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Originally Posted by maxpower29
I will say one thing about you Flames fans. Your very fortunate that your not a part of probably the stupidest group on sports fans in the world. Sometimes I cant take listening to leafs fans talk about hockey, because they make myself look stupid just saying I am a Leafs fan as well. 50-75% of leafs fans (maybe more) are so delusional when it comes to hockey.
Its so frustrating to not be able to have a competent person to talk hockey with when your very passionate about a certain team. It must be frustrating to fans like you guys as well because I see it in Habs fans as well and I want to scream.
All and all good luck at the draft and the 14-15 season!
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to be fair, as a longtime leaf hater, i was sort of surprised at my misconceptions of the fanbase after living here in toronto for the past decade (damn time flies).
I find most fans are fairly negative/realistic about the team and the state of the franchise. The media here is like wildfire though. The team wins a game or two and the media puts so much hype in the team. As soon as the team falters and lose a game or two the media just hammers them till no end. The fans are one hell of a rollercoaster due to the "big headline" news all the media (tsn/sportsnet/cbc/etc) push out in order to get more people on their site/channel/stations.
I think the leafs biggest problem is that they need some strong leadership in the locker room that is able to not let the media rollercoaster affect the team itself. They are just too young, and their leaders are not the kind that demand respect and a following. No disrespect to phaneuf/kessel, but they are not the kind of players to provide the veteran leadership needed on this young team, in the crazy toronto market.
everyteam has it's highs and lows in a season i just find that the leafs highs and lows are so extreme that they just take a life of its own. It is no surprise that this team has had such brutal collapses over the past 5 years. Even when thigns go well (ie. leafs coming back ffrom a pretty solid roadtrip to the extremely tough west coast and suddenly feeling so high about themselves that they forgot to show up for week's after and was essentially the start of their demise).