Friday, March 16, 2007

Why does the rest of Canada hate Toronto?

NHL

I Notice there is a great deal hate towards Toronto, and the Maple Leafs in particular.

Why does the rest of Canada hate on the leafs??? Is it because there are more leaf fans in those respective cities then they're home team. I can understand Ottawa or Montreal fans hating on the Leafs, as they are divisional rivals.

What doesn't make sense to me is why Western Canada hates the Leafs, I know many leaf fans cheer for western teams when the leafs are out of the playoffs. But leaf fans never cheer for Eastern Conference Teams (myself personally)
The only reasoning I could come up with was that there are many leaf fans in the west, and they come out to the games in droves whenever Toronto comes to town. and this angers the fans of those respective teams (Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary).

People will say things like, Toronto will always buy it's players and things like that. But the fact is that shouldn't hurt western Canada. Afterall it is a different conference.

Or maybe its just a jealousy towards Toronto. Because this stems even farther then sports. There is a new documentary that is coming out that deals with this issue and I think it is worth a look for the Western Canadians, It may be an eye opener. (I don't remember the name, but when I do I will be sure to post it here).


Can someone explain why people have such a hate for Toronto and the Leafs??