The Toronto Maple Leafs defeated storied rivals the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night in overtime to finish the regular season in dramatic fashion.
Of course, we as Leafs' fans would much rather have seen the Leafs defeat Les Canadiens in regulation to ensure that both teams shared the same regular season fate.
As it is, the Leafs finished 14 points out of the playoffs—the most they have missed the playoffs by since this playoff drought started in the 2005-2006 season.
One would think there would be a never ending supply of articles with headlines like "Where It All Went Wrong..." and the endless speculation of armchair GM's and want-to-be head coaches, but I think this year is a little different.
This is the first year during this drought that fans of the Toronto Maple Leafs Hockey Club have a genuine sense of hope and excitement about next year.
The Leafs have never missed the playoffs for more than two years running, nor gotten off to such a bad start in the modern era of hockey as they did this season.
Of the 12 games the team played in October, they only won one and took six of a possible 12 poi ...
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