That's loser talk used to try and make the losses feel easier like everyone's in the same boat.

I should know. I do it every year.
- BINGO!

One of my favourite fan narratives is how Loser Team X made it closer to winning the Cup than Loser Team Y - as if that's something to brag about.

As a Leafs fan, despite the fact that we've found all kinds of novel ways to lose year-on-year, at the end of the day the L is all-pervasive and, therefore, untethered per finishing 2nd through 32nd.