TORONTO, ON - MAY 31: Mitchell Marner #16 of the Toronto Maple Leafs skates against the Montreal Canadiens during Game Seven of the First Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on May 31, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Canadiens defeated the Map[le Leafs 3-1 to win series 4 games to 3. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)
The Toronto Maple Leafs are making the playoffs.
You could repeat the 2021-22 NHL season 10 000 times, and the Toronto Maple Leafs would make the playoffs ever single time.
Of course, you could likely have said the same thing about defeating the Montreal Canadiens last spring, but I digress.