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Top 10 Worst Reasons Given for the Toronto Maple Leafs Slide

By James Tanner

TORONTO, ON - MAY 27: Shea Weber #6 of the Montreal Canadiens covers Mitchell Marner #16 of the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game Five of the First Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on May 27, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)
TORONTO, ON - MAY 27: Shea Weber #6 of the Montreal Canadiens covers Mitchell Marner #16 of the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game Five of the First Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on May 27, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images) /
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May 8, 2021; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner (16) . Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports /

Toronto Maple Leafs Top 10 Blame Game

10. A Curse 

The Toronto Maple Leafs have failed to win for 54 years due to a combination of incompetence, bad luck, and poor ownership.  Two of those things are no longer an issue.  Superstitions are fun and all, but I don’t think they are real.  As a great man once said “I’m only a little sticious.”  I can’t fully discount the existence of a curse, but I feel pretty confident making fun of it…..at least while its light out.

9.  Mitch Marner

52% Corsi.  51% Expected Goals. 53% Scoring Chances. 0% shooting percentage, both individually and on-ice. (naturalstattrick.com).

That is 0-51 o shots, and 0-71 scoring chances.

This can best be described as a streak of bad luck.  Marner is not to blame. In fact, he’s playing pretty well, all things considered. Now I’m not saying that he’s not ice-cold, or that he is playing like the Mitch Marner we’ve come to know and love, I’m just saying that he’s playing in a way that is at least good enough to get by until he finds the next gear, if only a couple pucks would’ve bounced his way.

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