Friday, December 02, 2005
A Self-Centered Universe
TBO.com's Martin Fennelly has something in common with most Canucks fans - he doesn't like the Leafs much.
Thanks to John F. of Boltsmag for the pointer.
I've never understood Leafs mystique. Forget the Red Sox and even the Cubs. The Maple Leafs are the most overrated, overhyped, overwrought "elite" franchise in sports.Nicely put, Martin. Nicely. Just imagine our delight when Greg Adams' goal (you need Real Player for the audio link) eliminated the Leafs and the Canucks advanced to the 1994 Stanley Cup finals - in my mind one of the best games in Canucks history.
They're treated like royalty, but the emperors have no clothes. They're Yankees aura with Cubs success. They're Leafy vegetables at crunch time.
The Toronto Maple Leafs have won the Stanley Cup 11 times, second only to Canada's second-favorite team, the Canadiens. But they last won it in 1967.
Lightning captain Dave Andreychuk, a former Leaf, was 4. The Canadiens have won the Cup 10 times since 1967. And the Lightning have won it once. Why, the Leafs haven't even made the finals since 1967, remarkably pathetic for a franchise -- and city -- that acts like the center of the hockey universe.
Just imagine the revulsion when those scuttling crabs from Tampa hoisted the Stanley Cup. Teams from Florida, Texas and California and North Carolina have made the finals. The Mighty Ducks are mightier at making the finals than the Leafs. Toronto fans recently have been reduced to dancing in the streets when the boys beat Ottawa in a conference quarterfinal.
The center of the hockey universe? Small galaxy.
Thanks to John F. of Boltsmag for the pointer.
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