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Feschuk: Maple Leafs’ Futility ‘Eats At’ Former Tough Guy Tie Domi

Disappointed Maple Leafs Fan

A Maple Leafs fan holds up a sign referring to the length of the team's playoff drought during their 3-0 loss to Carolina on Tuesday night.

Dave Feschuk
thestar.com

When Tie Domi took his seat in the dead air of the Air Canada Centre on Tuesday night, he cringed at the depressing scene. The former Maple Leafs tough guy, a crowd favourite during his decade-plus in Toronto, looked around at an arena pocked with empty seats and fed-up fans.

He saw his successors in blue and white playing with zero fight, booed off the ice after a 3-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes. He saw a once-proud franchise extend the longest playoff drought in team history for another miserable year.

Domi, 42, shook his head and sighed a long sigh.