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# FTB: The Habs think there’s still a chance they can win this
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/toronto-maple-leafs-know-that-hope-does-not-exist-anymore-bolts-in-four/
- Published: 2021-07-03T11:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-03T11:00:00.000Z
- Description: There’s always hope to be crushed.
- Author: Species
- Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:27

“It’s not over yet!”

“They can win four straight!”

“It’s been done before!”

“There’s always hope.”

I’m here as a Toronto Maple Leafs fan to share with you that there is no hope in the Hockey Universe. Our working theory is that Hope was destroyed in this Universe by a cosmic quantum kitten fluctuation accident on May 13, 2013, which I assure you was not accidentally created by us here at the PPP Kitten Ranch.

It took us some years to accept that hope was gone forever, but we all have now. You too will learn, in time, to live without it, Habs fans. It’s not so bad! Remember there’s always the Senators for us to laugh at.

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Oh, who am I kidding. Of course there’s still hope.   
**HOPE THAT YOU’LL BE SWEPT IN FOUR GAMES ON MONDAY! LOLHABS!**

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### Do the Habs have a chance?

| Zero.                                                                                        | 277 |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- |
| I am forced to be pedantic and acknowledge there is a non-zero chance they can win one game. | 182 |
| They will win four straight. Hope really is dead.                                            | 48  |