NHL Playoffs, Round 2!

[Asher]

Meanwhile most of Canada probably felt pretty smug seeing the cocky Leafs and they're annoying fans crash and burn.

[Tingkai]

Yeah, but at least you care.

Torontonians are used to the rest of Canada being envious of our city.

[Asher]

What's there to be envious of? Your high crime rate, your pollution, your overly-dense population, or your arrogance?

At least class cities like Calgary are better educated, cleaner, safer, and true hockey fans with higher incomes and lower taxes and costs of living. Compare any home Calgary playoff game to home Toronto playoff games, there's no contest when it comes to fan support.

[Agathon]

Most of the NHL hates the Leafs. That's not surprising since this is the centre of the hockey universe.

[Asher]

How can it be the centre of the hockey universe if it's utterly inept in the post-season?

[Agathon]

At least we make the playoffs most years. Unlike some small market teams I could mention.

Anyway, Toronto may be great but Montreal is just much cooler.

[Tingkai]

Originally posted by Asher
What's there to be envious of? Your high crime rate, your pollution, your overly-dense population, or your arrogance?

High crime rates??? Nothing compared to American cities.

Densely populated??? Travel to Asia and you'll see that ain't true.

Pollution? Sure, but that's part of being a real city. Calgary doesn't have much pollution, but hardly anyone lives there and nothing much happens so what do you expect.

Originally posted by Asher
At least class cities like Calgary are better educated, cleaner, safer, and true hockey fans with higher incomes and lower taxes and costs of living.

The cost of living is low in Flin Flon too.

Name a great city and the cost of living there will be high because people want to live there. No one really wants to live in Calgary.

And Calgarians are not intelligent. We know this because they always vote conservative.

Originally posted by Asher
Compare any home Calgary playoff game to home Toronto playoff games, there's no contest when it comes to fan support.

Of course, during the regular season, there are always empty seats in the Saddledome, unlike Toronto where every game is sold out. But that's because Calgarians are hockey smart and they know that a Flames regular season game ain't worth seeing.

During the playoffs, Air Canada Centre gets a boring crowd, but that's because so many people are willing to pay big bucks to see the Leafs that all you get are rich arseholes. It's the price we pay when we have the most popular team in the NHL.

[Agathon]

High crime rates??? Nothing compared to American cities.

WTF? This is about the safest city I've ever lived in. I can walk around the streets in the middle of the night and no one bothers me.

[Fake Boris]

Sorry guys, but the Canadiens are the most popular NHL team, not the Leafs. We've got the ticket sales record and the largest TV audience as a % of population.

Re Toronto vs. Calgary: sadly, all studies consistently demonstrate that Montreal is the best city in Canada for quality of life. And it's also much cheaper than other Canadian cities, so price is not always the best determining factor.

[notyoueither]

Cheaper than Regina?

[Fake Boris]

Originally posted by notyoueither
Cheaper than Regina?

Not in the same league.

[notyoueither]

I knew the women were hot, but didn't think they were that cheap.

[Fake Boris]

What do you mean, that cheap? It's true, "personal services" in Montreal are quite cheap.

[notyoueither]

What do you go for an hour? Asher is close, maybe he'll be interested.

[notyoueither]

Do I need to include the winkie?