Voted Leafs because of the fan base. Would also vote Habs and Oilers because of the fan bases.
As far as Avs related, not really any teams that I hate yet in relation to the Avs. But I would say Minnesota and St Louis are getting very close to the hated level. At this moment I still like a lot of players on those teams though(Parise, Stastny, Suter, Tarasenko, Apie, Harding to name a few) and haven't developed enough of a hate for those teams yet.
I'm also still a fan of Matt Cooke's believe it or not. I'm still a believer that he's turned his game around. I don't think what he did to Karlsson was intentional at all, and I don't think what he did to Barrie was what he intended either. So I'm still one of the few who don't mind him.
Red Wings in Colorado, no surprise.
My question is this, wth did the Jets do to Africa?????
I'm also still a fan of Matt Cooke's believe it or not. I'm still a believer that he's turned his game around. I don't think what he did to Karlsson was intentional at all, and I don't think what he did to Barrie was what he intended either. So I'm still one of the few who don't mind him.
Detroit. Always has been, always will be. Or at least for as long as I have to look at Franzen's pug-fuglyness and for as long as their fanbase thinks their **** doesn't smell.
Backes jumping MacKinnon was a major piss off for sure, but one event isn't enough to make me hate an entire Franchise unless it leads to a bench brawl (Detroit-Colorado) or a major injury (Steve Moore). I also don't take into account how fans on a message board act to determine how much I hate the team. If I did Edmonton would be #1
Blues fan here, in peace, with a serious question. Please don't take my post as a bait...I'm sincerely curious.
I've been puzzled at why some in the Colorado fanbase are still so fired up about that altercation between Backes and MacKinnon. Was there some detail about it that wasn't widely publicized?
What I know is MacKinnon took a run at Backes (got a roughing penalty) and Backes decided to take exception by jumping him. Seemed retaliatory, but excessive. I can understand not being happy about it. But I don't understand still dwelling on it months later. Surely these kinds of things happen several times a year: an unjust call, a bad hit that doesn't get called, etc. This seems in that level of severity to me.
Was MacKinnon injured? Was there more to the exchange that wouldnt' have made it on the St Louis feed? Can someone explain it to me. I ask this because I get the impression more Colorado fans are still upset about that exchange than there are Blues fans upset about the Mike Rupp hit on Oshie (4 game suspension and concussion) or even the Seabrook hit on Backes.
Blues fan here, in peace, with a serious question. Please don't take my post as a bait...I'm sincerely curious.
I've been puzzled at why some in the Colorado fanbase are still so fired up about that altercation between Backes and MacKinnon. Was there some detail about it that wasn't widely publicized?
What I know is MacKinnon took a run at Backes (got a roughing penalty) and Backes decided to take exception by jumping him. Seemed retaliatory, but excessive. I can understand not being happy about it. But I don't understand still dwelling on it months later. Surely these kinds of things happen several times a year: an unjust call, a bad hit that doesn't get called, etc. This seems in that level of severity to me.
Was MacKinnon injured? Was there more to the exchange that wouldnt' have made it on the St Louis feed? Can someone explain it to me. I ask this because I get the impression more Colorado fans are still upset about that exchange than there are Blues fans upset about the Mike Rupp hit on Oshie (4 game suspension and concussion) or even the Seabrook hit on Backes.
Just made the mistake of reading that thread, holy crap, I understand the hypocrisy, but do they do anything but whine about other fan bases?The MacKinnon-Backes incident has been mentioned 3 times in this thread, and none of it more than just saying "it was a piss off." I don't see anyone dwelling on it. Even the guy you quoted was saying that wasn't enough to not like the Blues.
There is more discussion in your St. Louis thread talking about Avs fans "whining" about this incident than there is discussion about Backes-Mackinnon in this thread.
For the record I'm fine with what Backes did. Only way it would have pissed me off would be if he had hurt MacKinnon. As a huge Forsberg fan though, I love watching MacKinnon mix it up. Forsberg scrums were the best, and it looks like there will be plenty of those with MacKinnon.
Wild. Before last season too. I just have an irrational hate for everything in Minnesota....