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Worse, on this early spring night when the Leafs needed him to stop up most, Murphy simply wasn’t up to the task, or so it appeared. By the time the Leafs fell behind the Blues, virtually every time he touched the puck, Murphy was booed mightily. I will confess I was not shy in joining in the chorus.

The Murphy–Toronto marriage was destined to not end well. In the next season the Leafs were spiralling out of the playoff race and on their way to the aforementioned cellar. Players such as Gilmour and Dave Andreychuk had already been dealt away before Murphy headed down to Detroit.

And now here I was watching the aftermath in an exotic locale that seemed just as foreign as the thought of Murphy becoming a Stanley Cup champion again. Given that the Leafs were never going to win anything that spring, it just seemed, well, annoying that Murphy got the opportunity to leave Toronto unscathed. Worse, the fact he kind of slid into such a good situation in Detroit after failing to prevent such a bad one in Leafs-land was enough to make you want to punch Murphy’s lights out.