Every teams fans hate the big, legacy franchises. Yankees, Red Sox, Cowboys, Giants, Leafs, Habs... It's just how it is. Every opportunity is taken to hate on anything and everything. 'Matthews will be a bust'. 'Giving up another 1st rounder for a backup goalie'. 'Babcock is the world's biggest dbag now that he's the Leafs coach'.
We're used to it.
Me cheering for my team to lose the past couple of seasons was for the greater good. Adding core talent via the FA market is really not an option, and trading for it is exceptionally difficult too. The vast majority of teams build their cores by drafting and developing. Best way to do this is to pick early and often. So, I get that it's counter intuitive to cheer against your team, but if you can get past your gut reaction and realize that it's a longer term plan, is something you can get behind knowing that a talented core can new assembled... Which, most understand, is just the first step of many.