I love Leaf fans, though I am not one myself. They are loyal beyond all reasonable expectations.
Each fall the Maple Leaf devotee is convinced that THIS is THE year, the parade can be cued to await its inevitable ride up Bay Street. No matter how poorly the Leafs did the year before, no matter how bad their roster looks, the true Leaf fan BELEAFS!
In reward for this loyalty the Leafs have won no trophies, team or individual, for 20 years, haven't won a cup for 40 years as of this coming spring (2007) and have had almost no first team all-stars in that time as well. In fact, even though the Leaf Fans have filled every seat in the Gardens and now the ACC since the depression, the Leafs have produced only two Hart Trophy winners in all that time.
You could put the grandfathers of all the current players in uniform out on the ice and the Toronto fans would cheer them and believe in them from the opening face off until the last buzzer.
2006-08-02
03:20:40
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Rory McRandall
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