Maple Leafs' Recent Request From Fan Base Backfires Terribly

Aside from announcing a new deal For Nick Robertson, the last few weeks have been relatively quiet for the Maple Leafs' social media team and teams across the league.

The lull in activity led to the Colorado Avalanche's social media team writing Haiku poems for each of the teams and now, those running the Leafs' 'X' account have asked fans to help design a new banner for their profile page for the upcoming season.

Unfortunately for the organization, many of the replies were hilarious digs at the club and their lack of playoff success. Although there were a handful of banners that were very well done, the most-liked ones were those that poked fun at the consistent struggles the Leafs have faced when it matters most. One of the better responses came from user @Moore33Gaming, who gave a nod to the recently departed Hulk Hogan using a series of leg drops to represent recent Leafs failures.

This offering from @Tkachuckle yielded quite a few likes and impressions for depicting Leafs fan misery.

An image shared by @EquipmentManE that received over 10,000 views was one of Connor McDavid with a Leafs jersey photoshopped on as a nod to what every Leafs fan is hoping will occur next summer if/when McDavid becomes a free agent.

Due to either a lack of quality realistic selections or just for some temporary fun, the Leafs' social media team decided on a very simple, cartoonish design from @BuoysFlow that is sure to draw some laughs.

Regardless of the response or if the objective backfiring terribly, it did what it was supposed to do and engaged fans from across the league in the dog days of summer.