Marner’s Cup Chase Would Put The Leafs’ One-More-Player Theory To The Test

Mitch Marner winning the Stanley Cup would drag the Maple Leafs’ old “just one piece away” debate right back into the sunlight. That is the cruel part of being a Leafs lifer - every playoff ending turns into a referendum, and every big success elsewhere feels like an argument Toronto could not quite close. The story has less to do with one player than with how thin the line is between a powerhouse and a pile of regrets.