The Toronto Maple Leafs ended the season with bitter disappointment when they lost to the Bruins (again) in game seven of the first round.
It wasn’t just the loss that stung, or the fact that it was against the Bruins (again) or the fact that it was a very winnable series in which the Leafs were the better team. It wasn’t just the fact that the team earned and deserved a victory, but didn’t get it.
The bitter disappointment came from the fact that the Leafs had failed to advance during the final years of the Matthews/Marner entry-level contracts.