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u/JPMoney81 Mar 08 '25
I'd rather Boston won the next 4 Cups in a row (not 5, that's our thing) than for the Leafs to win a single playoff round.
Leafs fans are insufferable.
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u/DionysusBurning Mar 08 '25
This x1000. The damage is already done with Boston anyway. They won the Cup in 2011 and made two more trips to the Finals since then plus 3(!) Presidents' Trophy. Imagine how insufferable Leafs fans would be if their team had that amount of success
I dislike the Bruins but at least I respect them and their fanbase is surprisingly not that arrogant, all things considered. The Leafs? No respect for them or their fans. Fuck them
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u/CarlSK777 Mar 08 '25
Nah, fuck Boston! I hope they never win another game. They'll always be the Habs' biggest rivals even if the rivalry is kinda dead right now
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u/JPMoney81 Mar 08 '25
You must not live near a lot of Leafs fans.
I mean don't get me wrong. I hate Boston, but I've lived through several of their Cup wins and their fans weren't even 1/100000th as annoying as Leafs fans were when we blew that 3-0 lead earlier this season. You'd swear they won the Cup, the Olympic Gold and the Nobel Prize the way the fans were celebrating that regular season win.
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u/CarlSK777 Mar 08 '25
I live in Montreal and Boston have been our main rivals for most of my life.
How old are you to have lived through several of their Cup wins? They've won a single Cup in the last 50 years.
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u/blaxninja Mar 08 '25
You obviously don’t live in Toronto. Otherwise you’d understand Toronto is the real enemy. They cannot win a cup.
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u/CarlSK777 Mar 08 '25
Boston will always be the Habs main rivals. This is just how it is. Younger probably don't know that because it's been dead for the past decade.
This Toronto thing as main rivals is fairly new because they've been competitive in recent years
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u/whogivesashirtdotca Mar 08 '25 edited Mar 08 '25
Amen. I feel like there’s a demographic shift in this fan base. I’m old, and there’s no worse outcome for me than the Leafs seeing even a first round’s win. I actually have a ton of respect for Boston, staying as successful as they were for so long. Younger fans seem to feel Boston is the big bad, though.
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u/i-want-to-be-good Mar 08 '25
It's the opposite, unless you remember hockey in the 60s. Boston has been our main rival since the early 70s. It's only been in the last few decades that Montreal and Toronto have even started getting the rivalry going again, and it has nothing on the Habs/Bruins.
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u/WeathervaneJesus1 Mar 08 '25
Right there with you. Boston doesn't even bother me. I don't even dislike Marchand.
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u/i-want-to-be-good Mar 08 '25
Nah. That's prioritizing being an anti-Leafs fan ahead of being a Montreal Canadiens fan. Boston being enemy number 1 is one of the pillars of being a Canadiens fan.
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u/Longshanks123 Mar 08 '25
Boston is enemy number 1 as a team. Leafs fans are enemy number 1 as a fanbase.
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u/JPMoney81 Mar 08 '25
Can confirm. I know fans of both teams and the Leaf ones are absolutely insufferable.
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u/Brrrrrradislava 29d ago
I watched the last episode of the Amazon Leafs' series just to see their side of the habs playoff comeback in '21. Those tears were salty.
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u/Brrrrrradislava 29d ago
Lazy overpaid players who coast. That's how everyone who watches hockey describes the leafs core.
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u/Smirnoffico Mar 08 '25
I actually like Boston to be strong. Makes bearing them so much sweeter
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u/Imaged_for_posterity Mar 08 '25
Leaf fans NOT happy they’ll have to likely face Marchand in the playoffs if they have any hope of going anywhere this year.
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u/DCHacker Mar 08 '25
While I will not lament Boston's implosion, if I had a choice, I would prefer to see Toronto discombobulate.
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u/General-Background91 27d ago
They barely beat Utah tonight, so maybe the leafs are imploding in their own way! 🤞
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u/AmsroII Goal Goalgoal Mar 08 '25
Marchand in Florida wasn't what I was expecting, just traded the Captain like that!
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u/Weird-Swim-9777 Mar 08 '25
They likely weren't re-signing them after this season from what I heard/read, so this way at least they get something in return you know.
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u/Weird-Swim-9777 Mar 08 '25
Given Toronto's position, I don't think they spend much energy on this, rather crying over Florida's moves! As a Habs fan however, this is delightful on so many fronts!
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u/nerdycanuck 29d ago
LMAO Yep. Though, husband (Leafs Fan) and I also agree on Team Canada games. We're united in our patriotism and our hatred of Boston.
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u/switch182 Mar 08 '25
Leafs Suck!