The point totals might not suggest that the Leafs winning that series was an upset, but the talent level on that Red Wings team was probably much greater than the talent level on that Maple Leafs team. Outside of Gilmour, Andreychuk, Clark, Anderson and Borschevsky did the Leafs really have that many offensive threats? Remember that Clark only scored 17 times that season compared to 46 in 1993-1994. The Wings had Yzerman, Fedorov, Coffey, Ciccarelli, Sheppard, Yserbaert, etc. The Leafs also, if you recall, had started the 1992-1993 season slowly before catching fire after the New Year. Grant Fuhr was traded for Dave Andreychuk and Felix Potvin was solid between the pipes. People didn't know whether it was an aberration. It didn't help the Red Wings that they had Tim Cheveldae in goal.

The biggest Leaf upsets may actually be in the 1980's when the John Brophy teams won a couple of playoff series (although Maloney may have been coach for one such year)