Toronto Maple Leafs fans live in a very specific sports hell no one else can even begin to comprehend.
Sure, the Detroit Lions lay claim to the title of the most miserable sports franchise of our modern era. But the difference between the Lions and the Maple Leafs is that Toronto wins, but never when it matters.
On Saturday, the Maple Leafs bowed out in Game 7 of the first round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs. They did so against the back-to-back Stanley Cup champions in the Tampa Bay Lightning in a hard-fought 2-1 loss. While the Maple Leafs didn’t utterly embarrass themselves in this series, it’s still a real heartbreaker of a loss to take because Toronto were in it until the bitter end.
