Buffalo is by far the biggest rival. A seemingly excessive and incomprehensible number of Bufflatuckians seem to live in the Triangle, which fuels the fire. If you've ever nearly been hit in the head by a flying object thrown by one of those knuckledraggers, or been anywhere within earshot of the filthy mouths of their kind, you know all about this.
Speaking only for myself, I hate the Buffalo fans who attend games here as much (or more) than I hate the team. I also put them on the same top shelf of karmic hatred that I reserve for Bruins/Pats/Red Sox fans, which is a special place indeed.
Washington, NJ and Florida are somewhere in the mix, and I'll always vote for Boston to hold a place in Canes/Whalers lore, just due to my loathing of all things M*******.
^^ True, most fans don't have a real good grasp on the Detroit crowd because they only show up once every other year. I put them further down the list for sure, but once you get into the upper level and it's 50%+ Detroit drunks, you run into a good chunk of the bad apples of their crowd.
I can agree with about all of that, but Detroit fans have never really been an issue in the games I've attended against the Wings.
Numerous, of course, but all my interactions with them have been positive.
I would concur. While I hate the Wings, I've usually got to give props to Detroit fans for being knowledgeable and classy. They remind me of Yankee fans: sure they're arrogant and boastful, but they've won too much not to deserve to be, and at least they understand the game.
When you dip into the bottom of the hockey barrel and churn up the muck of Sabres/Pens/Flyers/Bruins fans, you'll also find not just loud-mouth rats, but those who've joined the bandwagon far too late and are trying to make up for it by being *******s.
And let me just say that as far as hating fanbases goes (OT, I know), Toronto and Montreal deserve some recognition. They're fine, attitude wise, but Toronto is basically Detroit without the recent Stanley Cups and plenty of misplaced snobbery.
Last edited by PaulProteus: 04-12-2012 at 09:22 AM.
I'd change Stanley Cups to recent Stanley Cups, or in the case of most Leafs fans I know Stanley Cups within ones lifetime. Low blow I know, but very very true.
I'd change Stanley Cups to recent Stanley Cups, or in the case of most Leafs fans I know Stanley Cups within ones lifetime. Low blow I know, but very very true.
That was the direction that I was trying to head before the phone rang and I had to pretend to give the guy on the other end my attention while I finished and hit submit. Thanks for catching that, however.
I'd say Buffalo. Even though the hatred seems to stem more from the fans, the players know we as fans hate Buffalo. They usually make comments like "well we know our fans hate buffalo, so we wanted to get this win for them" or Ray Whitney's best Buffalo slam during the 2006 ECFs when he said something like "everytime we fly over Buffalo I say its time to empty the toilets"
Can't stand Buffalo. If you need to ask why, I'll see if I can find the police report.
I used to hate NJ, but the way we beat them in the playoffs last time, and the joy I took in fat boys ensuing melt down, gave me a bit of closure in some respects.
Can't stand Florida - the constant diving whine-fest.
New to my hate list this season is Atlanta. Maybe I would hate them less if they moved to a Canadian city, since the Canadians deserve a team sooooooo much more than anybody else, and they would obviously do waaaaaaay better in a Canadian city, because they would finally have real fans, who would know for sure which Staal brother was best.
Can't stand Buffalo. If you need to ask why, I'll see if I can find the police report.
I used to hate NJ, but the way we beat them in the playoffs last time, and the joy I took in fat boys ensuing melt down, gave me a bit of closure in some respects.
Can't stand Florida - the constant diving whine-fest.
New to my hate list this season is Atlanta. Maybe I would hate them less if they moved to a Canadian city, since the Canadians deserve a team sooooooo much more than anybody else, and they would obviously do waaaaaaay better in a Canadian city, because they would finally have real fans, who would know for sure which Staal brother was best.
Wow, Now I'm really confused!! Either you are a genius mind f××××r or you ae an idiot. You can figure it out as I'm too busy. The funny part is after all the sarcasm is you are right. The Canadian small market team actually did deserve it. Oh by the way. Are the Canes getting or giving on revenue sharing?
There's something almost mesmerizing about his banal, duplicate posts. Positively hypnotizing.
He's Canadian, which means he has to justify his point by belittling the big, evil, scary Americans. We don't deserve stickpuck after all, between it's 2 to 3 halftimes, compete levels and ability to turn more ways than just left, it's just to plain complicated for us Southners
i know many people will disagree, but after that crap pittsburgh - particularly neal and that punk crosby - pulled today against the flyers, i officially can't stand anything about the penguins.
same goes for the canucks and their sissy moves against the bruins last year.
also, watching the game today only further solidifies how far away we are from anything meaningful because both the flyers and penguins would absolutely steamroll us in the playoffs with such physical play.
we've only got a couple guys with 'grit,' but we should make sure to draft another few waterbug guys that we specialize in.
we took advantage of the post lockout rules and make a wonderful run i will never forget.
while i'm on roll here, i have a new marketing slogan. let me know what you think of "canes hockey - we're destined for 10th place!"
i think it's got a real ring to it.
btw - the wizard looked like a total beast last night.
here's another canes marketing slogan "canes hockey - we hang onto our underachieving stars so that you don't need to worry about shelling out your hard earned cash for playoff tickets."
how was that for a rant...
i know many people will disagree, but after that crap pittsburgh - particularly neal and that punk crosby - pulled today against the flyers, i officially can't stand anything about the penguins.
same goes for the canucks and their sissy moves against the bruins last year.
also, watching the game today only further solidifies how far away we are from anything meaningful because both the flyers and penguins would absolutely steamroll us in the playoffs with such physical play.
we've only got a couple guys with 'grit,' but we should make sure to draft another few waterbug guys that we specialize in.
we took advantage of the post lockout rules and make a wonderful run i will never forget.
while i'm on roll here, i have a new marketing slogan. let me know what you think of "canes hockey - we're destined for 10th place!"
i think it's got a real ring to it.
btw - the wizard looked like a total beast last night.
here's another canes marketing slogan "canes hockey - we hang onto our underachieving stars so that you don't need to worry about shelling out your hard earned cash for playoff tickets."
how was that for a rant...
