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Originally posted by Ian thankfully there's teams like detroit to stop that happening.

Detroit will not win the Cup this year. They are too old. Besides, they were absolute crap for 40 years until the last decade. They can't even sell out their regular season games and they're first place in the entire League. "Hockey Town" my fucking ass.

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Originally posted by Dj Smitty20 Detroit will not win the Cup this year. They are too old. Besides, they were absolute crap for 40 years until the last decade. They can't even sell out their regular season games and they're first place in the entire League. "Hockey Town" my fucking ass.

that has nothing to do with it. Last year the ducks won, california isn't exactly 'hockey country' is it? It's about the teams and detroit are good. I also fancy calgary from the west and in the east I hope Ovechkin & the caps get in and knock ottawa or montreal out, since both of those places are full of pretentious twats Wouldn't put it past Pittsburgh making the final though.

pretentious twats? Without those teams, the League would have no identity. You should go see a game in a Canadian city (except Toronto..it's too corporate and expensive), because we know the game and are more passionate than you can believe.

Putting hockey in places where it does not belong (Anaheim, Carolina, Nashville, Tampa, etc) was one of the NHL's worst mistakes, but that's a whole different story.

If you dont' have respect for the Habs' franchise or its fans, then you dont' know hockey, simple as that.

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Smitty you live in Canada right?


Are the Leafs still the #1 franchise in your country? And why them and not the Habs???

Only because the Habs play in french-canada?

Well Canada is a very regionalised country and there is resentment regarding English-French Canadians, West and East, etc.

I think the Leafs are the richest NHL franchise and definitely Ontario's team. However, there are Habs fans everywhere, even in the United States, and the debate about what team is truly Canada's team still rages today. Of course, since I live near Toronto, most of the media in Ontario is Leafs-centric and it is annoying as fuck to see Leafs highlights first on a sports show when they're practically eliminated already.

My own personal opinion is that Montreal is Canada's "real" team since they reflect everything that is Canadian and have actually won a few Cups in the last fifty years.

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over here in Europe unfortunately it's a lot of Leafs-coverage too. from the various HNIC-games we ALWAYS get the Leafs-game.

and on TV we only get the Habs when they play Toronto or have a match against the Penguins, Rangers or teams like that.


at least we have Center Ice Online since january so I can follow my Habs regulary.

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Originally posted by Ian thankfully there's teams like dallas to stop that happening.

Had to fix this.

Damn Swedes

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Originally posted by Rockabye over here in Europe unfortunately it's a lot of Leafs-coverage too. from the various HNIC-games we ALWAYS get the Leafs-game. and on TV we only get the Habs when they play Toronto or have a match against the Penguins, Rangers or teams like that.

Nasn by chance? Habs aren't shown for a reason, they suck Ratings show Leafs are more popular in europe, so it's no wonder they get picked. And they're not poutine munching scum

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Originally posted by Ian Nasn by chance? Habs aren't shown for a reason, they suck Ratings show Leafs are more popular in europe, so it's no wonder they get picked. And they're not poutine munching scum

I watch NASN and all i get is Leafs Sens Leafs Sens.. Lightning Sens Lightning Sens, Leafs.

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Originally posted by Ian Nasn by chance? Habs aren't shown for a reason, they suck Ratings show Leafs are more popular in europe, so it's no wonder they get picked. And they're not poutine munching scum

yeah NASN.


and why are the Leafs so popular over here??? they suck for decades!


but at least I don't have to watch them anymore thanks to Center Ice Online.

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Originally posted by DuBam I watch NASN and all i get is Leafs Sens Leafs Sens.. Lightning Sens Lightning Sens, Leafs.

at least in the play-offs we won't get any Leafs.

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Originally posted by Rockabye at least in the play-offs we won't get any Leafs.

it's all part of the plan to get stamkos in the draft... sadly LA, Tampa Bay, Edmonton and St Louis I think are also trying the same plan!