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With the NHL regular season wrapping up this weekend, we thought we were finished with “predictable digs at Maple Leaf fans in the sports media” for another year. But then along came Pierre LeBrun, who writes for (among other things) ESPN.com, to take one final shot: in his season-ending wrap-up column, LeBrun awarded Leaf fans with his “Suckers United Award.” “Once again, they packed the joint at the Air Canada Centre for a crappy team that missed the playoffs for a fourth straight season,” LaBrun snickered. “Ticket prices are going up, and Leafs fans can’t wait to open their wallets. The Cup drought is 42 years and counting.” (Meanwhile, we could've predicted the content of Damien Cox's riposte to the standing ovation following the Leafs' season-ending win over the Ottawa Senators before even reading it.) Baiting Leaf fans is, of course, a hallmark of slapdash, second-rate hockey writing—yet while we shouldn’t be letting men like LeBrun or Cox affect us, we’re getting sick of hearing about how stupid we are (“sucker” is ultimately a euphemism for “idiot”) because we happen to cheer for a losing team.