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NefCanuck,Sep 24 2008, 07:18 PM Wrote:Ah but those who forget history are doomed to repeat it, or do you forget that there was a time in Motown when the Joe wasn't even half full because the team was so bad?

Leafs fans go to games through thick & thin (though lately if the Leafs were any thinner they'd be see through :lol:)
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Yes I remember, I was a fan back then. You know what happens when fans stop going to games? It forces the team to get better or get out of the hockey business. So they got better, a dominant team for the past 16 years and 4 Stanley Cups in a decade. The Red Wings went from a franchise that almost folded (bankrupt) to one of the most valuable franchises in the NHL.

Packing MLG and ACC through thick or thin does nothing to get your team improved. It just shows MLSE that they can charge what they want and sheeple will still line their pockets. Why bother serving filet minon when you can serve oatmeal at filet minon prices and people still buy it? Despite the salary cap, you can't tell me that they didn't have the money. Detroit has to play with the same salary cap, Detroit wins the Cup, Toronto misses the playoffs, Again.

As much as I tease Leaf fans, I don't hate the the team. But I gotta shake my head when the fans come back year after year, disappointment after disappointment; and they don't see that they're part of their own downfall.

No offense, just my opinion. :beerchug: