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3 Reasons Toronto Maple Leafs Won’t Win the Stanley Cup

By Stephen Nixon

May 14, 2022; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Maple Leafs forward Jason Spezza reacts after a loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in game seven of the first round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports
May 14, 2022; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Maple Leafs forward Jason Spezza reacts after a loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in game seven of the first round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports /
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May 14, 2022; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Maple Leafs forward Jason Spezza  . Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports /

No. 1 The Toronto Maple Leafs Are Cursed

It’s been 19 years since a playoff round victory and 56 years since their last Stanley Cup.

Harold Ballard cursed the team in the 1980s, Kerry Fraser cursed them in the 1990s and then John Ferguson Jr. cursed them in the 2000s.

I wouldn’t really say that anything specifically has cursed them in the 2010s and 2020s, except for the fact that they can’t win.

There’s nothing holding them back except themselves and because they have a Maple Leaf on their chest, they will continue to lose.

Similar to the Boston Red Sox or Chicago Cubs, some teams just lose and the Toronto Maple Leafs are that team. For some sick reason, the most famous hockey team in the world is cursed and they won’t win.

I have no idea what play it will be right now but there will be something that happens that causes the Leafs to lose. Last year, it was Alex Kerfoot’s inability to score and a terrible third period in Game 6, with the year before being multiple overtime giveaways and a 3-1 collapse.

I feel like we’ve hit the breaking point, but there’s something that hasn’t happened yet and that will happen this year. I hate to say it, but it’s bound to happen.

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