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I come here trying to be as neutral as possible…I am a Leaf fan but I am taking a step back to look at the overall picture of how Leaf fans and anti-Leaf fans co-exist.
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Anybody who has spent 10 minutes on Hockeytraderumors.com knows that this is a Leaf dominated site. Anybody who knows the NHL knows that if there is any team in the NHL that has the most fans worldwide that it’s the Toronto Maple Leafs, to argue that is just being ignorant. It’s no different than me being a Blue Jays fan and having to put up with it from Yankees fans…like it or not…it’s the unfortunate truth (except the Yankees actually win championships).

I took a copy and paste of any July HTR archives that have been on the board for at least a few days and sorted them by total posts/comments….of the top 22 topics; Toronto based, related or Toronto bashing articles dominated 12 of the 22 top commented articles equaling 55% total Toronto related articles. I would’ve provided a copy and paste of what I based it on but there was HTML content in it and the HTR message board doesn’t allow HTLM in topics.

I point this out as a way of trying to present a “just deal with it” attitude. I deal with it with the New York Yankees and they are so much worse than Leaf fans you have no idea. Leaf fans don’t hold even come close to Yankee fans as far as far-fetched and over-zealous topics and discussions go.

Let’s face it, HTR is a fun place to come and talk hockey…you have fun reading the articles, reading the complaints, reading the bashing and sharing your opinions but for the love of all things enjoyable….just realize that the Leafs have a lot of fans wanting information, attention and more and more Leaf talk…it’s what you get with every highly populated professional sports franchise.

Leaf fans are what makes this site what is it…enjoyable and full of constant information and curveballs. Without the Toronto fans this site’s article would only get a handful of comments on a regular basis, it’s the leaf articles that end up with 100+ comments over and over again. By complaining about it all the time is no different than continuously drinking some Windex off your kitchen counter and complaining that it makes you throw up, but then the next time you see the bottle of Windex sitting on the counter you grab it again, open the lid and drink it only it end up complaining that you’re puking again…if the bottle keeps showing up and you don’t enjoy the consequence of drinking it then perhaps you need to leave it alone. As is the same with Leaf articles, they continuously pop up, you continuously click on the link (nobody is making you do it but yourself) and you read the article, get frustrated, click on “post comment” and begin your complaining with “surprise!!! Another Leaf article…” or “I’m sick of Leaf articles…”. Who’s the problem here, the Leaf fans that are just trying to have fun by talking about their favorite team that they have proved over and over again that they are extremely passionate for or the people who knowingly click on the leaf articles even though they claim they’re sick of reading them? Admit it….you have fun reading the outrageous Leaf articles and ridiculous trade proposals because you love complaining about it.

There’s an article titled “are the leafs really that much better” posted by a non-leaf fan with some very valid points in his topic. But the same people that I see regularly complaining about too many Leaf articles were the same people reply to his post agreeing with him that they might not be as good as some Leaf fans are hoping. But hold on a second….I thought you were sick of Leaf articles? But yet you reply to it fully happy with his topic because in a very very light manner he bashed the fans in a non-direct way for their over-zealousness. So you’re not really sick of Leaf articles, you’re just sick of Leaf articles that don’t directly bash the Leafs…kind of unfair and hypercritical isn’t it?

Admit it, you LOVE TO HATE THE LEAFS and without all the Leaf articles you would not have nearly as much fun visiting HTR as you do now.Try to remember that if your franchise was as popular (if that’s the right word) as Toronto or even Montreal for that matter, you would stick up for them the same way Leaf fans do and you would love reading every single article submitted and every single mention of your team. I’m sure most of you don’t even know why you hate Toronto, I can understand why you might dislike the fans of the Leafs but aside from Montreal and Ottawa fans what reason do you really have for hating the Leaf franchise as much as you do?

I hope I didn’t show any favoritism to the Leafs, I truly tried to provide an overview of how Leaf fans are treated and how there is a true way for both leaf and non-leaf fans to co-exist.

Try not to mistaken me mentioning true facts as me showing favoritism…I did my research and overview based 100% off articles written and replied to everyone here on HTR that you all have access to research yourself.