Maybe you guys have been here before. You’ve scored tickets for the big Toronto Maple Leafs game and arrive at the arena to hordes of bellowing fans. As all of you are slowly trickling inside through the inadequately few acceptable gates allowing entry, among the crowd you see a number of the same jerseys; the current star player (maybe a Matthews or a Marner); a couple of up and coming players (Roberston or Sandin); or an old great, the former star whose name is hung in the rafters (Sittler, Gilmour, Sundin).
And then you see something that makes you do a complete double take: Is that person wearing an old Toronto Maple Leafs Aki Berg jersey????
While there are surely a number of reasons a particular fan might want a specific jersey, that doesn’t explicitly mean that they shouldn’t be ridiculed online by somebody who has never played the sport professionally and probably has too much free time on their hands (Yep, I just spent the last hour watching ‘Judge Judy’ recordings).
So even though the bars and arenas are currently closed here in Toronto during the start of these opening playoffs, that doesn’t mean you can’t put on the old Leafs jersey and support the team from at home.
Go ahead and put on that jersey ahead of tonight’s 7:00 game 3 Leafs @ Habs playoff match but try not to be wearing any of these top 5 worst jerseys worn by NHL fans (Toronto Maple Leafs edition):