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I don't doubt that the Leafs can win a cup with this foundation, just not this season. In the next few years? Absolutely they are going to be a strong team and in contention for years to come. But so will a few other extremely strong teams. They have a lot of young offense, but unfortunately there's a ton of money tied into that and you can't win without defense.

Detroit's defense is atrocious and Howard has always been average and aging, they were on pace for a historically miserable season. Larkin, Bertuzzi, Mantha can all have 100+ point seasons and can't be a winning team when they are allowing 5 goals every night. When the D and the goalie take you out of the game early, it's always an uphill battle.

Toronto needs to deal one of those big 4 up front and get some help on the blueline, and definitely get their goaltending figured out.

Also this might be the first NHL thread on CE that hit 50+ posts, minus ongoing playoff discussion.

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