Maple Leafs Fan Cheering Guide - February 3rd

by SkinnyFish on Feb 3, 2012 3:00 PM EST in Maple Leafs Fan Cheering Guide

Hockey fandom, especially when doing so for the sole purpose of hoping your team makes the playoffs, can be very tricky business. On Wednesday, we wanted Washington to beat Florida, they did not, and thus our allegiances have changed. But remember, the one team for which you should have unwavering support is the Maple Leafs. Now on to tonight's cheering guide!

New York Islanders at the Ottawa Senators

Fortunately, this game is an easy one for us Leafs fans. Just last week the Senators were 5th in the East, then teams starting to catch up in the games played department and they're currently 6th. After this weekend, they could be 9th. This is why looking at strictly points is stupid and why teams should be ranked mid-season on points percentage. Go Islanders!

Winnipeg Jets at Florida Panthers

Thanks to the SE Division sucking more than a Dyson vacuum, the Panthers sit 3rd in the East with less points than the Leafs. Just wonderful. One of Florida/Washington has to make the Playoffs, and knocking off the Jets tonight helps solidify it as a two horse race, making the Jets deadline sellers and removing 1 more team for the Leafs to fight for a spot in the home stretch. Go Panthers!

And as always: NO WHAMMIES, NO WHAMMIES, NO THREE-POINT GAMES, STOP!

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FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS

Resident Internet Tough Guy

by JaredFromLondon on Feb 3, 2012 3:01 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

My The Score mobile app has been getting a lot of use since the ASG. Weird how the worst sports network in Canada comes out with the best app for following hockey scores.

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by Shield on Feb 3, 2012 3:13 PM EST reply actions 3 recs

really? I always thought sportsnet was worse

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by sportsfan2 on Feb 3, 2012 3:15 PM EST up reply actions

Yea, I think The Score is more “forgotten” then worst…loooove their app though

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by prest0 on Feb 3, 2012 3:28 PM EST up reply actions

I actually really like The Score for their in depth stories and highlights, but they are pretty forgotten. Much better than Sportsnet, I can’t stand that station.

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by MLS on Feb 3, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions

I love how they basically do mini-documentaries within their highlight shows

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by sportsfan2 on Feb 3, 2012 3:35 PM EST up reply actions

I feel like every time I turn on the score, its wrestling. I used to like when they just ran highlights day and night

by jd90 on Feb 3, 2012 7:41 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

They’re the worst because they don’t show any NHL, NFL, NBA, CFL, or MLB games. They are basically a highlight channel… but the app is great.

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by Shield on Feb 4, 2012 1:15 AM EST up reply actions

ugh. the day is coming where it will be “Go Jets”.

Goals scored on Stanley Cup winning goalies by Scott Gomez this past year: 0
Goals scored on Stanley Cup winning goalies by me: 1

by elseldo on Feb 3, 2012 3:26 PM EST via Android app reply actions 1 recs

that day can go fuck itself

Resident Internet Tough Guy

by JaredFromLondon on Feb 3, 2012 3:29 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs

I’ll rec to that

Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.

by Chris Stoikoff on Feb 3, 2012 4:10 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

go islanders go!

by Goosemonster on Feb 3, 2012 3:33 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

I think I would have to cheer for the Islanders anyway. The only way I’d want Ottawa to win is if it needed to pull them out of the lottery.

by The Blue Spirit on Feb 3, 2012 3:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

believe it or not we are battling them for a playoff spot, so we need them to lose. They’ve already screwed themselves out of a good pick.

by Goosemonster on Feb 3, 2012 4:09 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Isles or Ottawa? Isles are 2 games in hand, but 11 pts behind us; Ottawa’s 2 pts ahead of us, and we have 2 in hand on them! I’d rather knock Otts straight out of the second season on the way through! I’m not looking backwards. If the situation were reversed? I’d want Ottawa to win, as much because they’d be harming themselves as helping us!

by The Blue Spirit on Feb 3, 2012 4:22 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Ottawa.

by Goosemonster on Feb 3, 2012 4:47 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

OK, figured I misunderstood. I’m just saying that only under magical circumstances would I ever want them to win, and that would require them hurting themselves :P

by The Blue Spirit on Feb 3, 2012 4:51 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

If Ottawa loses tonight and we win tomorrow we tie them in the standings and have a game in hand still. Go Isles

"They build a statue, they knock it down and piss on it, and now they will be out there building it again."

by ThickSkinnedAlive on Feb 3, 2012 6:48 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

NO THREE POINT GAMES

99% of player salaries are payed out to only 1% of players. #OccupyNHL
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by MLS on Feb 3, 2012 3:34 PM EST reply actions 3 recs

Um, yeah… no way tonight works out well for the Leafs. I’m not even going to pay attention.

So, apparently I can now be followed.. but no stalking. @alsonamedphil

by Learn2Leaf on Feb 3, 2012 3:42 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

That’s not true, Ottawa could lose. The Islanders were doing decently before we stepped in to clobber them.

by Goosemonster on Feb 3, 2012 3:49 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

We do not “cheer” for any other team.

We are more tolerant of particular other team’s victories on certain nights.

I shot a moose once, in upstate New York.

by not norm ullman on Feb 3, 2012 3:50 PM EST reply actions 3 recs

This. Absolutely 110% This.

Finally got twitter...@mapleleafmjt

by Chi-town leafs on Feb 3, 2012 3:51 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs

Sure. Whatever.

The First Certified Grabbo Lover

by SkinnyFish on Feb 3, 2012 3:51 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs

Bits of real panther.

I shot a moose once, in upstate New York.

by not norm ullman on Feb 3, 2012 5:20 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

I cheer for all teams

@thesilverfoxto
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by pho king awesome on Feb 3, 2012 4:20 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

The only team I will ever cheer for is the Leafs

I will however cheer for the demise of certain other teams

Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.

by Chris Stoikoff on Feb 3, 2012 4:22 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs

i was kidding, I hate more teams then you!

@thesilverfoxto
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by pho king awesome on Feb 3, 2012 4:25 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs

ONE TEAM

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by Chemmy on Feb 3, 2012 7:52 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Go TAVARES'

@thesilverfoxto
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by pho king awesome on Feb 3, 2012 4:10 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Knowing our luck

Both are three point games, with Ottawa and WInnipeg winning. Brace yourselves.

/girlfriendjustbrokeupwithmesoimbitter

Sometimes it seems this cycle never ends, we slide from top to bottom then we turn and climb again.

by Chris Stoikoff on Feb 3, 2012 4:11 PM EST reply actions 3 recs

#brohug

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by sportsfan2 on Feb 3, 2012 4:31 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Go meteor! If two teams die, that lopsided issue of realignment won’t exist!

Can it before I drive this truculence through your faceulence and put you in an ambulance.

by Brunswick Bruiser on Feb 3, 2012 4:39 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

somehow after last summer the whole “wishing death on a whole team” has kind of lost it’s appeal. Sorry to be a spoiler.

by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Feb 3, 2012 4:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

How about groin injuries instead?

by The Blue Spirit on Feb 3, 2012 4:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Go Kidney Stones!

Can it before I drive this truculence through your faceulence and put you in an ambulance.

by Brunswick Bruiser on Feb 3, 2012 4:46 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Go mono!

Goals scored on Stanley Cup winning goalies by Scott Gomez this past year: 0
Goals scored on Stanley Cup winning goalies by me: 1

by elseldo on Feb 3, 2012 4:49 PM EST via Android app up reply actions 1 recs

Partially severed noses!

by The Blue Spirit on Feb 3, 2012 4:52 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Darryl Boyce does not approve of this statement

by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Feb 3, 2012 4:55 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs

Darryl Boyce would call them chickens for NOT partially severing their noses.

by The Blue Spirit on Feb 3, 2012 4:58 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

That shit didn’t slow Mark Recchi down for a fucking seconds, and he was already practically dead. Gonna need to pull out the heavy artillery.

"If you've ever questioned whether or not @dboyce47 is a gamer, well, the answer is as plain as the nose that used to be on his face." - Sean Boulton
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by AM18 on Feb 3, 2012 9:00 PM EST up reply actions

I disagree on the WPG-FLA game. What we need to keep in mind is that BOTH of WSH and FLA can end up making the playoffs. Therefore, the Leafs should shoot to finish with more points than BOTH of the top two teams in the SE to improve their odds. While WPG is still in the race, I’m liking the odds of the Leafs finishing higher than them right now (4 points, 1 game in hand) than the Panthers. GO JETS!

by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Feb 3, 2012 4:39 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Agreed! If FLA/WSH split wins, and we keep winning (and we’ll need to anyway) we could go past both. And, I’d rather cheer for the Jets. Inasmuch as I’m cheering at all.

by The Blue Spirit on Feb 3, 2012 4:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

One of the two teams is going to end up in third most likely. So I don’t think we can pass both. Unless Winnipeg ends up in third, then we will have 3 teams from that division to compete with. That would not be good.

I've got 99 problems and they're all hyperdimensional self-replicating machine elves.

by Jay! on Feb 3, 2012 7:12 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

I guess one way to look at it is playing the odds of which team, FLA or WSH cant miss and cheer for them increasing the odds for the Leafs, unless the Leafs can securely land a playoff birth then I say the hell to the both of them!

"There's been four different Cup winners the last four years, and I got one of them (Anaheim) and it was a fighting team. We're playing it that way regardless." - B. Burke, Toronto Maple Leafs GM

by BlueBuds on Feb 3, 2012 7:45 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

WHY IS EVERYTHING REC’D

Get well soon Sid, Army, Gronk, JML
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by Leafer87 on Feb 3, 2012 7:52 PM EST reply actions 5 recs

rec’d

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by Chemmy on Feb 3, 2012 7:53 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs

and rec’d.

Move along. Nothing to see here...

by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Feb 3, 2012 7:53 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs

also rec’d

Get well soon Sid, Army, Gronk, JML
Certified Grabbo lover & self-appointed PM of the Colby Armstrong Fanclub. Now a twit and blogger.

by Leafer87 on Feb 3, 2012 7:53 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs

We got recs on recs on recs
Got recs on recs on reccssss

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by Chemmy on Feb 3, 2012 8:22 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs

forgive me, I'm procrastinating

Get well soon Sid, Army, Gronk, JML
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by Leafer87 on Feb 3, 2012 8:30 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs

lame

Get well soon Sid, Army, Gronk, JML
Certified Grabbo lover & self-appointed PM of the Colby Armstrong Fanclub. Now a twit and blogger.

by Leafer87 on Feb 3, 2012 8:31 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs

why so title?

by LeafInVancouver on Feb 3, 2012 8:46 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs

That’s absolutely awesome. Everyday I’m recelin’

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by MLS on Feb 3, 2012 10:59 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

I’d bother keeping track of the scores, but I’ll just get pissed off when they all go to overtime and the wrong teams win in the shootout.

Offizielles Mitglied des Müller / Holzer Fan-Clubs. Ich fordere mehr Deutsche in diesem Team ....... wir brauchen Greiss.

by Alspicer on Feb 3, 2012 7:53 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

I am actually considering watching an Islanders/Senators game.
what is wrong with me

I do tweets sometimes

by leaflover4ever on Feb 3, 2012 7:54 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

man

i’m so bored….

Move along. Nothing to see here...

by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Feb 3, 2012 7:58 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

somebody get down here and teach this man about masturbation.

jared!

I shot a moose once, in upstate New York.

by not norm ullman on Feb 3, 2012 8:47 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

my evening has a 4-stage plan:

step 1: get drunk
step 2: clean the house
step 3: ?
step 4: profit?

Move along. Nothing to see here...

by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Feb 3, 2012 9:00 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

you’re all rec’d

I shot a moose once, in upstate New York.

by not norm ullman on Feb 3, 2012 8:47 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

fuck

Ottawa scored.

scratch that.

fuck Ottawa.

Move along. Nothing to see here...

by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Feb 3, 2012 9:04 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

FFS

The only way to live as a leafs fan: with an self-deprecating sense of humour.

by Frattinator on Feb 3, 2012 9:07 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

What a terrible goal by the SNES there…

by DSOD on Feb 3, 2012 9:10 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

PC GAMING > CONSOLE GAMING

by LeafInVancouver on Feb 3, 2012 9:15 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Don’t you ever, EVER belittle the super nintendo.

Hear that? That's the sound of "leaf fans" scuffling to get back on the bandwagon.

by Saucepass on Feb 3, 2012 9:18 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Seriously.

It’s like insulting one of my best childhood friends.

by DSOD on Feb 3, 2012 9:20 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

if you think SNES >> NES then you’re dead to me.

Move along. Nothing to see here...

by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Feb 3, 2012 9:24 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Alright then. I didn’t own a console until the PS2/XBox era, so I grew up playing PC games. Never really got the attraction beyond casual games with friends.

by LeafInVancouver on Feb 3, 2012 9:24 PM EST up reply actions

you just outed yourself as a giant nerd

Move along. Nothing to see here...

by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Feb 3, 2012 9:23 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Homer: NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDDDD!!!

1/1/11: Saw the beginning of the Optimus Reim era. And it was glorious!!!1
Oh...and Phil Kessel says YAAAAAAYYYY!!!1

by LeafBoy on Feb 3, 2012 9:25 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs

Neeerrddddd

by l3ojangles on Feb 4, 2012 12:13 AM EST up reply actions

I’m pretty sure the Mass Effect hoodie did that first. ;)

by LeafInVancouver on Feb 3, 2012 9:25 PM EST up reply actions

Sens

playing Anderson tonight.

buoys our chances tomorrow?

Move along. Nothing to see here...

by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Feb 3, 2012 9:27 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

He seemingly enjoys scaring the living shit out of the front row women

Hear that? That's the sound of "leaf fans" scuffling to get back on the bandwagon.

by Saucepass on Feb 3, 2012 9:36 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

ugh… reply fail. Go down one post

Hear that? That's the sound of "leaf fans" scuffling to get back on the bandwagon.

by Saucepass on Feb 3, 2012 9:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Gee, I dunno…maybe Anderson enjoys that too. lol.

1/1/11: Saw the beginning of the Optimus Reim era. And it was glorious!!!1
Oh...and Phil Kessel says YAAAAAAYYYY!!!1

by LeafBoy on Feb 3, 2012 9:44 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

The commercial breaks can get pretty racy

Hear that? That's the sound of "leaf fans" scuffling to get back on the bandwagon.

by Saucepass on Feb 3, 2012 9:48 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

He has one great game then one awful game…will they play auld tomorrow.
And nabby has to get traded soon – either hawks or wings

by jeffgm on Feb 3, 2012 9:53 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

He’s big, he’s bald, he’s Alex Auld.

and his sv% is .879.

Throw him in net!

Hear that? That's the sound of "leaf fans" scuffling to get back on the bandwagon.

by Saucepass on Feb 3, 2012 9:58 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

He’s big, he’s bald, his name is Alex Auld!
Lichtenstein! Lichtenstein!
He sucks, at goal
his net’s a gaping hole
He’s bald and sucks in net!

Flugenweb, space code, twit zone, ass mode, check ze tweets.

by Shield on Feb 4, 2012 1:20 AM EST up reply actions

also

apparently the Sen’s farm team mascott is a lion that looks like a mouse.

Move along. Nothing to see here...

by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Feb 3, 2012 9:28 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Islanders tie it back up :)

1/1/11: Saw the beginning of the Optimus Reim era. And it was glorious!!!1
Oh...and Phil Kessel says YAAAAAAYYYY!!!1

by LeafBoy on Feb 3, 2012 9:30 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

woo

Move along. Nothing to see here...

by Van Ryn's Neurologist on Feb 3, 2012 9:32 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Fuck these Sens better fuck this up. Fuck them

Also the Leafs better win tomorrow. I’ll be at the game and I’m sick of walking outta there after a loss. Especially with the inflated prices they charge.

Leaf fan in Ottawa.

by joe leaf fan on Feb 3, 2012 9:45 PM EST reply actions 1 recs