I'll never cheer for another Canadian team in the playoffs because at some point in time their team has broken the Leafs' hearts or their fans have been jerks.(emphasis mine.)
Fans? Acting jerky? Man, anyone who's been to a Senators-Leafs game knows jerky fans -- most of whom are not there if the visiting team is not Toronto. Now you can understand their excitement, as many of them have made the trip down to Ottawa for the privilege of seeing a real hockey team play -- but their behavior is, frankly, awful.
...not unlike the caliber of hockey that the Leafs usually bring with them...
(And now I feel incredibly petty having ragged on the throw-away joke for an otherwise excellently written article.)