Their next closest shot in the years to come, the 1993 Eastern Conference Finals, was ripped from their grasp thanks to a blatantly missed high sticking call from referee/hair model, Kerry Fraser.
In 2013, “the Laffs”, as rival fanbases continue to deem them, blew a 4-1 third period lead to the Boston Bruins in game seven of their first-round playoff series, the team’s first in nearly a decade.
In 2008, long-time captain and face of the franchise, Mats Sundin, held out for the first two months of the regular season before ultimately signing with the Vancouver Canucks, and then returned to Toronto in his new threads months later to defeat his former club by scoring the game’s shootout-winning goal.