Lol, I feel you. I also hate the Oilers but they gave our twins a respectable send-off last season so im laying off of them for now. I can def relate with the same hatred for the leafs though.
If we are gonna lose, I genuinely don't mind losing to you guys. Always had respect for Arizona (/Phoenix). How's Strome looking?
Strome has looked pretty good despite often being given bookends for 5v5 linemates. On the other hand, we've been giving him a lot of PP time. Many people might disagree with me but I think we're trying to develop him the right way. 5v5 linemates is one thing but he's held his own. However, he obviously needs some more strength and leverage because it's pretty easy to push him off the puck or win board battles against him. I like what I see, but I recognize that he has lots of room for improvement. The areas in which he needs to be taught and trained are able to be taught and trained. The areas you can't teach or train are things that are already there.
Regarding the Leafs, I won't try to speak for anyone else, but I don't mind them right now only because Auston Matthews plays for them. If he ever goes to another team (hopefully to us! haha), the Leafs can f*** right back off.
Side note, the Sedins' final home game last season was against us. That marked the second time last season I felt honored to be a fan of the losing team in a memorable NHL game. You walk out of it recognizing that hockey was the real winner, teams be damned. (the first one was the Vegas home opener shortly after the Mandalay Bay shooting. I spent most of the night crying and not really being even remotely interested in hockey)
