‘End of an era’: Leafs fans vent on social media after Game 7 loss to Panthers
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Some Toronto Maple Leafs fans are venting on social media Monday morning after yet another year without a deep run in the NHL playoffs.
Some Toronto Maple Leafs fans are venting on social media after yet another year without a deep run in the NHL playoffs.
The Leafs’ latest quest to end their 58-year Stanley Cup drought ended Sunday in a 6-1 blowout loss to the defending champion Florida Panthers at Scotiabank Arena after the Buds forced a Game 7 with a 2-0 win in the Sunshine State Friday.
The Leafs — in what’s become an annual tradition in hockey’s biggest market, along with jerseys thrown onto home ice by a scarred fan base — are once again left to pick up the pieces.
An uncertain off-season now lies ahead as star forwards Mitch Marner and John Tavares will become unrestricted free agents on July 1. Those two players, along with captain Auston Matthews and forward William Nylander, have formed the “Core Four” since 2018 as the highest-paid players on the team with the expectation of getting it to the promised land.
Leafs president Brendan Shanahan — an unwavering supporter of the club’s Core Four— is also without a contract beyond this season.
With the uncertainty that lies ahead, some Leafs fans are struggling to find the words to describe their feelings after another early playoff exit.
“This morning stings. Proud of the team one moment, absolutely irate with them the next. Not sure how to feel,” X user @baainzy wrote.
“That stung. End of an era,” X user @wsgSlim said.
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