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Aye, Aye now !

I am a Habs fans.

But I will not go to the extent of HabsFanMan or whatever.

Ok, yes, there might be some Habs fans throughout Canada, but not that many. Same thing with the Leafs.

Of course, there are plenty around the Montreal area, after all, there is nothing else Well, ok, The Alouettes but let's not talk about that

Anyways, it's always good to show your pride, fans of any hockey team. But let's not get all bent out of shape about it. I will give the Habs one thing, they have won more Stanley Cups than anyone else. But, Since Patrick has left the Forum, nothing has happened either, last time '93.



I agree with that. Let's just say that in the past few years, we had Canadians teams in the finals. I have been pulling for all these Canadian teams at the Stanley Cup finals.

After all, that's what it's all about

   

Even the damned western Oilers, Flames, and Canucks who probably Quebecers don't even know about?

   

Trust me dude, I have been pulling for every single CANADIAN team that made it to the Stanley Cup finals in the past few years.

The way I look at it, it's all good to be a partisan to any team. But when it comes to the Finals, eventhough your team did not make it, you make the best of it.

Like the Oilers, Flames, and Sens in the past few years, I was pulling for all of them.

   

Fabulous. So, in a roundabout way, you're no different than the fanatics from Leaf Nation. You've got nothing to support your contention that the Habs are the most popular team, so I guess we can expect you to empathize with those in Leaf Nation that make similar declarations.

   

Go Mustang.....keep shootin from the hip !

   

Leafs TV.

'nuff said.

   

An overerly expensive and unnecessary purchase if you ask me.

I can live without knowing what they all eat for breakfast or watching interviews with their wives and girlfriends discussing juggling children and a busy game schedule.

Just win some games in a row will ya.

   

TORONTO, ONTARIO (CP) - A seven-year-old Toronto, Ontario boy was at the center of a Toronto city courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him. The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with child custody law and regulations requiring that family unity be maintained to the degree possible.
The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her.

When the judge then suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried out they also beat him. After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him.

After two recesses to check legal references and confer with child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to the Toronto Maple Leafs, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating anyone.

   

Yes, but the Leafs are the only team with their own TV channel. So, if the Habs are so popular outside of Quebec, wouldn't they also have a TV channel? Yes, Leafs TV is only available in Ontario but Ontario also has Habs fans, Bruins fans, Wings fans, Senators fans and more but the Leafs can still run a viable dedicated TV channel.

   

In terms of popularity and finances the leafs are #1. As mustang1 pointed out you can count large numbers of leafs fans at almost any road game.

That said the channel is expensive fluff.

   

I'm a Habs fan. After all, my family only in the last generation emigrated from Quebec, but hockey loyalty to the Habs was there until the Sens came to Ottawa. Now the Habs take a back seat.

   

It's $4 dollars a months as a channel add-on, cheaper depending on what sports package you have. No, I am not a subscriber.

   

I found a poll! it is by no means definitive, but it's legit and it's a start.

It was conducted by Decima just prior to the start of the finals last year and the leaves are indeed Canada's team.

Overall, the numbers were:

TORONTO 24%
MONTRÉAL 22%
OTTAWA 15%
OTHER 3 39%

Among the 250 or so who described themselves as 'avid' fans

TORONTO 27%
OTTAWA 26%
MONTRÉAL 23%
OTHER 3 24%

Thank you all for providing ABSOLUTELY NO empirical evidence to go along with your incredibly weak, anecdotal arguments. This suggests to me that most online fora are not places where people gather to to learn anything, explore new ideas, or discover the truth; but rather venues where like-minded people congregate to to agree with each other, listen to themselves talk, and attack anyone who proposes anything which goes against their pre-existing beliefs.

Oh and evad54, that was a great critique, but you didn't back up ANYTHING that you said.

It's no wonder that the level of public discourse in Canada has hit an all-time low.

Now... talk amongst yourselves...

   

Not pissed, just a little bewildered that people will go to such great lengths to defend a point of view without knowing or even bothering to find out if they're right in the first place.

   

You're a Habs fan..........how serious did you think we'd take you?

   

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