Who Have I Been Rooting For So Far This Season?

[@jamesmiller8018]

You do a great job at fairly covering news for every team in the league. I’m a ducks fan but have been happy to see their organization/media embrace you. Well deserved 👏

[@mbertrand]

Nice to see the Ducks be a positive in something this season.

[@Jweldsandlifts]

Maybe it’s a case of Stockholm syndrome, but I cant imagine myself not cheering for the Sabres no matter how many times they have let me down. I moonlight as a Flames fan as my west team, love the city and the people. I live in Ottawa and would be a fan but the games are almost always blacked out so why bother?

[@Kaspisify]

It is kind of like that yeah. It's that toxic relationship that you just cannot shake because "maybe this time she'll change". I know we're not quite in the same boat, but still. Friendly greetings from a Flyers fan haha.

[@madeinedmundston]

Nhl need to fricking end rhose blackout...they hurt the game and team for a couple of bucks.

[@Kaspisify]

@madeinedmundston yeah the blackouts are possibly the most insane thing I can think of for a sport that wants to grow. There is just 0 sense in it apart from commissions on that fat check the broadcasting companies writes them every year.

[@TonySchiavone6]

fan of the FL Panthers, we spent a hole lotta time sucking. Get all types of negative reactions from people when you say you are a fan. Automatically you jumped on the bandwagon. Its punishment but thats part of being a fan. Just think in 5 years when the Sabres make the playoffs how much more you will enjoy it then going 15 years in a row and having a 2nd round exit or 1st round exit.

[@davidteovogel3482]

Hey, I said the same thing as a hapless Detroit Lions fan for 30 years, and now they might be Super Bowl ready. Hang in there....

[@StevenPalmer-cs5ix]

During the Sedin era, I was at a Sharks game where they hosted the Canucks. There was a decent contingent of Vancouver fans in attendance. It was a hard fought contest which Vancouver won. After the game we shook hands with the Canucks fans sitting behind us. Their comments were, "This is a great hockey town." and "We'll see you in the playoffs."

[@Shags_98]

As a sharks fan, we’ve always loved you. Glad to have you warmed up to us haha!

[@Dutchovenderlinde]

Avs, Sharks and Sabres for me. I also do root for Dallas when they're not playing the others cause Robo's my second-favorite player in the league. Mixed bag of emotions this season.

[@Plaskman]

I'm swedish and I usually cheer for teams with young players breaking out from Sweden. With that being said I will always root for BUF, WPG, OTT, MTL and CBJ because how insane it will it be to see them win the Cup.

[@AreYouKittenMeRtNow]

My family immigrated to the US from Tidaholm area, Sabres are my home team but I also tend to follow/root for Swedish players and the teams that have more Swedes ❤

[@Plaskman]

@AreYouKittenMeRtNow Nice! The surroundings of Tidaholm are somewhat famous for the age of the names of their villages. They are so old we have no idea what they means and they are possible pre-germanic in their origin...

[@Plaskman]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falk%C3%B6ping?searchToken=1xx0zdyl2tvpvirbej75i9tv4 😂 The nearby town of Falköping is perhaps the longest settled place in Scandinavia and famous for its ancient monuments

[@clydeblair9622]

Not Detroit?

[@heathclark318]

​@@clydeblair9622was going to say the same given Lidstrom and currently Raymond and Edvinsson

[@slyywalkr]

As a Canucks fan I feel a siblingship with buffalo coming into the league together and having a similar experience throughout

[@jamesstemmler7620]

The way you feel about watching Boston Vancouver or Dallas playing each other is how I feel about Toronto and Vancouver. They are my 1 and 2. And the 2 times a year they play each other is nice cuz I can kinda just go cool whoever wins and whoever loses doesn't particularly matter to me. Funny enough I find myself cheering for goals on each side when they happen. So TWICE THE CHEERING lol!!

[@TheBoardandThebord]

Hockey guy has gotten popular enough to be constantly accused of bias even if the bias contradicts other bias claims that means you have hit the big time! congrats!

[@exeter1985]

At only 3:00 into the video, and I'm yelling, "You have 2 Columbus magnets on the board!"

[@HTSN]

I was yelling "WHERE'S WINNIPEG" then he addressed me personally 🤣

[@CreamyItalian]

Thanks for being honest about the Sharks, and the Cali teams. I really disliked the Canucks after the 2011 WCF game 5 2OT Bieksa goal. It was on my birthday so that dampened my day. Love the channel! (edit: I don't feel that way now. Usually dislike teams that just ended the Sharks season.)

[@adamleblanc5896]

Hey THG, i totally understand where you're coming from with respect to the California teams. I'm a Vancouver native and now i work in the Bay area, there's a guy in the office who's a diehard San Jose fan and since I found out I've been paying much more attention to them this year and I can't help but wish good things for them. It helps they have Celebrini, of course! 😊

[@elizabethcheever3110]

THG, the Canes and Canes fans need and want your fandom.

[@philtorrez4198]

Not even a resident or a fan, but that team has been COOKING for a few years now. I would love nothing more than to see “LGC” in lieu of “LGRW” any day. May the Red Wings forever rest in the basement, Amen.

[@guilhermepiva8254]

​​@@philtorrez4198 Caps fan, may the Red Wings forever rest in the basement, amen

[@philtorrez4198]

@@guilhermepiva8254 ayyy, we might be on to something here… 😏

[@zarajday]

Considering where you've put Tampa Bay, I can confirm that you are very fair to teams you don't like because you're almost always rating Tampa higher in power rankings than me and I actually want them to win lol.

[@chivy761]

I'm in a tough spot, I fell in love with Iginla and his flames...I suffer now. At least I have oilers as number 2, vancouver number 3, and winnipeg number 4.

[@ezearl84]

I can see the whole Leafs thing as a Bruins fan. Especially as a Canadian, they usually have no big reasons to root against them (players mainly).

[@heldermoreira8554]

Shannon embracing the universal love, good for you !!...

[@oliverroo59]

I'm an Avs fan but I'll root for McDavid. He's one of the best to ever do it and he deserves a Cup. I also jumped on the Florida bandwagon the last few years because they're just so damn fun to watch.

[@zept2170]

This is a big coincidence but I made a opinion charts for the big 5 major league sports. My top three NHL teams are Devils, Sharks and Jets. Missed the Devils Sharks game, went to see David Gilmour at the Garden that night. Also Korn was awesome live if I didn't mention it, I have missed a few Livestreams, been busy.

[@hunterstitzer8846]

Let’s go Utah! Happy to hear you are cheering for them some nights!

[@generalimlerith8356]

As. A flames fan better than I expected which is great I’m hoping wolf can continue to improve Shannon’s feelings about us lol

[@MarkCMG]

Thanks for the video! For me, Blackhawks, Avs, Canes, Knights, Kraken, Bolts, Wings, Rangers, Flyers, and Kings (a bit), Hawks first, all others in various amounts, but Avs, Canes, and Knights tend to be second tier, and maybe Rangers in that mix due to Panarin and Wings due to Debrincat and Kane. Go, Jets, this year though because a good story is always compelling.

[@Jamjosh]

As a long time viewer of the channel and an even longer Ducks fan, it gives me so much joy to see them at 5. 5 years ago they would have been bottom 10.

[@CH2716]

2011 Stanley Cup Finals was probably an interesting roller-coaster ride for you being a Canucks and Bruins fan lol

[@billgwinn9600]

You are the #1 hockey analyst by far. Very objective and fair, irrespective of likes and dislikes. Just wish you liked the Blues a bit more than you traditionally have. This underrated town can use all the morale boosting we could get.

[@AlphaDawg77]

At the beginning I was shocked Winnipeg wasn’t on the board lol. Glad to see you’re rooting for them.

[@Monarch98]

You put Columbus up there twice. The last two spots are current and alternate logos

[@gideon4942]

He realized at 8:05

[@TheOriginalTuhat]

People always shocked that I became a fan of St. Louis after the Nordiques moved. But I’m French, not Québécois, so it’s only natural 😆

[@ApolloandZak]

I root for Kuch because he is so misunderstood by most fans and media and he thinks the game better than anyone.

[@nataliedeleon5735]

Yeah he is heck of a player. Shiefele on the Jets loves him too and does watch him.

[@shellisherwood]

The Blues are in my home area and super disappointing this year, I am huge Winnipeg Fan, also the Caps and the Canes

[@kotaplumbingandheating]

Love the old orca jersey!

[@jerseywar-room4117]

You were right about someone noticing the Jets weren’t on the board

[@BPhillips2000]

12:32 ...that's actually a really good point.

[@davidteovogel3482]

Have you been to a Knights game at The Fortress? If not, I hope you go, maybe you won't be such a Vegas hater! 😉

[@jacobeberhardt1649]

I'm rooting for Alex Ovechkin and Conor McMichael this year. Both are exceeding my expectations.

[@DLH-zw3lx]

Another hat trick ) Ovi is unique

[@jacobeberhardt1649]

@DLH-zw3lx What a mutant

[@joesapletal3073]

How about using the crest for the Wild, not the state name.

[@DazzleQuality]

All the Canadian politeness can't hide that he doesn't like the Oilers.

[@1ggage334]

I watch ur videos all the time and just subscribed

[@SMA2343]

For me: Canucks and Hurricanes. Honorary mention: Capitals because of Ovi. I wanna see him break the goal record.

[@darthcanadian]

From not even on the board, straight to 4th! 😂😂

[@ThomasCook-j8b]

I root for Hockey South, Florida , Tampa, Carolina..

[@DumbAndDumberMC]

Southern hockey on top! LGC

[@ethanburns4011]

Sucks to be a Pittsburgh fan rn. Bottom of the power rankings and Shannon hates us.

[@AaronPatterson-mn2oj]

Lets go Red Wings!

[@TheToni9234]

He does not hate you, he just thinks you have won enough recently. So do I and probably 80 percent of hockey fans who don't cheer for the Penguins.

[@TheSnapback]

@@ethanburns4011 3 cups in the past 15 years and you're complaining... how spoiled 😂

[@MattySpadez]

Time to draft another generational talent or two eh?

[@reaper3539]

Bros got the Vancouver drip on!

[@dustyb58]

my top 3 are Detroit, Montreal and Colorado... I feel like everyone else it depends on the particular game.

[@waltconklin882]

Calgary, Winnipeg, Detroit, Ottawa & Chicago for me.

[@andyq524]

"I think they're better than their record." - THG on the Red Wings I've watched all but the 2 15:49 NHL Network exclusive Red Wings games. They are not better than their record. In fact, they have won some games they should've lost that Talbot has carried them to victory.

[@jeremyschep3589]

Shannon’s Ducks conversion story continues

[@drock13]

As a Bolts fan , I get it 😂 . Also been watching since 2018, I’ve never gotten the impression that we were disliked in anyway so I always find it funny when other fanbases get up in arms in the comments. For me this year other then Tampa 1. Nashville 2. Vancouver 3. Seattle 4. Carolina 5. Columbus

[@Your_Role_Model]

@@drock13 not South Florida? 😂 I'm kidding

[@drock13]

@ Hey, if it’s to upset the north with the fact our state runs the NHL . All for it 😂

[@Your_Role_Model]

@drock13 that's allll I'm saying! 😁😁

[@AvsHockeyMan]

For me it’s Avalanche, Sharks, and then any team winning over a central division rival 😎

[@MaxSoininen]

I wonder if Florida winning the cup is what dropped them down from the numbers to just being in the positive category. If it is, I fully understand it.

[@jack-cn9yu]

As a Tampa fan, I get it. We embrace it Most of the league hates us lol

[@ajsnow5756]

Loved Tampa since 2015 and I’m a leafs fan. Sad to watch stamer leave

[@joestrik1911]

Thank you Shannon, captain of the Mitch Marner defense squad

[@20thCenturyManTrad]

I'm one of the Leafs' fans that loves Mitch Marner, his two way play reminds me of Dave Keon, he does work hard, and I really want him to be a Leaf forever.

[@ipsbz]

Knowing THG is a big Bruins fan, I found it ironic and funny that he cheers for the Leafs to have playoff success. I'm not a Bruins fan at all, and every year, I celebrate them ending Toronto's season 😅

[@RRaquello]

Fans of certain teams have to just watch the games because they enjoy hockey and not expect anything from their teams, ever. And if they get their 25-35 wins a year, you have to enjoy those. In that category I'd put Buffalo, Columbus, Ottawa, the Islanders and my very own Flames. None of those teams are ever going to win anything. I'd like to see Buffalo do well, but with their stumbling around this year, when they seem to have pretty good talent, I don't think we're ever going to see them in the playoffs again.

[@adambarnes4191]

Life-long Rangers fan. Have found myself becoming a Canucks fan after watching their AHL team on the East Coast. #3 Avs.

[@higgs31]

Having been a subscriber since 2016, this is so funny thinking back to which teams you disliked back then. I wonder how you would have reacted if we showed 2016 THG this video

[@LukeVenables]

Mitch Marner gets a level of grief I will never understand. I literally saw a Leafs fan say they "hate" him after he put up 3 points and it was in a Twitter thread about how everyone dislikes him and wants him off the team.

[@zZach___]

Jumping from 30/30 to 5/32, what a journey. *Edit* Ducks should absolutely back up the brinks truck for Marner. Get a bonafide Top 6 Winger who is Right Handed on a team that literally has 5 righties on their entire roster. Plus he seems like a laid back kind of guy who would enjoy having to deal with next to no media.

[@JPMadden]

As a Bruins fan, I'm rooting for Buffalo to make the playoffs and Toronto to win the Cup.

[@PHX787]

Its rough for me cuz: 2024 TOP teams: CBJ, and it WAS Coyotes....well now Im adding Minnesota to the top line this season. Ive always liked the Wild but theyve been amazing to watch this season so they're my new favorite team in the west. Next favorites: Florida, Habs, Seattle, Saint Louis rest im just meh about but Disliked teams: Tampa Bay, Pittsburgh, Vegas, LA Kings, Rangers.

[@BoyNamedSue4]

YES! YES! YES! We did it boys! The Ducks are in the top five!

[@VGK2017]

The order of teams I cheer for 1) Vegas 2) Ottawa 3) Buffalo. That’s it lol. I hope Buffalo can snap their playoff drought and would be cool to see Ottawa back in. I am Canadian so I believe it or not Oilers fans I did cheer for them in the finals :) Great content THG

[@andrewedan7]

Go Sabres! Hope they can be consistently good.

[@clydeblair9622]

'Have trouble making up your mind? Well yes and no.'

[@FoodFollow]

Marner's not going anywhere. It's all a negotiation ploy. He bleeds blue. He lives just north of me and loves it here.

[@NegativeCreepShow]

I’m a Flyers fan, but on the side I’m rooting for Ovi to get the record!

[@Jibily1]

Devils fan. Agreed.

[@Mcphreaky1990]

How do you not root for CBJ at least a little bit at this point? Between Kivvy and Johnny, both taken way too early in freak accidents, and the very underdog start they were given along with the Wild... Columbus is a hocky town. They have huge crowds at Nationwide even when the team is less than stellar. Eventually the perception will shift and the big market Free agents may give them a look like Johnny did. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

[@rockland3625]

The channel should be actively hoping for a leaf playoff run just for the financial gain in itself. Personal feelings aside lol

[@TheHockeyGuy]

I have pointed that out many times over the years

[@immagns]

sjs last on the board, this is a prequel to the final power rankings of this year"""!!!11!!

[@justinmiller5660]

looks like you had the bluejackets on there 2x. the standard logo and the cannon logo.

[@pipepicasso8112]

For me, top 5 1. Panthers 2. Stars 3. Oilers 4. Blue Jackets 5. Hurricanes Bottom 5 5. Rangers 4. Senators 3. Blues 2. Islanders 1. Capitals

[@Shags_98]

Since I first started watching hockey and being a sharks fan since then, I’m always hoping Minnesota Wild have a good season. They seem to let down their fans down though, a lot sadly. Other team has always been Arizona / phoenix. RIP to the Coyotes and may Utah turn things around.

[@pemmquats]

I saw the 2 CBJ logos at the beginning, I thought you did it on purpose because you were going to put them in 2 spots. Then I realized you mistook the cannon logo for the Jets logo.

[@rix911]

You've got the blue jackets on there twice lol

[@unknown23hornet22]

I hope kraken beat the golden knights record for fastest team to win a stanley cup. I don't think they will but I can hope.

[@sportingchances9761]

I could never imagine rooting for Marner or the Leafs as a whole for that matter.

[@Your_Role_Model]

As a Panthers fan, I totally understand the whole 'each team has its personality,' which what made me fall madly in love with the roster that Zito has been putting together. To me, they are the F--- You squad. We got guys like Tkachuk, Bennett...enough said. 😅

[@Rysk12]

We're gonna get Montreal in that top row eventually :)

[@nataliedeleon5735]

My top 3 are Jets #1. Dallas #2. Canucks #3. Partially because i lived in texas including Dallas area a loooong time. Home in the Peg now. Love Duchene. On the Canucks i love JTMiller. I wish the rest of the team would step up. Now they have to with him being out for a while.

[@4517onlyglory]

You put every team of metro in the second row btw

[@alexmcvetty2340]

Winnipeg Jets and Florida Panrhers - where I grew up and where I live now!

[@alexanderdreki4515]

Teams i root for, Golden Knights, Flames was a Calgary fan before Vegas entered the league and the canes. Teams i root against, Oilers (i grew up as a Flames fan) Bruins (moms team) Avs (brothers team) Stars (other brothers team) Toronto and San Jose

[@kyledouglas1394]

Always root for Toronto, Colorado, and Washington, always root against Boston, Vegas, and Pittsburgh, and everyone else fluctuates. I was pulling for Nashville this year, as well San Jose, Winnipeg, and Ottawa this season. That last one feels like blasphemy.

[@kellyagnew3649]

Too long didnt watch, all I gleaned is that THG is now a leafs fan. Welcome to the legion

[@SIHLoffical]

You have CBJ twice (at least in the beginning)

[@rantanen1]

Yea you could've watched the video for like 4 minutes and found out he knows about it too. I don't understand making comments before watching any of the video I'm sure there are youtubers who make mistakes at start of videos on purpose to drive up engagement in the comments

[@SIHLoffical]

I saw when he noticed

[@TonySchiavone6]

my teams i pull for rotate as well. Usually its because oh they suck so bad now I feel bad. Like the Wings and Flyers. Never liked them. Now I feel bad. So my current top 10 list, Panthers, Canucks, Stars, Sharks, Ave's, Lighting, Vegas, Sabres, Senators, Capitals. Bottom 3, Montreal, Bruins, Oilers.

[@jeffdaigle7491]

Love these videos go sensgo

[@SamiJuntunen1]

When have there been none hard times for your teams?

[@richieb74]

lol I’m gonna say out loud again for those in the back. The yzerplan ain’t workin!!!

[@timsretirementjourney8323]

As a Leafs / Canucks fan I'd be pretty upset to see them let Marner walk, but if they ever did I'd hope for him to end up on the Canucks. Really I think if Graig Berube has any say in it I assume the Leafs are going to sign him.

[@drew10981]

Yea hear that California? The plan is working! All together now! "One of us! One of us! One of us! One of us!"

[@penaltyboxgaming7403]

Columbus was twice

[@ilznidiotic]

I knew the Pens were going to be in the bottom tier. You know why? Because Shannon is a good and decent person!

[@mikejones2389]

Tampa Bay lightning baby ⚡⚡⚡

[@jaypence332]

Alt title: Teams I feel bad for so I root for them

[@FHL-Devils]

Ooof. Devils & Rangers side-by-side. That's not how Rivalries work Shannon!!!

[@lschneider7088]

Was thing the same thing. LGD!

[@RyanDawson-d3n]

I don’t understand fans who cheer for multiple teams? Maybe because I’ve lived in the same province my whole life

[@SnarlyCharly]

You said the Canes don't NEED your fandom cause we're already good enough... can you at least be a fan of our goalies then? 😂