TORONTO, ONTARIO - NOVEMBER 15: Auston Matthews #34 of the Toronto Maple Leafs skates against the Boston Bruins at the Scotiabank Arena on November 15, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
The first question I asked myself after the Toronto Maple Leafs lost game 6 in Montreal was, can I stomach another game 7? This team…this franchise…makes it hard to be a fan.
Maybe the fact that I’m a fan of the game, the sport, is what has saved me all these years. Hockey is beautiful. When the Toronto Maple Leafs fail, I revert to my default setting and remember how much I love the game.