I get the Toronto hate, what with all the media fawning. However, let me argue that Montreal is equally deserving of such hate.
Growing up, most Calgarians were either Habs or Leafs Fans (with a few Canuck weirdos thrown in). Leafs were terrible and the Habs were good, so it was all Hab talk, all of the time. Habs fans were as entitled as Oiler fans in their belief that Montreal was destined for playoff glory, no matter how mediocre their team. Things have settled down a little bit, but even now, I sense they think the are "building something special" and we will likely never hear the end of it (and to be clear, they are building a decent team).
Add in the Flames loss in the cup final, the embarrassing number of fans in the dome when Montreal shows up and that twerp coaching their team, and I present to you a team worthy of the (3rd) most disliked team on CP.
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From HFBoard oiler fan, in analyzing MacT's management:
O.K. there has been a lot of talk on whether or not MacTavish has actually done a good job for us, most fans on this board are very basic in their analysis and I feel would change their opinion entirely if the team was successful.
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