As hockey fans, we often like to brag about our teams’ accomplishments. For example, just about every conversation between a Colorado Avalanche fan and one of the Minnesota Wild begins with “you losers have never won a Cup” (Avs fan to Wild fan) and ends with “remember what happened in the 2014 playoffs?” (Wild fan to Avs fan. Actually, there is never much in between either.
However, fans also love to do the exact opposite — especially when their team has been terrible for a long time. A conversation between fans of the Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple Leafs, for example, could go like this.