I am all in on Florida. Eliminate most of the excuses. Tampa threepeating is the worst thing that could happen.
Wouldn't Tampa Bay winning it all validate the respect that Keefe felt he earned in the handshake line, by Leafs losing to the eventual Cup winner?
Some Leaf fans believe, perhaps even Leafs management included, that Toronto and Tampa Bay are fairly equals in terms of Cup competitors, but if TB repeats again it will be comparing a team that lost in round #1 3 times vs. a dynasty team that won 3 Cups in a row.
Toronto is the least successful team and Tampa Bay would become the most successful team in a Salary Cap Era.
More complete opposites than actual equals, and not minor changes but structural and major roster and salary cap reconstruction required as TB becomes the role model of team building.
Tampa is becoming what NYI's and Edmonton Oilers were in the 1980's and Montreal in the 1970's.