Ok, I have a confession to make all these years later. I was secretly cheering for David Ayres when he came in as an emergency backup

[Ianturnedbull]

We were in the playoff hunt. We couldn't piss away games like this.

 

[rojac]

I find a lot of Leafs fans' reactions to the loss to be far more embarrassing than the loss itself.

Being upset about an entertainment product 5 years later is ridiculous.

 

[Strangle]

So Feb 22nd is the 5 year anniversary of this game so I get an early post. Come on, how could one not cheer for him? Have to root for the under dog right? I have to get it off of my chest as it has been eating me up all these years.

Please forgive me Leaf fans.

I think the problem was that the Leafs were also cheering for him.

Looked like they didn’t want to embarrass him, I can’t remember the game very well but I think they scored on him once or twice, quickly, then stopped taking shots at all.

The team put the storyline over the result of the game. That’s the real embarrassment over the whole debacle

 

[NVious]

Seemed harmless either way, but it's pretty telling about our core they couldn't beat a middle aged zamboni driver. IDGAF if the NHL all stars defense was playing against them, a 4 goal pace vs him is atrocious. Foreshadowing for sure for what was to come.

I find a lot of Leafs fans' reactions to the loss to be far more embarrassing than the loss itself.

Being upset about an entertainment product 5 years later is ridiculous.

Nobody cares about this game at all, the problem was that retrospectively it was a good look at the results of our core (awful). Wonky things can happen, but we might be lb for lb the worst sports franchise in the world.....then we lost to a middle aged zamboni driver with our superstars in their prime and all in the lineup.

 

[Legion34]

I remember when JT waltzed in the zone and haphazardly just shot it through him (while he was wearing blue pads). Looked like it was going to get very ugly for the poor guy.

But it didn't, so good for him. Hell of a story.

Now can we all agree that the leafs just stopped playing. They scored 2 goals immediately and stopped.