TAMPA, FLORIDA - FEBRUARY 25: Steven Stamkos #91 of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Frederik Andersen #31 of the Toronto Maple Leafs fight for the puck during a game at Amalie Arena on February 25, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
If the Toronto Maple Leafs want to win the Stanley Cup, the path to do so goes through Tampa.
After winning back-to-back Stanley Cups, the Tampa Bay Lightning are the envy of the NHL, including the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Now that the NHL will go back to it’s normal divisions (after a year in which Toronto played only other Canadian teams) the Leafs will once again be in a division with the Lightning.