What 60 Years of Failure Looks Like… 

It's no so bad. The Chicago Cubs won the World Series a few years back. Prior to that, their last win came while the Titanic was under construction.

The following teams have never played a NHL game in the month of June: Seattle Kraken Minnesota Wild Columbus Blue Jackets Arizona Coyotes And Toronto Maple Leafs

At the end of the day, when it comes to playoff hockey. Whatever you did during the season no longer matters.

94 was the last real cup contending team the Leafs ever really had. Some people will say the early 2000’s as well but 94 was a great team.

I'm from Europe, I really could have become a fan of any team, but my dumb a$$ fell in love with the Leafs back when I was a kid..

We wouldn’t be talking about this without Harold Ballard, he’s the one to thank for the misery

This seemed like an introduction to what would be an amazing documentary. Would love more content.

As a Flyers fan, we are #2 on the Cup drought behind Toronto. We haven’t won the Cup since 1975 and have missed the playoffs 8 of the last 12 years. We are the definition of mediocre for the past decade.

Great content and excellent analysis. Well done. And that's coming from a Hab fan.

"WE WANT FLORIDA" and they got them

This is a good overview. There's a much longer video that detailed the Leafs seasons since their last Cup in 1967 that I'd say is a good extended course on Leafs' failures.

It could be worse, Canucks and Sabres have never won a Cup. Their fans are long overdue.

it’s not so bad. The Maple Leads Did something no other teams has ever done. They lost to a 42 year old Zamboni driver who worked for them.

Mid 90s Leafs with Potvin, Gilmore, Gartner, Clarke Andrychuck etc was the last great Leafs squad and probably the greatest Leafs team of the last 50 years.

You have a better chance at winning the lottery than the Maple Leafs winning the cup. That's just sad...

Leafs fans I feel your pain. My flyers 49 years no cup lost in finals 76 80 85 87 97 2010.....i am 57 i will die before they win another cup. It sucks man good luck to you guys

And we still have the second most cups in nhl

Love this doc!

Darren Puppa pronounced Poopa

That 93 team was one of my favorite teams of any sport. I'm from Detroit and by that point the Wings had a bad habit of trading away young talent. Adam Graves and Adam Oates come to my instantly. I thank the Leafs for guys like Bobby Rouse and Jamie Macoun on defense. Both helped the Wings win cups.

the way they celebrated the round 1 win - lol

Dave Keon was my favorite player when I was a kid...at least I have that.

Kings fan here, nice vid I enjoyed it

Just brushed over the kings series .

Really good video

57 yrs thank you

I’m no Toronto fan but as an Oilers fan who had our own decade of darkness I feel for them.

The key that the Leafs have lacked since 1967, is a true long term culture that is team first, defense first, and demands winning. For either terrible ownership or poor team building, they have never long term had a culture of winning. That is established by finding a core that epitomizes that culture, as well as a long time captain that epitomizes that culture.

great video

I was born in Cleveland Ohio....ya know...a Browns fan....I feel your pain...

Warms my heart

I remember in 2000 when the Devils beat them in 6 games, and Toronto only got 6 shots on goal in that game.

As a Leafs fan, my expectations for the leafs were as low as they can get but HOLY CRAP

They are not a playoff team to be honest I was surprised they beat Tampa that one year.

Leafs will win the cup when they beat Boston and Montreal in the playoffs. Joe Woll will be the goaltender. Mark my word. He will end the curse

I was born in 1967.

1:45 Winning in 6 games, is not, 'making quick work of...' I know it's a bit of pedantic criticism but if you are talking about a Leafs team, that were not Expected to win a game (in the playoffs), 'quick work' in the 'Original 6', is never Easy! Game 3 of the finals, was know as one of the greatest hockey games ever played. A game that was tied, going into the 3rd and took 46 more minutes of playtime, until the next goal was scored...in the 2nd Overtime! Bob Pulford scored his only goal of the playoffs and his last, (of 25 goals) in his storied career. Please Remember, 'The Original 6' , were the BEST 100 hockey players on the continent, (and in our minds, the planet) and there were over 20 H.O.F. er's involved in the series!!! In that time, every game, was like an All-Star game! I'm being facetious but not by much!! It's Nothing Personal to you but important to grasp, none the less. Cheers, et Bonjour! From Montreal Quebec Canada

They focused more on the business of the maple leafs instead of the actual game

Pat Quinn and his first year as leaf coach was so special becauae we had zero expectations and did so well...

I always believed that the leafs would have just been another folded expansion team if they had never won as much as they did prior to 1967. They wouldn't be able to market the team in the same way and would just be a really old franchise that shuffles through players again and again without ever really accomplishing much of anything. Which is basically what they are now but the only difference is the history of the team. They were great but that was a really long time ago and when it wasn't as difficult to win as it is now. Which is kind of sad because they have fans and their market is good.

You don't get it, they don't need to win, the arena is always filled to capacity, and selling memorabilia. Players don't get paid more for playoffs, so why would they care? Besides, nobody(with a very few exceptions) is actually from the town they represent, every player in major sports(not just hockey) is a mercenary.

I know this guy is young.... but Elvis Presley's peak was 1958 not 1967. This Beatles were at their peak in 1967. Elvis's years of "dominating the charts" was long over. In '68 Elvis began a very decent comeback that lasted for a few years.

This could be a mini-series.

The 1993 team was the best lead team. We won that cup but the reg screwed us in game 6

I was hoping there would be more focus on the Ballard years. If not for Ballard I would have expected the Leafs to win at least one cup in the 70s and 80s.

Without looking at subs, views, likes or comments, I must make a statement, that I may regret but 60 years of failure, should require more than 15 minutes. O.K. Like Don Cherry liked to say: LET'S GO!!

It's also important to note that throughout this period of abysmal mediocrity the Leafs were CONSISTENTLY one of the most valuable franchises in NHL and had some of the highest paid rosters every year! Where is the incentive to change when people will give you money no matter how garbage you are?

Urinating Tree gonna whomp you for this. Lol.

6:04 what is “instrumountable” thats not a word ☠️ I think you mean “insurmountable”

It's not 60 years of failure. It's 60 years of limited success.

It’s the curse of Harold Ballard. Man ran this team like a circus, culminated by an underground sex ring hosted underneath the old Gardens. I will forever be convinced as a Leaf fan that the franchise will forever suffer the wrath of the sports gods for everything that sicko did during his reign, and we will be content with that. At least the Raptors brought pride to the city 5 years back.

As a Habs fan who lives in Leafs fan territory I would love more of this!

I don't see how you can count the Ballard and TDSB years of ownership. For those that know why, they know. For all the others that just want to Leaf bash, go ahead, who cares.

There's only ONE option if Matthews and the Leafs want to raise the cup; Matthews has to shave the stache. That's it. Cup in the bag.

I miss Darren poppa

Wish you mentioned their defeat in 02

Not winning it all is not failure. Sucking year in and year out would be failure.

I’m sure if the Leafs did eventually win it, it would be a dark day for a lot of bandwagons and the league as a whole.

this is so mean. thank you. lol

I'm 60. I thought this was gonna be about my life because of the title.

Ya but i got a good feeling about next year.

Just saying, because I've heard so much from the media, pundits and fans......nothing has changed. Is it possible that the core 4 have created a toxic locker room environment? If that's the case then each and every one of the core 4 needs to leave?

Oh waaah. Buffalo hasnt sniffed the playoffs in 14 years.

Going on 58 years, not 60.

Fun fact: the Leafs have never won more than 2 rounds in a single playoff run.

The Beatles were together. Bob Marley didn't have his dreads yet. Harold Ballard was not yet sole owner of the team. (insert fact here)

Did you notice that Boston player patting that Toronto player on the pp in the beginning of the video?

Not a total sixty year failure. Leafs have won the cup twice in the last sixty years.

Great video. Small error though it’s pronounced “poop-uh” not “pup-uh” cheers

The failure will not end anytime soon This is a very overrated organization with bad ownership, poor management and players without much heart.

BRO at least they get into the playoffs

Do you believe the Toronto Maple Leafs are haunted by th Harold Ballard curse? The team never seems to make it to the Stanley Cup Finals.

Amazing, imagine the lakers or Yankees with this record. Yet they still make 4x what Detroit makes.

Gas 33 cents per gallon...8 cents litre.

New York Jets have almost the same problem

4:11 "with a 103 points"

So we're rounding up to 60 hey? wtf. Or are we just expecting the next 3 years to be failures too? Either way, I'm offended.

It honestly pains me to watch the Leafs, one of the most enjoyable part of the playoffs is watching your favourite players play out of their mind, giving everything for the cup. The Leafs core 4 just aren't there at all, kinda boring hockey.

Nice video. Just a heads up. It's pronounced Darren Poopa.

Cubs went 108 years before getting a championship, so they still have a ways to go before becoming the crown champs of North American failures

I guess you don't know how to do math, because 60 years would mean 2027, and it's 2024. Just saying.

And by the way it's pronounced "poop"a not "pup"a.

Good thing the Leafs dont play for Uday Hussein 😬

The following NHL teams have NEVER won the Stanley Cup: Vancouver Canucks Winnipeg Jets Buffalo Sabres Ottawa Senators San Jose Sharks Minnesota Wild Columbus Blue Jackets Florida Panthers Nashville Predators Arizona Coyotes Seattle Kracken Vancouver Canucks and Buffalo Sabres have the longest history of 52 years of NEVER winning it all. Leafs at 55 years (13 Cups) and Rangers at 54 years (3 Cups) previous to 94 cup.

TLDW, so you have or haven’t realized it’s fixed yet?

Darren Pyu-bah or Poo-bah. Not Papa. As far as I know.

Insurmountable, not “intramountable”

So the Leafs Peaked in the 22-23 Season. Does this mean they need to rebuild?

How ironic that the hockey hall of fame is in Toronto.

My Sabres have 54! Plus we never won a Cup Leafs have and its PEW-PA not PA-PA

What about 1969?

The leafs have never won a third round matchup

You skiped 1999 and 2002 playoffs were the Leafs lost in the final 4 also.

The leafs overpaid their core 4 guys!? They gave them these huge contracts without the players really accomplishing anything to really earn that kind of $!? And all 4 of em r kinda the same kinda players.. they're all good scorers in regular season but that's about it!? U gotta have more than just offense to win the cup!? U need great D and amazing goaltending too!!??

The thing that burns me is that after having everything go their way after the Fraser missed call on Gretzky the Kings went on to prove they had absolutely no business being in that final. The hockey gods prefer pathetic hockey I guess.

Whats worse is the Oilers cant even use a legacy of failure of mistake. They've been gifted Gretzky and McDavid and are still a delusional laughing stock.

1967 -2023 is 56 years not 60 ??? Do the math Hectic Hockey geesh !

POO-PAA Darren Puppa :)

Doesn't failure depend on the goal? The Leafs want to drain their fans bank accounts, not win cups. So how are they failing?

His last name is pronounced "Poo-pa" 2:15