So far, This west coast road trip the Toronto Maple Leafs are on has been a blast to watch. Both tonight in Calgary, and on Tuesday in Edmonton have been good examples of how hardcore Leafs Nation are in other cities.
It was really cool to hear simultaneous "Go Leaf Go" chants being battled with "Let's Go Oilers" almost at a 50/50 decibel level.
Tonight in Calgary is much the same, but with the added ado of Leafs Captain Dion Phaneuf's first game back in Calgary since being traded back in March of last season to Toronto. As expected, Phaneuf has been booed every time he touches the puck, but then again, Leaf fans boo him at the Air Canada Centre, so there is really not a lot of difference to him.
What really impresses me is the fact that the Leaf fans in these two cities are way louder then the home fans at the ACC any day. And why is that I wonder? I think I can answer my own question. It because guess who goes to these games in other cites? HOCKEY FANS!! that's who. What a novel concept eh? Its not just cold suits (yuppie scum as I like to call them) that fill these arenas, but average Joe's that love the game. Maybe the fact that tickets in these markets don't cost a same as a mortgage like they do in Toronto helps in allowing real, passionate, fans go to these games.
Another interesting thing on this road trip so far is that the Leafs in both games have been wearing their home sweaters. Wonder whats up with that. But to be honest, I like when the away team wears their dark jersey's on the road. I mean why do you need to wear your colours at home anyway? The home fans know who you are. Besides it's boring to see ever visiting team in white. Its like the home team is playing the same team every night. I want to see the other team represent their team's colours when they visit. And for a league looking to expand their reach, why not make it so each team is more distinguishable to the casual fans when they visit? Oh yeah, I know, the NHL is run by retards. How did I almost forget that?
On a side note, while watching this game, I was reminded about something that I wonder all the time, and that is... WHO the FUCK keeps letting Bret Lebda on the god damned ice??? This douche fuck is a minus every time he is gets a shift. I die a little inside every time I see him on the ice. He is another guy that must have incriminating photos of someone in charge to be allowed to keep getting ice time.
Leaf fans and the ridiculous Toronto media love to persecute some players unfairly, over and over again, yet never seem to address the players that actually deserve the hash talk. That is something I may never understand about these people.
Any-who...
My schedule is now back to normal, so I should be getting back to more regular rants and other shit I feel like writing in the coming days, weeks, month... you get the idea.
Well that is all for now.
Until next time...
Stay Angry!!
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