Why? Toronto has a great playoff record against them. If anything, Ottawa should hate Toronto for consistantly eliminating them year after year. In fact, no team has more reason to celebrate Toronto's absence from the playoffs this year than Ottawa.

Unless you hate them because they actually took the time to build their team through smart drafting, smarter trades (except for the Demitra deal), and lots of patience. The Maple Leafs could learn a lot from how Ottawa put arguably the Stanley Cup favorites together.

You know what? I hate Ottawa too. No team can that get that lucky without someone hating them.

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