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TWS and BruinsLVGA almost only troll Leaf fans as far as I can tell.
Those two are particularly bad.
And there are threads in the Polls section in particular that I don’t think contain a single non-trollish comment.
TWS and BruinsLVGA almost only troll Leaf fans as far as I can tell.
That have more to do with media than anything else. When the only sports station-TSN and Sportsnet in the Country are based in Toronto, they will tend to report more in Toronto.
Lets haters be haters.
Ray Ferraro-Vancouver resident and never played for the Leafs.
And we have the best inter fan base diplomacy
I can’t believe the stuff that people get away with on the mainboards.
Exactly. Ottawa gets crap ratings. People forget Rogers paid 12.5 BILLION for the rights. They need to get that investment back.TSN and Sportsnet locations have nothing to do with it - if Montreal or Ottawa were the teams that drew the most attention nationwide, then those teams would get more attention on the national networks.
It's all ratings. Their homepages function in the same way
OP everybody hates the Awesomeness that they themselves can never achieve.
Leafs are deliciously Awesome!
Do the math
Exactly. Ottawa gets crap ratings. People forget Rogers paid 12.5 BILLION for the rights. They need to get that investment back.
Yeah trolling us is a thing....now go awayThis. What do you see on CBC on Saturday nights? Not the Habs. Not Ottawa. It is always the damn Leafs, even though they play at the same time as others. When you listen to HC@N what do you hear about most of the times? The fricking Leafs. Even when Ottawa and the Habs were hot last year and playing a few hours drive from Toronto, it was still the Leafs. Even when the Leafs sucked balls it was all about them. Canada's team, eh?
I used to like the Leafs, and in 93 I was hoping for a MTL-TOR finals. But now this exposure just annoys me so I ignore them.
Lets not pretend like we don't have more than our fair share of posters who like to make things harder on all of us by borderline trolling the main boards all the time. I have a hard time imagining it isn't like that to a big extent outside the board as well. We have a lot of fans, so we probably have more "idiots" than most other fan bases just by sheer number of fans alone. All the media coverage doesn't help that either.
TWS and BruinsLVGA almost only troll Leaf fans as far as I can tell.
All fans are the same. Most don't realize it.The team has been the laughing stock of the NHL for a decade recently, I get that. But as soon as things start getting better, everybody just brings out rabid hate. I don’t think even MTL or OTT fans hate Toronto as much as some other fans do. Just look at the main board on these forums. Matthews is never given enough credit, McDavid is on a whole other level than him, and the Leafs in general are just lucky and taking advantage of teams having bad seasons. All Leafs prospects are overrated.
Even the damn NHL has no respect for this city or franchise which they’ve shown simply by giving it **** all for it’s centennial year.
People have to realize that, if there were no obstructions, about a quarter (maybe a bit more) of the population can see the CN Tower from their homes. That doesn't even take into account the rest of the nation and the Leafs fans there.For the most part...
1) Largest fanbase, unfortunately this comes with a ****load of obnoxious morons.
2) Media. They focus on the Leafs because we are where their bread is buttered and fans elsewhere in Canada just can't wrap their head around it.
The haters on this site take it to a new level tho. I've seen ****head Edmonton and Winnipeg fans all gleeful over Matthews being injured. Pathetic losers.
Threads like these
Does Boston even stand a chance against Toronto in the playoffs?
is what goes a long way to create self inflicted anger from other teams via arrogance.
As Tim McGraw sings " Always be humble and kind" is the way to earn respect.
Threads like these
Does Boston even stand a chance against Toronto in the playoffs?
is what goes a long way to create self inflicted anger from other teams via arrogance.
As Tim McGraw sings " Always be humble and kind" is the way to earn respect.
Threads like these
Does Boston even stand a chance against Toronto in the playoffs?
is what goes a long way to create self inflicted anger from other teams via arrogance.
As Tim McGraw sings " Always be humble and kind" is the way to earn respect.
People tend to remember the negative posts a lot better than positive ones I've noticed. It's like that in real life away from these boards as well. We could have 15 people in the main boards making great posts than one nob-gobbler posts something stupid and derails the thread completely.At least on HF, this is a big, if not biggest reason IMO. I'm a Canes fan first, but Leafs are my 2nd team and I watch them a lot. Started following them more a few years ago because I played on a team with some guys that were Leafs fans, so started paying more attention to them and watching them more. I like a lot of their players, starting back when they drafted Rielly. It makes it hard on HF though because of sheer number of fans like you mention above. Every fan base has fans like that, but the Leafs fan base is so big, that it magnifies it a bunch.
Most Canes fans I know down here, even if they came here from up north (like I did) and are big hockey fans don't really have an axe to grind with the Leafs. Rangers, Bruins, Sabres, Pens get a lot more hate. The Fans down here I know that are on HF are a different story though. They hate the Leafs.
Outside of HF, it's just exposure and size. Much like the Yankees, Dallas Cowboys, etc.. as well as some built in geographical / rivalry hate (MTL, Bos, OTT, BUFF).
Yeah no, it's posts like these that don't help at all. We have zero reason to be pompous and arrogant giving the last 50 years of this franchise. Having a decent season followed by a good season doesn't erase that.1) Cause we have the most passionate fan base, a fan base that has stuck with their team through the ups and downs.
2) Cause its easy to hate the richest team team in the league (Cowboys -NFL, Yankees - MLB, Leafs - NHL)
3) Cause we are Canada's team!!!
4) and not least we are the best and Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver and Calgary are peeing the bed!!!!
LOL