The Leafs in the last several years have completely cleaned house, hired tier one management and coaching staff, drew up a re-build plan, and have actually stuck to their plan...not trading away future potential and instituted a different map toward success.  Those efforts are being rewarded in the short term.  Jury is still out on how long the it will take to create lasting sustained success.

Can anyone show how this has been done before by the Leafs?  This "seen that, done that" commentary by various posters....where have we seen this before by the Leafs?  Fletcher? JFJ? Burke? Nonis? Dryden?  Fletcher and Dryden took a different approach with some success but none embarked on this complete re-build that so far, the Leafs have not been deviated.

Time will tell whether this will ultimately be successful....whether the rookies will mature into bona fide stars, whether the defence can be shored up with strategic acquisitions, etc.  But these are not your Leafs of the last 15+ years.