 1965 because, well, you know.

Sometimes the right person wins it, other times it goes to someone who is nicer to the voters (Phil Kessel was robbed in 2018).