Maybe it was the 2,500 fans in attendance that might as well have been 25,000 considering it’s been 14.5 months since we had a live sporting event in Canada.
Maybe it’s the fact that the Toronto Maple Leafs have gone 0-7 in the playoffs when their opponents are facing elimination. Maybe it’s just variance in a sport that will never make sense to me despite all the hours I pour into trying my best to understand it.
Watching Auston Matthews on the bench, I tend to have the same reaction. “Is this team cursed?” At this point, I’m prepared to believe anything.