Most people followed for about a season. When they went to Arizona they got rid of half the players in the first season so the team looked completely different. After that most people just cheered for which ever canadian team had the best chance of winning the cup. At that time with the canadian dollar being so low it looked like no canadian team would ever win the cup except for maybe Toronto and there was also speculation on more Canadian teams going south which annoyed beyond belief the die hards. Now since the NHL is pretty equal and with Edmonton and Calgary cup runs I personally don't care who wins. I just wanna watch good hockey. Or Sidney Crosby.
