When Darryl Sittler started with the Maple Leafs in 1970, their Stanley Cup drought was just three years old. Article content

But the former captain still bleeds blue – make that Type O positive for optimism, at age 72. Article content Article content

“Maybe this is the year, finally, those hockey gods will be with us,” Sittler said Monday, while glad-handling his club ambassador duties for the team charity golf event at RattleSnake Point in Milton. “Then we can win a few rounds and challenge for the Cup.”

Sittler, like many others, thought the team was on its way this decade, adding top picks , who is the latest in a long line of captains to follow him, plus William Nylander, John Tavares and Mitch Marner.

It must have been particularly hard for Sittler to witness Marner’s departu

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