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Clancy McNamara is no ordinary Toronto Maple Leafs fan.

He is so pumped up about the team’s chances this season, he is hitchhiking from Montreal to Winnipeg for the Leafs season-opener Wednesday against the Jets.

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Along the way he is hoping to collect enough anecdotal stories from other long-suffering members of Leafs Nation to eventually cobble together a “Vagabonding Leafs Podcast” of his road travels.

He set out last Friday morning from his mother’s home in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, confident his blue Leafs jersey, signed by the likes of Wendel Clark and Doug Gilmour, will not deter Quebec motorists from ignoring him, especially in Montreal, home of the bleu-blanc-rouge.

“If by lunch time I’m still standing on (St-Jean Blvd.), maybe I’ll switch it up and wear something red,” McNamara said laughing.

“The reason I’m hitchhiking, instead of taking a bus, is to meet people and for the experience.”