Fear the Fin · Sep 19, 2021
2021-22 Toronto Maple Leafs Preview: All or Nothing?
Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty ImagesAh, the Toronto Maple Leafs. The living embodiment of Sisyphus rolling a boulder up a hill. Or Charlie Brown trying to kick a football.
No matter how many times the Leafs climb the playoff hill and come close to winning their first playoff series since 2004, the boulder rolls all the way back down and somehow robs them for good measure. And it seems to get more embarrassing each time.
Toronto was expected to steamroll the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of playoffs last spring and certainly did in the first four games. But two overtimes and a lackluster Game 7 later, and the summer of “What If’s” began all over again.