The Toronto Maple Leafs entered last season amidst a cloud of failure that even my best efforts could not paint a rosy picture upon.
When the Toronto Maple Leafs blew a 3-1 lead to a garbage Montreal Canadiens roster that had no business even being in the playoffs, the fans were upset.
Ridiculously, I actually thought that people would look at the team, look at Tavares’ injury, and the fact that Matthews couldn’t shoot the puck, and conclude, like I did, that they were just a great team that got unlucky.
But that isn’t how humans work.