Faceoff: Inside the NHL Season 2 Episode 4 Best Laid Shanaplans

Brendan Shanahan's master plan-nearly a decade in the making-is being tested under the most intense spotlight imaginable: the Stanley Cup Playoffs in hockey-obsessed Toronto. After years of front-office restructuring, building through the Draft, free-agent bets, and high-profile coaching changes, the Toronto Maple Leafs are entering what may be the most pivotal postseason in recent history. And at the heart of this long-awaited reckoning stands William Nylander-Toronto's electrifying star forward who, this year, has taken his game to a whole new level. This isn't just a story about hockey strategy or team building-it's a story of vision, pressure, and legacy. For nearly ten years, Shanahan has worked to remake the Maple Leafs in his image: tough, skilled, modern, and capable of contending year after year. But after repeated playoff heartbreaks and relentless media scrutiny in a city where hockey is religion, time is running out. And everyone-from die-hard fans to team ownership-knows i