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Exactly five months from Christmas Eve, while dining at the house of an ardent Toronto Maple Leafs fan, I told him exactly what I thought he wanted to hear.

“Your team is going to win it all next spring,” I said, actually believing it myself.

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“No,” he replied. “In another two years. They still need a defenceman. Somebody like Brooks Orpik.”

Other folks think they also need a goalie, but I believe in Frederik Andersen. I also think the Leafs are going to score about 7,000 goals next season.

What I don’t know is how Toronto will react to its first Stanley Cup since 1967. Oh, I’m sure there will be a celebration unlike anything we’ve ever seen in Canada. But how long will it last?

Meanwhile, a completely different animal, but one that lives in the same city, the Toronto Argos are finding out that their party is long over.

Eight months after winning the Grey Cup, they are drawing flies and falling fast.

In their first home game of the season, a championship rematch against the Calgary Stampeders, only 16,450 showed up for what turned out to be a lopsided Argos loss at beautiful BMO Field.