The Hockey Guy is a Canucks, Bruins & Stars fan and it seems a lot of people in his comment sections are fans of multiple teams as well. I’m a diehard Rangers fan and I couldn’t imagine being a fan of any other team, sure there are some teams I like more than others; Ovechkin’s my fav player & I teared up when he lifted the cup. So I like Washington more than most teams but still the Rangers have had some heated playoff series with them and I hate the caps during that. I’d say I dislike every team in the league except the Rangers. I don’t get how you can actively be a fan of multiple teams, I don’t mean just cheering for one team over another but being an actual fan of that team
As you know I'm longtime diehard Ranger fan like you. I will say that due to my being involved in fantasy hockey for the past 22 years not only has my hatred for some teams diminished but my affinity for some teams has increased...it's just the way it is.
For example I own 5 yes...5 Avalanche players on my big $$ fantasy team...I watch Colorado games all the time. It goes withought saying I root for them to win their games especially because one of the 5 players I own is Grubauer and obviously when Colorado wins and Grubauer is between the pipes, it's good for my fantasy team. The other 4 guys(MacKinnon, Burakovsky, Donskoi and Zadarov) I am rooting like crazy for those guys to do well because once again it helps my fantasy team. So how can I not be a fan of Colorado....right?
Now as much as I love fantasy hockey, I do have my morals tho...I refuse to own any Islanders or Devils. I to this day hate those teams with a passion and I simply cannot have any of their players on my squad based on principal as I could never ever root for them win hockey games. I never own goalies in the Metro other than Ranger goalies because I don't want to root for any of these opponents of ours in our division to win games.
I hope I'm making sense. I think I am but some peeps who don't participate in this awesome hobby might not know how fantasy hockey could influence one's rooting interests which is a 1000% different than the way it was back in the 80's or early to mid 90's when there was no fantasy hockey and so you rooted for your team and that was it.
I guess what I'm saying is that fantasy hockey has increased the chances for someone like me for example to like and root for another team like Colorado and I don't feel any guilt whatsoever about it or do I feel I'm not being disingenuous about my love for the Rangers .
I've been a Ranger fan for almost 50 years and I live and die with them always have always will. However if our Rangers aren't going to win the Cup, why not root for a team like the Avalanche who are an easy team to root for, have fun and likeable players and are exciting to watch...you follow?