To be faaaaairrr .....My morning pass through reddit showed me that we'd be gaining some fans from eastern Canada today.
To be faaaaairrr .....
.. I think Toronto is still a lot better team than the Kraken will be in the first 2 seasons. Fans from Vancouver I can feel for. As someone who rooted for the Sharks before the Kraken, never having won a SC is a tough pill to swallow. Plus management has basically screwed the team over time and again. I expect a lot of Leafs fans are just angry and when they look at how our team looks like after the expansion draft they probably go back to being Leafs fans .. . Dubas is a fairly good GM.
Yeah, even I can't commit 100% to the Kraken being my #1 yet and my reasons isn't team performance. I don't see how any diehard can honestly make that claim until the season starts and there are two sets of games to watch and two teams to cheer for.To be faaaaairrr .....
.. I think Toronto is still a lot better team than the Kraken will be in the first 2 seasons. Fans from Vancouver I can feel for. As someone who rooted for the Sharks before the Kraken, never having won a SC is a tough pill to swallow. Plus management has basically screwed the team over time and again. I expect a lot of Leafs fans are just angry and when they look at how our team looks like after the expansion draft they probably go back to being Leafs fans .. . Dubas is a fairly good GM.
Yeah, even I can't commit 100% to the Kraken being my #1 yet and my reasons isn't team performance. I don't see how any diehard can honestly make that claim until the season starts and there are two sets of games to watch and two teams to cheer for.
My first team was the Blues, then Oilers, and eventually the Leafs(1998). Do you see the pattern it was because of Cujo. Stopped changing team when he went to Detroit. It was 23 seasons or so followed Toronto which had heart transplant in 2016. I remember my younger self watching in shock as leafs could not beat Carolina. The Bruins collapse was the real danger in my side. Luckily, did not watch game 7 loss to Montreal. Did listen to most game on radio. Could only laughed because so tired of despair from this franchise. Do not care what happens next for the Leafs. Starting fresh with team who knows who they might get for players. It is exciting to see what happens next in next few months.Its hard for sure. For me, it may be a little easier because I was not 'born into' hockey. Didn't start watching it till about 2008 or so when I was in my late 20s and rooted for the Sharks simply because that was my father-in-laws team and he was the one who got me into hockey. Like me, he is also switching to root for the Kraken because of the local aspect.
The thing that is going to be harder for fans of the Canucks or Sharks (like me) is that they are now rooting for a division rival they play multiple times a year. Its going to be quick test to see if you can actually root for the Kraken or not. For fans of the Leafs, its not going to be quite as bad ..
As a 35+ year Flames fan, I get what you are saying, and as I've stated I don't know which team will be #1 until the first time the Flames and Kraken face off. The huge deterrent for many of these Leafs fans will be when the games are played, how many will watch games starting at 10-10:30pm? Or the guy from Newfoundland who will see games start at 11:30pm-12:00am?Its hard for sure. For me, it may be a little easier because I was not 'born into' hockey. Didn't start watching it till about 2008 or so when I was in my late 20s and rooted for the Sharks simply because that was my father-in-laws team and he was the one who got me into hockey. Like me, he is also switching to root for the Kraken because of the local aspect.
The thing that is going to be harder for fans of the Canucks or Sharks (like me) is that they are now rooting for a division rival they play multiple times a year. Its going to be quick test to see if you can actually root for the Kraken or not. For fans of the Leafs, its not going to be quite as bad ..
Facts. I'd like to be adopted into the fan base. It'll be something else when seattle wins a series before the leafs do.My morning pass through reddit showed me that we'd be gaining some fans from eastern Canada today.
... We should all be able to hate on Vancouver though.
I can guarantee you I will be the most Eastern Kraken fan out there. Newfoundland on the east coast of Canada.
I have been a leafs (LAFFS) fan for 30 years. Last night was the last and final straw. I need a fresh start. what better team to follow and cheer for then a brand new team with sick colours and logos. GO KRAKEN !!
I stand corrected
Spokane is east of everywhere but Spokane.
I will have extras. Sweet, lower bowl. Next to an aisle.Port Townsend. Former San Jose Sharks season ticket holder. Went to many games in Vancouver. Now I get to see the Sharks at two different places! (but will support the Kragen as well of course. I'm still looking to share a few games a season with a season ticket holder.
Grew up and lived all over the Puget sound area. Moved to Florida in 2014 and fell in love with hockey. Reached the pinnacle with the Lightning and ready to board the Kraken ship from the start now that I'm back in WA!
I'd have been a Kraken fan first if they were here any time before 2014. Moved to TB the year they lost to the blackhawks in the finals and fell in love with hockey. My favorite sport by far now. Still love the Hawks & M's, and grew up LOVING the Sonics, but hockey is my #1 love nowNice. From the expansion draft thread earlier I thought you were strictly a Bolts fan, but that's awesome that you'll be both.
Been a Flyers fan since the 90's myself and wouldn't change that but I'd kill to give them a bit of the success your other team has had.