Well, I agree: GO HABS GO!
This has been an awesome year so far. First Washington, and now Pittsburgh, they've got nothing to lose now....just don't lose that magic.
Our of curiosity where did you meet these Canadians, or where were they from?
I know many of my friends have "left" hockey like I have....and by that I mean I'm not the rabid die hard fan I used to be. It's just too much to follow now, too much trading and too many teams I don't care about. It's been too commercialized, sounds corny but it's lost its purity. It's become just another pro sport, congrats Bettman. I watch my team in the playoffs, other canadian teams and some choice US teams. Once they are out I stop watching, TSN covers the highlights in the morning.
As for the leafs, lol, more fans and more money than anyone else. Unfortunately, they are a business and not a hockey team and they need to make money first and foremost. What they need is some rich enthusiast (won't happen any time soon) to pick them up as a pet project with the sole desire of adding a stanley cup winning pro team to his resume. If that ever happens the leafs will be a team again.