Toronto Maple Leafs admirers are getting out their frustrations on each other.
At the very least two individual skirmishes amongst admirers broke out, viral online video exhibits, after their group dropped, 2-1, in Video game 7 to the viewing Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night time. A shirtless guy was chased in circles by yet another man, who swung at least four times but in no way seemed to connect. Police slowly and gradually reacted to split up the next struggle that observed fans rolling about on the ground.
There is no knowing what started off the fights.
But there is a lot of reason for Maple Leafs fans to be frustrated soon after the most predictable initial-spherical sequence of the Stanley Cup Playoffs played out particularly as predicted.
The Lightning’s hope for a three-peat lives on as they gained the final two game titles versus the Maple Leafs when struggling with elimination to seize their ninth straight series since a 1st-round elimination as significant favorites in the 2019 playoffs.
In the meantime, the Maple Leafs nevertheless have not received a series considering the fact that 2004. The drought contains seven straight misplaced series courting to 2013, highlighted by 6 a single-and-accomplished exits in the very last six decades.
What’s much more agonizing? The Maple Leafs have 10 straight losses when dealing with a likelihood to near out a collection. The listing includes blowing a 3-1 collection direct on the Canadiens in 2021 but commenced with memorably blowing a a few-goal direct in the ultimate 9 minutes of a Game 7 from the Bruins in 2013.
In this circumstance, the Maple Leafs only blew a 3 online games-to-2 direct. But the referees stoked the flames of controversy in the one particular-intention reduction in Activity 7 by disallowing John Tavares’ target mainly because of an interference simply call on teammate Justin Holl.
No intention. No win. See you subsequent calendar year.
Them’s fightin’ words.
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