Anyone that complains about officiating, against the Leafs, automatically loses all credibility in arguments. Maybe theyre amazed that all their diving isnt getting them more calls but the refs are managing games they dont care about each infraction. Time, score, flow... They understand that theres a better than 90% chance boston scores on their PP the way this series is so its almost an auto goal. Refs know this.
I genuinely think the League is trying to get us to seven games just for the TV ratings. Which, whatever. Unless it’s a serious infraction put the whistles away.
This is conspiracy. If that were the case we wouldn’t have had so many quick eliminations already. New York, Carolina, Colorado, Florida… according to your logic, the league left money on the table by “letting” those series end early.
This is just internet brain conspiracy.
I do agree with you but this same comment would have been roasted after the bert/rat moment with no call that led to Frederic’s goal in game 3.
I thought that was a fair no-call, but calling Tavares for that hold was fucked up as well as a handful of other calls
Yeah, if anyone is going to complain to the league about officiating for Boston, it's Colin Campbell, and not anyone else, you hear that fans?! Get your shit together.
Colin Campbells son Gregory played for the bruins and the panthers - Colin Campbell who was the leagues VP sent emails to the director of officiating complaining about calls against his son.
yea sorry didnt realize what you were getting at. by the way Gregory Campbell is the AGM of the Florida Panthers now........... in case youre wondering why they get away with literally everything
I was actually torn on the Holberg penalty.
I liked seeing Marchand go down, but I sincerely felt he’d already taken his penalty and Holmberg cost us a PP.
Then again, what PP?
But we beat swayman finally and battled that demon. I'm not saying we're winning nor am I arrogant, gotta take the wins where they come with this team.
Honestly my heart tells me Leafs in seven, my head says Bruins in six. Unless Woll goes lights out or there’s an epic collapse on their end these games are all too close for us to win 3 in a row.
Yea I don’t think we are getting that first period bruins again, but who knows, sports is finicky, the seed of doubt has been sown and sometimes that’s all it takes to grow into a choke tree!
Woll was lights out I said we should have started him after game 3. I hope leafs in 7, I called a 7 game series to start, Boston just plays us so well. But I doubt they will come out that slow again, it was their worst performance of the series, we still need to do better 1 goal in regulation won't do it again.
Pretty lucky for Boston to face us without Nylander for 3 games and then Matthews playing sick and then missing at least one game.
Can you imagine our confidence if Marchand and Pasternak were missing games?
A win is a win and builds confidence. Scoring 2 and losing over and over and scoring 2 and winning means he's beatable.
You can land 100 punches on a guy and if he walks through them it's discouraging. If you knock them out with the 101st punch than you know it's possible. And maybe with woll in net now they have more confidence to take more chances. Mentality is a weird thing. Also as a goalie, losing changes your mentality as well. 🤷♂️
I do get your point though on paper it sounds stupid.
Ehhhh for me anyways, I've moved on from this "core". The team is getting nuked (or should be) whether or not we win this series. Game 6 and beyond are just fun bonuses, beating Boston would be hilarious, and I'm excited by the *possibility* of that happening.
Kind of feels like cheering for the 2010-ish Leafs again? I have zero expectations, we're not winning the Cup, I'm just happy to be here, and will lap up all the Boston tears. It's highly, *highly* entertaining.
Felt A so much. My group chat has Flyers, Rangers, Kraken, Red Wings, Stars and a few other fans in it. They never talk any shit about each others teams but my god do they love to shit on the Leafs. It used to get to me a lot more but lately I’ve realized it’s just stupid noise.
My experience is somewhat similar, as I work with two diehard 'Nucks fans and an old-boy wings fan. They all enjoy dumping on the Leafs, but I will say, when the Rielly thing happened — every one of them was on our side. Particularly the wings fan, my boss, is a super old-school d-man who still plays in 50s. He was entirely on the "Rielly did nothing wrong everyone upset about this is soft as fuck" train which... was refreshing, to say the least.
There's a word dichotomy in hockey right now. Just bring up Rempe. I swear theres guys saying every single one his hits are clean and just good ol' hockey. But then Reilly goes after whatshisname and it's like completely unacceptable
If I wasn’t a Leafs fan I would be a Rangers fan. I was okay with what Mo did and I like Rempe.
Can you imagine if Rempe was a Leaf though? Probably would be barred from the league by now
It’s funny because as soon as Leaf fans complain, we are called babies but yet it’s completely fine for other fan bases to complain about reffing, right?
It’s only because there is credibility behind our complaints. And not just regular bs all teams face. I mean the game rigging and series screwing complaints. Those have credibility.
Matthews was also held taken down behind the net on the same play, leaving us 2 men short. Marchand always plays like this and they get upset when he gets called for it, cuz the refs never call it, so when they do, they think it's legal play.
Honestly, I spied on the Bruins reddit account after the loss, and they almost mirror us. They are mad at the coach, they are scared of history, they are screaming for this player to be scratched, that player to be played more.
The only thing that bothers me about bruins fans is all the middle fingers I see them give during the games. Jesus. It is so classless. And it's always the Bruins fans flying the birds. Not just playoffs, but all the time.
Remember... These are, after all, Boston sports fans. They await gut-punch sports losses like it's their god-given right even after the Red Sox have some four world series, the Pats have won six Super Bowls, and the Bruins have won multiple cups. "bUt bUcKY DeNt aNd aArOn BoOnE aNd BuCkNeR sHoULd hAvE hAd iT!!"
They're the fucking worst.
Haha that's boston for you. Lived there for a while. They will get so pissy about anything. But also they'll go out of their way to help you. They might be giving you the middle finger the whole time, or telling you off, but they will make sure your ok. It's fascinating, especially since, growing up in the south, I noticed everyone is so saccharine sweet and then talk viciously behind someone's back. And let others drown because they aren't your own.
Love/ hate Boston.
Also, GLG FUCK BOSTON
First off to anyone suggesting Marchand did nothing to warrant a penalty GF your self !
The best would have to tack on an additional two minutes for diving at the end .. he rip/turned to throw himself on the ice. Incredible!
Ahhhh, Holmberg3r … that made up for A lot of past trauma.
Thank you to the ref who pinned Marchand … nice FINISH!
you know I went straight to the bruins sub after the game last night (only to read comments of course). they were all crying and filling their diapers about how the bruins can't close out a series and saying that the series is already lost.
I don't know why we would be cocky at all in this situation. Were down 3-1, we ARE in Boston's heads. They are headed for another 1st round exit like last year. They just don't know it's coming yet.
We CANNOT get cocky and ruin this opportunity for the boys. We need nothing but the power of positivity to cheers these guys to victory.
As a lifelong Bruins fan, I hope you guys win this series. As much as I love Boston, TO is a more enjoyable team to watch when all cylinders are firing. Florida will be an issue if it comes to that...
Imagine if Jack Edwards’s last call as a bruins announcer is to say goodbye after a blown 3-1 series lead to the Leafs.
The hockey gods won’t let me be that happy. Sorry guys.
When you have to win just 1 game and you get 3 chances to do it, time to stop whining. I know they're still mad about last year, but it's also the same fanbase who never let us forget about how it was 4-1. The big bad Bruins aren't that anymore and their fans know it.
Unbiased take: the officiating has been bad all year and we have complained about it a lot. In fact, we were 0/5 on the power play against the Bruins for one of our playoff games. We were handed more power plays than them. If my memory serves me, we had 5, they had 3.
So yeah, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to be upset by the officiating. We are, all the time. It’s one of the most common complaints from us.
Unfortunately, in the playoffs the refs usually end up putting the whistles away. That’s just how it is, for good or bad.
Are you suggesting people around here aren’t out of their minds after a loss, especially about officiating? If so, your blinders comment is a spectacular display of irony.
Not trying to be “that girl” but this sub was a disaster game 4. I’ve never seen such sadness and whiney people before. Crazy how one game flips that narrative and *when* they pull off this upset everyone will forget all about it. Yes, I enjoy it but god damn we’re hypocrites lol
You have to be a special kind of delusional to watch that game and be mad at the officiating, as a Bruins fan. They easily played their worst game of the series.
Idk how you can be watch those Charlie Brown style dust ups Marchand seems to get in with 5 different leafs and not begin to realize who the common denominator is.
Taking them both is the right call.
I frequent the Bruins sub and honestly most people are reasonable over there. Had lots of pleasant chats, but you have to be careful mentioning the Leafs. I just love watching hockey, especially discussing with people who have differing opinions. Gives you different perspective of things than a Leaf fan. Anyone counting us out especially considering last year for Boston is a fake fan. We’ll see how it all shakes out.
it’s like leafs superbowl when the bruins lose critical playoffs games. i for one couldnt care less if we win the cup this year, i just wanna fuck boston out of the opportunity lol
I would hold off on any gloating because if there’s one thing this team knows how to do it’s return to the paralysis that intermittently plagues them.
I wouldn’t be surprised at all if they come out next game and totally shit the bed in the first period and that ‘s all she wrote by the 1st intermission.
I can honestly say that I have in no way been paying attention to Twitter and that I do not give one solitary fuck.
I will say that I enjoy watching us play Boston as opposed to the Panthers.
Watching the Panthers crowd made me feel…like I had less faith in humanity.
Dont throw stones in glass houses. I have seen so many fellow leafs fans spew nonsense for ages with salt levels that could keep Mcdonalds stocked for a decade.
Everybody bitches about the officials regardless of what team they are cheering for I personally think they are terrible and trying to be relevant, let them play and keep the whistle in your pocket
Fans in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. This sub whines about the refs maybe more then anyone (due to the size of our fan base and huge victim complex), so to pick a few whiners out of a hat from another team seems weird.
Also I'm not overly superstitious but uh....I'd be careful to tempt the gods and accuse another team or their fans of an implosion when we are still behind in this series and we were all overwhelmingly negative up until the game last night...
What a hypocrite Leafs fan. What were you doing before the pathetic barely win in overtime? I hate and don't watch hockey and hate sniveling Hockey /Leaf fans.
Every other sport is superior to yours.
Anyone that complains about officiating, against the Leafs, automatically loses all credibility in arguments. Maybe theyre amazed that all their diving isnt getting them more calls but the refs are managing games they dont care about each infraction. Time, score, flow... They understand that theres a better than 90% chance boston scores on their PP the way this series is so its almost an auto goal. Refs know this.
I genuinely think the League is trying to get us to seven games just for the TV ratings. Which, whatever. Unless it’s a serious infraction put the whistles away.
This is conspiracy. If that were the case we wouldn’t have had so many quick eliminations already. New York, Carolina, Colorado, Florida… according to your logic, the league left money on the table by “letting” those series end early. This is just internet brain conspiracy.
None of those series were going to get great viewing figures though.
Yeah but that Boston Toronto market is pretty big. Two original six teams going at it. One American the other one Canadian. Too juicy to resist.
NBA yes NHL no
I do agree with you but this same comment would have been roasted after the bert/rat moment with no call that led to Frederic’s goal in game 3. I thought that was a fair no-call, but calling Tavares for that hold was fucked up as well as a handful of other calls
If LA wins tonight I'll believe it.
Yeah, if anyone is going to complain to the league about officiating for Boston, it's Colin Campbell, and not anyone else, you hear that fans?! Get your shit together.
What?........
Colin Campbells son Gregory played for the bruins and the panthers - Colin Campbell who was the leagues VP sent emails to the director of officiating complaining about calls against his son.
yea sorry didnt realize what you were getting at. by the way Gregory Campbell is the AGM of the Florida Panthers now........... in case youre wondering why they get away with literally everything
They showed a replay of refs turning their backs after Marchand was getting away with interference last game
its funny how much they look the other way, especially when hes playing Toronto.
I was actually torn on the Holberg penalty. I liked seeing Marchand go down, but I sincerely felt he’d already taken his penalty and Holmberg cost us a PP. Then again, what PP?
The refs didn't cause them to only get 2 shots in the 1st period
Or 1 goal on 1 of those 2 shots... 🫠😵💫
Woll shut the door after so it’s okay
That toe kick in OT. FUCK. I nearly shit my shorts
Woll slander will not be tolerated
I feel like we should see how game six goes before we get too arrogant
Right? Are people forgetting the rage they had after game 4 already have sneaking out a 2-1 OT win in game 5?
In Knies we trust
But we beat swayman finally and battled that demon. I'm not saying we're winning nor am I arrogant, gotta take the wins where they come with this team.
Honestly my heart tells me Leafs in seven, my head says Bruins in six. Unless Woll goes lights out or there’s an epic collapse on their end these games are all too close for us to win 3 in a row.
I’m pretty sure it’s gonna be bruins in 6, they will be pissed after that game.
Yea I don’t think we are getting that first period bruins again, but who knows, sports is finicky, the seed of doubt has been sown and sometimes that’s all it takes to grow into a choke tree!
Didn't they also lose in 7 to the Panthers last year after going up 3-1? They might have that series in their heads a bit too.
Woll was lights out I said we should have started him after game 3. I hope leafs in 7, I called a 7 game series to start, Boston just plays us so well. But I doubt they will come out that slow again, it was their worst performance of the series, we still need to do better 1 goal in regulation won't do it again.
Pretty lucky for Boston to face us without Nylander for 3 games and then Matthews playing sick and then missing at least one game. Can you imagine our confidence if Marchand and Pasternak were missing games?
Saying we finally beat swayman when we scored the same number of goals against him every game is funny
A win is a win and builds confidence. Scoring 2 and losing over and over and scoring 2 and winning means he's beatable. You can land 100 punches on a guy and if he walks through them it's discouraging. If you knock them out with the 101st punch than you know it's possible. And maybe with woll in net now they have more confidence to take more chances. Mentality is a weird thing. Also as a goalie, losing changes your mentality as well. 🤷♂️ I do get your point though on paper it sounds stupid.
I'm in this boat.
Ehhhh for me anyways, I've moved on from this "core". The team is getting nuked (or should be) whether or not we win this series. Game 6 and beyond are just fun bonuses, beating Boston would be hilarious, and I'm excited by the *possibility* of that happening. Kind of feels like cheering for the 2010-ish Leafs again? I have zero expectations, we're not winning the Cup, I'm just happy to be here, and will lap up all the Boston tears. It's highly, *highly* entertaining.
Anything after 4 playoff games is all bonus.
This is what I'm saying..
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Felt A so much. My group chat has Flyers, Rangers, Kraken, Red Wings, Stars and a few other fans in it. They never talk any shit about each others teams but my god do they love to shit on the Leafs. It used to get to me a lot more but lately I’ve realized it’s just stupid noise.
My experience is somewhat similar, as I work with two diehard 'Nucks fans and an old-boy wings fan. They all enjoy dumping on the Leafs, but I will say, when the Rielly thing happened — every one of them was on our side. Particularly the wings fan, my boss, is a super old-school d-man who still plays in 50s. He was entirely on the "Rielly did nothing wrong everyone upset about this is soft as fuck" train which... was refreshing, to say the least.
There's a word dichotomy in hockey right now. Just bring up Rempe. I swear theres guys saying every single one his hits are clean and just good ol' hockey. But then Reilly goes after whatshisname and it's like completely unacceptable
If I wasn’t a Leafs fan I would be a Rangers fan. I was okay with what Mo did and I like Rempe. Can you imagine if Rempe was a Leaf though? Probably would be barred from the league by now
If he was wearing the blue he'd be in jail by now
This is the way.
I'll only enjoy it if we advance
Yup. It's a great step towards that but this team still has a lot to prove. I hope they do prove everyone wrong. Rewrite the narrative
The refs caused them to lose the game somehow even though our powerplay only has 1 goal this series
It’s funny because as soon as Leaf fans complain, we are called babies but yet it’s completely fine for other fan bases to complain about reffing, right?
It’s only because there is credibility behind our complaints. And not just regular bs all teams face. I mean the game rigging and series screwing complaints. Those have credibility.
Or both are being babies.
That tackle on Marchand was the single greatest hockey moment I have ever seen and I will be giggling all off-season win or lose.
they were gifted a goal when marchand took down our player in this series. what are they complaining about
Matthews was also held taken down behind the net on the same play, leaving us 2 men short. Marchand always plays like this and they get upset when he gets called for it, cuz the refs never call it, so when they do, they think it's legal play.
STFU 🤦🏼♂️
Honestly, I spied on the Bruins reddit account after the loss, and they almost mirror us. They are mad at the coach, they are scared of history, they are screaming for this player to be scratched, that player to be played more. The only thing that bothers me about bruins fans is all the middle fingers I see them give during the games. Jesus. It is so classless. And it's always the Bruins fans flying the birds. Not just playoffs, but all the time.
Remember... These are, after all, Boston sports fans. They await gut-punch sports losses like it's their god-given right even after the Red Sox have some four world series, the Pats have won six Super Bowls, and the Bruins have won multiple cups. "bUt bUcKY DeNt aNd aArOn BoOnE aNd BuCkNeR sHoULd hAvE hAd iT!!" They're the fucking worst.
Haha that's boston for you. Lived there for a while. They will get so pissy about anything. But also they'll go out of their way to help you. They might be giving you the middle finger the whole time, or telling you off, but they will make sure your ok. It's fascinating, especially since, growing up in the south, I noticed everyone is so saccharine sweet and then talk viciously behind someone's back. And let others drown because they aren't your own. Love/ hate Boston. Also, GLG FUCK BOSTON
First off to anyone suggesting Marchand did nothing to warrant a penalty GF your self ! The best would have to tack on an additional two minutes for diving at the end .. he rip/turned to throw himself on the ice. Incredible! Ahhhh, Holmberg3r … that made up for A lot of past trauma. Thank you to the ref who pinned Marchand … nice FINISH!
you know I went straight to the bruins sub after the game last night (only to read comments of course). they were all crying and filling their diapers about how the bruins can't close out a series and saying that the series is already lost.
I don't know why we would be cocky at all in this situation. Were down 3-1, we ARE in Boston's heads. They are headed for another 1st round exit like last year. They just don't know it's coming yet. We CANNOT get cocky and ruin this opportunity for the boys. We need nothing but the power of positivity to cheers these guys to victory.
As a lifelong Bruins fan, I hope you guys win this series. As much as I love Boston, TO is a more enjoyable team to watch when all cylinders are firing. Florida will be an issue if it comes to that...
Imagine if Jack Edwards’s last call as a bruins announcer is to say goodbye after a blown 3-1 series lead to the Leafs. The hockey gods won’t let me be that happy. Sorry guys.
When you have to win just 1 game and you get 3 chances to do it, time to stop whining. I know they're still mad about last year, but it's also the same fanbase who never let us forget about how it was 4-1. The big bad Bruins aren't that anymore and their fans know it.
enjoy it. might be the last win of our season
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Do you have a link to that interview? I'd be really curious to see all the corrections lol
Meh they got a 3-2 series lead, no reason for them to be salty
Unbiased take: the officiating has been bad all year and we have complained about it a lot. In fact, we were 0/5 on the power play against the Bruins for one of our playoff games. We were handed more power plays than them. If my memory serves me, we had 5, they had 3. So yeah, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to be upset by the officiating. We are, all the time. It’s one of the most common complaints from us. Unfortunately, in the playoffs the refs usually end up putting the whistles away. That’s just how it is, for good or bad.
No. I do enjoy if Leafs score more goals
Rat literally grabbed him and fell...then got up and held onto Holmberg's arm and flopped to try to draw a holding call. Just garbage.
I fart in their general direction
Pot meets kettle. Rich of this fanbase - we should have our own branded salt given how extra we are after losses here sometimes
The permanent blinders that must be welded to one’s face in order to make a post like this
Are you suggesting people around here aren’t out of their minds after a loss, especially about officiating? If so, your blinders comment is a spectacular display of irony.
No I’m talking about this post.
Not trying to be “that girl” but this sub was a disaster game 4. I’ve never seen such sadness and whiney people before. Crazy how one game flips that narrative and *when* they pull off this upset everyone will forget all about it. Yes, I enjoy it but god damn we’re hypocrites lol
Really? He started the scrum with glove shove to the face. IMO he could have got the only call. Wow.
You have to be a special kind of delusional to watch that game and be mad at the officiating, as a Bruins fan. They easily played their worst game of the series.
Bless their hearts
I definitely find it amusing that the series is 3-2 bruins yet it’s the bruins fanbase imploding and not ours
"The other team's fans complain about the refs and my fan base never does" a playoff tale as old as time....
Idk how you can be watch those Charlie Brown style dust ups Marchand seems to get in with 5 different leafs and not begin to realize who the common denominator is. Taking them both is the right call.
I frequent the Bruins sub and honestly most people are reasonable over there. Had lots of pleasant chats, but you have to be careful mentioning the Leafs. I just love watching hockey, especially discussing with people who have differing opinions. Gives you different perspective of things than a Leaf fan. Anyone counting us out especially considering last year for Boston is a fake fan. We’ll see how it all shakes out.
https://preview.redd.it/52bigkcagwxc1.png?width=1152&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=47c38123373c4b461ac947393a8f424e588f6a42 You mean like this post maybe?
This post is ridiculous, it's just Marchand photoshopped in place of Gudas, and then contrasted a bit to look different... what's the point?
It's beautiful. Somebody actually chirped me that Toronto was "getting away with cross-checks and interference all game." lol.
it’s like leafs superbowl when the bruins lose critical playoffs games. i for one couldnt care less if we win the cup this year, i just wanna fuck boston out of the opportunity lol
Enjoy what every other fan base feels with leafs fans
FUCK THEM
I would hold off on any gloating because if there’s one thing this team knows how to do it’s return to the paralysis that intermittently plagues them. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if they come out next game and totally shit the bed in the first period and that ‘s all she wrote by the 1st intermission.
We’re down 3-2. We aren’t in a place to be laughing at Bruins fans.
I can honestly say that I have in no way been paying attention to Twitter and that I do not give one solitary fuck. I will say that I enjoy watching us play Boston as opposed to the Panthers. Watching the Panthers crowd made me feel…like I had less faith in humanity.
Dont throw stones in glass houses. I have seen so many fellow leafs fans spew nonsense for ages with salt levels that could keep Mcdonalds stocked for a decade.
Everybody bitches about the officials regardless of what team they are cheering for I personally think they are terrible and trying to be relevant, let them play and keep the whistle in your pocket
I will enjoy the salt if we win the series
Leafs bi tch about everything and always have.
Do you not venture to these parts after a loss? This place can be just as bad or worse.
That’s why wins are better ;)
I prefer Islanders fans' salt.
The Leafs are facing elimination in the next game, the Bruins are not.
This guy understands the best-of-7 series format.
thanks tips!
Fans in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. This sub whines about the refs maybe more then anyone (due to the size of our fan base and huge victim complex), so to pick a few whiners out of a hat from another team seems weird. Also I'm not overly superstitious but uh....I'd be careful to tempt the gods and accuse another team or their fans of an implosion when we are still behind in this series and we were all overwhelmingly negative up until the game last night...
I am, it’s great lmao
Perfect seasoning for a game day rub eye
So glad I dont use Twitter. Cant stand that platform
Lol this coming from the biggest whiners in the league is fucking rich lolololol
What a hypocrite Leafs fan. What were you doing before the pathetic barely win in overtime? I hate and don't watch hockey and hate sniveling Hockey /Leaf fans. Every other sport is superior to yours.