Big 4 Sports All-Time Love-em/Hate-em Teams

[daman123]

in hockey it is easily the leafs. the red wings are a distant second.

[g-bebe]

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Nah...most people who don't like the leafs, just feel sorry for them - don't hate them...lol.

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wrong.

i think leafs, avs or red wings all have a claim to this in hockey.

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QFT... nobody hates the Habs, everyone hates the Leafs and Avs

[PokerFink]

I hate the [censored] Leafs with a passion. Wait, that's not completely true...

I hated the [censored] Leafs with a passion back when I still gave a [censored] about hockey.

Yankees, Cowboys and Lakers are locks. Hockey is a lot more debatable.

[Borgland]

Detroit Pistons (Bad Boys era)

[Triumph36]

Neither the Leafs or Avs are any good now, and neither figures to be good for a long time. Both are stuck with aging HOF centers, some decent young players, and overpriced free agents. Both are paying for trading away prospect after prospect in the early part of the decade. So - while both of them were hated and loved for a while, they're kinda bleh now.

It's prob still the Leafs in Canada, but in the US it's way harder to figure out. With the salary cap it's a lot harder to hate big market teams.

[Josh W]

Raiders instead of Cowboys, maybe.

[ArcticKnight]

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Nah...most people who don't like the leafs, just feel sorry for them - don't hate them...lol.

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wrong.

i think leafs, avs or red wings all have a claim to this in hockey.

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QFT... nobody hates the Habs, everyone hates the Leafs and Avs

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I think age has lots to do with this. In the late 60s and 70s the Canadiens dominated and were hated. The Flyers had a "hated" period too, but I really don't think anything on the hockey side can compare to the Yankees and the Cowboys.

However, it you want to go all the way back for the last 80 years or so, The Canadiens were at least as loved/hated as the Yankees. I don't think any team has more championships than the Yankees and/or the Canadiens.

Anyway, I don't see how the Toronto can fit in this category. They have not won a thing since 1967, which leaves them having absolutely having nothing in common with the Yankees, Cowboys or Lakers. Maybe it's just me, but unless you dominated at some point I don't see how too much hate could be built up.

[ArcticKnight]

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Raiders instead of Cowboys, maybe.

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Good point Josh

Cowboys hate = cocky, America's team, squeaky-clean
Raiders hate = Mean and dirty

[BobOjedaFan]

The Phillies might be the most hated in baseball, if you count their own fans...

[PokerFink]

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The Phillies might be the most hated in baseball, if you count their own fans...

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LOL nh.