The most despised team ‘in’ Ontario is . . . ?

 D. J. Smith . . . Now that I have your attention, let’s talk about common interests. (A little misdirection if you like, but quite frankly the D.J. Smith discussion is going great guns without my input, and so we’ll move into and onto a different battlefield. Besides: Gotcha!). Common

Battle? What battle?

 What we have here is a national crisis. When one of our country’s most established, venerated, respected institutions tumbles into near obscurity, what else would you call it? Yep, crisis pretty well sums it up. The Battle of Ontario? Please. Nerf Ball war is more like it. Ottawa and Toronto

Dorion’s firing . . . and spinning the wheel on Senators, Habs and Leafs

 Collectively they should be recognized as the Holy Trinity of hockey around these parts. Three entities that swallow the large majority of fan support in the Eastern Ontario region. So in no particular order, here we have Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa, and if you’re a hockey follower in the region,