While the rest of the NHL had their laughs, Saturday night had to be a familiar nightmare for the city of Toronto. After the Maple Leafs lost another first-round Game 7 to the Lightning (+105), Torontonians would be forgiven if they wanted to take a mental health day.
Heck, when the Leafs’ coach is taking positives from handshake lines — seriously, handshake lines — it’s enough to drive any rational person mad.
As you can imagine, the Leafs’ ongoing playoff misery is a problem no one else wants a part of. We got firsthand evidence of this phenomenon immediately after Toronto’s latest spring failure.
With TV cameras on the hunt for shots of sad Leafs fans Saturday evening, they panned to a young man chatting it up. Ever the telegenic lad, he flipped his backwards cap around to reveal he’s a Penguins fan.
This guy really said “don’t look at me, I’m a Penguins fan” pic.twitter.com/PIM1uwbMDA
— Caylee (@2kaRask) May 15, 2022
Honestly, who can blame him? The Leafs have proved they’re only capable of giving you heartache. By contrast, with all their Stanley Cups and general playoff success, the Penguins can make you fall madly in love with hockey. It’s not even a contest.
Maybe one day, someone corrects a TV broadcast and reveals they’re a Leafs fan. But today is definitely not that day. Who knows when it’ll ever come.
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