Four (or Five!) Reasons Why

….Toronto Maple Fans Are Delusional

1. The team hasn’t won the Stanley Cup since 1967 yet every year there is renewed optimism that they have a shot at the championship this season. I mean, this made the year or two after they last paraded the Stanley Cup down Yonge St. but this act has gotten old.

2. The team keeps on raising ticket prices but it has absolutely no impact on attendance. Every game is sold out while seasons tickets are impossible to get. The team is so popular that it’s starting to move more of its televised games to a digital channel (aka you need to pay to watch them).

3. People talk about hockey all year - even in the off-season, which was particularly long this year because the Leafs missed the playoffs for the third straight season. You want to talk about how the fourth-line left winger is doing, someone will take you up on it. These hockey fans proudly describe them as “Leafs Nation”.

4. The media covers puts coverage of pre-season games on the front page of the sports section. These games don’t even count but given fans are hungry for any thing about their beloved Leafs, the media has no choice but to cover the games in great depth.