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I've been told the intent of the PATH was to make sure that people from Montreal could take the train to Union, walk to Scotiabank Arena and watch the Habs beat
by yifanl 1y ago
I've been told the intent of the PATH was to make sure that people from Montreal could take the train to Union, walk to Scotiabank Arena and watch the Habs beat the crap out of the Leafs without getting snowed on.
- voisin 1y agoTop notch Canadian lore right here!
- PlatinumHarp 1y agoThere must have been something lost in translaction as the Soctiabank Arena is right beside Union station. Perhaps they were talking about Maple Leaf Gardens? It is a more substantial walk.
- canucker2016 1y agoToronto Maple Leafs played at Maple Leaf Gardens until Feb 1999. The PATH was created before then. The portion of the PATH connecting Union Station to the ACC is a few hundred metres at most. I can't see how anyone in Toronto would help people from Montreal enjoy a Habs win over the Leafs. :) Torontonians call it the "ACC", (short for Air Canada Centre, before its current rebranding to Scotiabank Arena - Google Maps knows both). Also, it's "Skydome", not Rogers Centre. :)
- yifanl 1y agoI should clarify I was told this by a guy who lives in Montreal, who apparently was retelling the story he heard from a guy who lives in Toronto with minor editorializing.
- canucker2016 1y agoWell, Air Canada's HQ is based in Quebec. So maybe the C-suite at Air Canada pulled some strings at Toronto City Hall. Not sure how the Habs have lost their way in the past few years. First-pick of Quebec's hockey players helped a lot I guess.
- pluc 1y agoThe Habs lost their way much earlier than that. They were the cultural identity ~50 years ago. They instigated a revolution. Nowadays they're just a cog in an American empire.
- namibj 1y agoTbf it said could, not would: the potential for watching the win is what entices; without game fixing it'd be good sportsmanship to not shit on a person's favorite if one wants anything from said person.
- peeters 1y agoYeah I was going to say, the ACC is basically connected to Union already, you don't need some complex system of tunnels to get from one to the other.
- blindriver 1y agoYou should indicate that this is a joke. There’s no team more hated in Toronto than Montreal.
- throwpoaster 1y agoMaybe the Leafs.