Dumb fans are dumb fans. That's no reason to hate a team. Especially Vancouver and Winnipeg fans who seemingly hate the Leafs with burning passion even though we play them once in a blue moon. Hate some team in your own division.
I've hated the Leafs since about the time I realized that CBC and later TSN would have a collective circle-jerk over the team every night that the team was even mentioned. Especially during the Leafs/Kings series back in 93. The love-in that the whole network had for Gilmour was just sickening. But then again, that's what the Leafs tend to do. Take players from other teams who were moderately decent before and make them out to be the 2nd coming of Gretzky. Especially that douchebag, Bob Mackenzie, back when he had his afro in the early to mid-90's. Like I've said in a post years ago here, I always remember TSN. I had really good tickets to a Jets/Flyers game and it was near the end of the year, and the Jets were not in any chance of making the playoffs (94) and neither were the Flyers. The game was supposed to be televised but at the last minute, TSN cancelled it, saying that it only wanted to show teams that were in playoff contention.
And yet... The Leafs have been shown on a regular basis. Yes, yes, I know biggest market and all that, but it still pissed me off to no end back then. Not to mention Cherry and his constant talk of Gilmour on national TV. The one episode on CC where he gave him a kiss, yeesh, enough already.
Never mind that many of the Leaf fans I know in real life act like some entitled little jerkwad of whom I have to listen how THIS IS GONNA BE THE YEAR and KESSEL and now it's all about the apparent Hall Of Famer, Kadri...
I realize that this is not every Leaf fan, and actually most of the Leafs fans here at least are very reasonable to deal with, but you can understand some of my venom towards this team, no? I hate whenever they win and without a doubt, they are my most despised sports team, bar none. Doesn't matter when the teams actually play each other or not, and I've had plenty of time to hate on them minus a local team here in Winnipeg for some 15 odd years. It's very cathartic to see games like the last one when the Leafs here here and have the Jets destroy them.
I'd support ANY other team in Canada (And the NHL, actually) over them, in a heartbeat.