News Flash: Flyers get screwed in Montreal.

[kexodusc]

The fact that you live in Ottawa, you do linve in Ottawa right? makes thinghs clear for me. I lived in Ottawa (Aylmer, actually) since '89 - moved back to Montreal (my home town) last summer. I heard this a lot from Ottawa fans - "Oh you Habs fans are all bandwaggoners". I think the dynamic in Ottawa is different because every Sens fans is a converted something fan, simply because of the age of the franchise. So I would think it's easy for a converted Sens fan to temporarily un-convert back to their first love when the going gets good. Ignore these people! To me you are born a fan of a certain team and nothing would make you change back and forth.

Don't live in Ottawa, I live in NB now, though I have family in Nepean (Ottawa) I visit and a few times a year I make it to Ottawa for work. Actually, there's finally a whole generation of Senators fans who aren't converted just old enough to buy beer! We're multiplying.
Work has tickets at the Bell Centre and Scotiabank Place (but not the Air Canada Centre because they're too much $$$). I generally like the atmosphere at the Bell Centre better, but it's not a huge difference anymore, Montreal has the Ole Ole Ole thing when they're winning...otherwise they're fairly similar.

The folk I'm talking about aren't fans of any other team, in fact you might not know they were a fan of any team during the season, except when they become outrageously patriotic when the Habs are winning. Every team has its bandwagoners, but for some reason Montreal has more.

[bobsticks]

I appreciate the fact that I can take a day off and the rest of you will step to the plate and smack Swish around.

[Swish]

I appreciate the fact that I can take a day off and the rest of you will step to the plate and smack Swish around.

They did a good job though, didn't they?

Swishdaddy

[kexodusc]

They did a good job though, didn't they?

Swishdaddy

I'm just glad I can use this forum as proof to my Canadian friends that contrary to popular belief, there are knowledgeable hockey fans south of Michigan.

[Swish]

I'm just glad I can use this forum as proof to my Canadian friends that contrary to popular belief, there are knowledgeable hockey fans south of Michigan.

I'm not exactly a student of the game, but I certainly know more than the average sports fan, at least I think I do. I don't have time to follow all the players and stats, but I know the rules and love to watch. I recall a study that indicated hockey requires more skill than any other sport, and I suppose it does since you're on skates and wielding a stick with people trying to take your head off.

I never had the chance to play organized hockey because it just wasn't very popular when I was a kid, coupled with a lack of facilities nearby, and I mean hockey facilities Bobsticks, before you jump on that comment.

That was fun though, wasn't it?

Swishdaddy