# Which original 6 NHL team is your favorite?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 11, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-original-6-nhl-team-is-your-favorite/546338 "2010-07-11T23:03:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-original-6-nhl-team-is-your-favorite/546338/21 "2010-07-13T16:10:15Z")

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Toronto. When I was very young, my Dad would take me to Leafs games at Maple Leaf Gardens. I saw some of the team’s greats play: Keon, Armstrong, Bower (without a mask!), Baun, Ellis, Horton… If Dad’s plan was to make me a Leaf fan for life; well, it worked.

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**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-original-6-nhl-team-is-your-favorite/546338/22 "2010-07-13T16:20:55Z")

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Detroit, because it’s the local team. I like the Canadiens and their tradition. That logo is perhaps second only to the Yankees in universal recognition. I also would like to see Toronto finally do well, their fans have waited far too long for a Cup. Maybe number 4 would be the Black Hawks due to their proximity, followed by the Rangers and finally the Bruins.

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**Author:** ![Wakinyan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wakinyan/32/352_2.png) [@Wakinyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wakinyan)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-original-6-nhl-team-is-your-favorite/546338/23 "2010-07-13T16:40:19Z")

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Toronto, perhaps because of [Börje Salming](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B6rje_Salming) and [Mats Sundin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B6rje_Salming), but also because of their cool jerseys, the fact that it’s a Candian team, which is likeable, I knew a decent guy from Toronto, and they never win.

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