2nd Favorite Eastern Conference Team

[KreiMeARiver*]

Tampa

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Columbus, the Rangers 2.0.

Its hard not to root for several ex-Rangers who put a lot of heart into the game when they were here.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Funny how Philly and NJ have more votes than Florida, Carolina and Montreal

 

[SupersonicMonkey*]

If they never existed, assuming i still would've gotten into hockey, most likely Islanders because of their proximity to the Mets. I knew more about the Devils than i did about the Rangers when i started following hockey as a kid because of a fanatical Devils fan teacher in elementary school, and still couldn't bring my self to root for that team.

If they existed and moved/folded, the eventual Seattle team would be my new team.

 

[Fitzy]

Sabres. No question.

 

[Blue Seat Spartan]

Montreal is my adoptive city, so I gravitate towards the Habs in the absence of the Blueshirts. Being a Yankee fan - OT, I know - the Bruins were out of the question (It's an OBLIGATION to hate on Boston sports teams for me and my household). And interestingly, the Toronto Maple Leafs would be a parallel universe palette swap counterpart: Big city, Original Six club; you get the picture...

 

[Nyrfan25]

Buffalo, it's still NY and it isn't the Islanders.

 

[Tawnos]

My most local team.

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Red Wings. Nyquist4life.

 

[doncherrysgrill]

Columbus because I was always a big Rick Nash fan and then the trade sent two Rangers I loved over there.

Growing up Sergei Fedorov was my favorite non-Ranger. Unbelievably good player on both sides of the ice, one of those guys whose stats don't necessarily jump out at you but watching him makes you appreciate how great he was. For him alone I loved watching the Wings in the 90s. These days, not really any players I particularly like on that team, so stickin Columbus

 

[Riverdale]

I voted leafs

 

[Khris Creider]

Ottawa

 

[Jarkko Immonen]

I always had a thing for Ottawa. Not so much their recent squads but the ones before them.

 

[robwrx04]

New Jersey Devils because I love Martin Brodeur.

 

[rkhum]

Here's a question:

1) Are there ANY Devils fans in NY (the city, Westchester, or Island)?
2) Are there ANY Isles fans in NYC/Westchester/CT or NJ?

 

[SavedByLundqvist]

Realistically, if the Rangers never existed it would be the Devils. But I can't do that. So figuring that I always considered the Devils interlopers to the area anyway, I conceivably would have rooted for Hartford instead, and if I'm going to be a Whalers fan, might as well root for the Hurricanes.

Nice and logical!

 

[free0717]

Voted CBJ. I see the Debbies and Icelanders have two votes each. WTF???

 

[vipernsx]

Lots of teams though if I had to choose one I'm going with Hartford, err, I mean Carolina.

 

[Jabroni]

The Columbus Blue Shirts.