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Originally Posted by pylon
The Canucks on the other hand, were pretty much never a factor, and pretty much nobody gave a crap about them back then. They were just this crappy team, with awful uniforms from the coast. Basically a speed bump in the playoffs. I think the fact that in 04 with Calgary, and 06 with Edmonton, and 07 with Ottawa going to the finals, and the entire Country rallying behind those teams, says a lot. (Heck, I was even secretly hoping the Oilers would take out the Hurricanes.)
When The Canucks made it there, it was crickets. Pretty much the entire nation was routing against them. What was the biggest reason that came up? Diving? Nope. Biting? Nope. Kneeing opponents in the groin and pulling hair only like a prostitute would do in a back alley fight next to a dumpster on Hastings St? Not even that. It was the fans, and their attitude like they are somehow the greatest team that ever laced up skates that people would always cite as the reason they couldn't rally with them. Even my 65 year old mother will cheer anything Canadian would ask "What is wrong with those people? Are they insane? What is with the green penis showing guys? Is that supposed to be funny?"
The fan base has zero humility, and cannot for one second accept any sort of criticism or fault in their team. Well that, and the whole violence and burning things when they lose. They have no ability to take their own inventory. They have zero ability for self deprecation. It is all homerism, all the time, no matter what.
Until they shed that mentality, they will be universally hated.
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Yup and it's just this Vancouver team. The country was behind them in 1994. There wasn't the whole "canadian team winning the cup" since Canadian teams dominated the last 2 decades. Maybe it was because it was the huge underdog against big bad New York? But that Vancouver team was pretty fun to watch (yes I know Bure knocked out the Flames). And I'm sure Canucks fans who went to the Saddledome the night of Game 7 were just fine, as they were in 89.
The 2011 team and now? just a bunch of babies.