Stanley Cup Playoffs - Round 1 - Gm 5. Bolts @ Leafs; 7:30 pm EST | ESPN2, Sportsnet, CBC, TVA Sports

[robertocarlos]

Dubas has a couple more years with the Leads for sure.

 

[Chips]

I'd be happy with literally half the number of penalties in this series.

I think the "call it the same in the playoffs crowd" got their way.

I think players aren’t used to this, and will be. They’re used to doing whatever they want. That said I wouldn’t be surprised if the refs were going out of their way to make it look bad and call every tiny thing.


A lot of people want consistency, not necessarily call everything. You’re only going to call big hooks and not little taps in the first? Stick with that all game. Don’t start calling little shit, or stop calling everything all together and ignoring big hooks in the last 10 minutes when the momentum has shifted

 

[jbeck5]

Don’t put your stick in a guys midsection and you don’t risk a guy falling and getting called for it.

Yup. Not sure I ever got a hooking penalty in my like 15 years of hockey. You never caught me reaching. I got beat many times, don't get me wrong, I would just skate back hard, I wouldn't reach with the stick. Kids should be taught this as a young age so they don't revert to that subconsciously.

 

[Leaf Fans]

He's talented for sure. But great playoff players are rhe guys who score goals to tie games, or take leads.

4 of Matthew's points in this series came in game one, after Toronto already had the lead.

2 more when rhe game was already lost in game 2.

Thats Matthew's in the playoffs. Sorry bud.

That is not his playoffs.

 

[ArGarBarGar]

Was clearly interference, by 2 players
Gio was not a penalty, yet it put the Leafs down 2
Marner was not a penalty

If you don’t use the stick to push like a cross check you don’t risk it looking like a cross check.

If you don’t put your stick in a guy’s arm you don’t risk it looking like a hook if he falls.

 

[pcruz]

Which is why all this whining is hilarious

People kept crying about how they put their whistles away, well this is the result

This is such a stupid take.

It's akin to saying:

You can either be a billionaire or live off $300 per year.


We have been asking that infractions be called when they happen, but not asking for imaginary calls.

 

[Mickey Marner]

I'd be happy with literally half the number of penalties in this series.

I think the "call it the same in the playoffs crowd" got their way.

Penalties are way beyond the regular season. First four games of this series there were 10.25 powerplays per game. Regular season average was 5.78. Refs decided to call a never before seen amount of penalties for seemingly no reason.

 

[Strangle]

You’d think this was a rough series, but it’s not.

Half the game tonight is special teams? This is bizarre

 

[zeke]

What a joke.

 

[snowkiddin]

Sportsnet whining about the refs too?

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

Dubas has a couple more years with the Leads for sure.

Gods I hope so

 

[5 14 6 1]

The camera work they are trying on CBC panel is just awful lol

 

[Divine]

If you don’t use the stick to push like a cross check you don’t risk it looking like a cross check.

If you don’t put your stick in a guy’s arm you don’t risk it looking like a hook if he falls.

It was a stick lift

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Marner had no business with his stick where it was, refs are going to call that every time

It was chintzy.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

Ever individual involved with the Tavares deal should be axed.

 

[Frosty415]

This is such a stupid take.

It's akin to saying:

You can either be a billionaire or live off $300 per year.


We have been asking that infractions be called when they happen, but not asking for imaginary calls.

It's gone both ways.

See last game.

 

[thaman8765678]

Leafs are trash. No effort and soft.

 

[Leaf Fans]

Nope. They just blames the leafs. They have been doibg this long before Campbell joined them.

On the goal that was scored tonight, and the posters claim that I quoted, there were few Leaf fans blaming Campbell.

 

[wonton15]

Bieksa telling it like it is. Just soft.

 

[CupsOverCash]

Woof

 

[nucks88]

Sportsnet whining about the refs too?

Shocker….

 

[PoutineSp00nZ]

The camera work they are trying on CBC panel is just awful lol

That whole studio is so obnoxious.

Sportsnet dumped so much cash into that studio. Giant ugly set. Jibs and tracks to constantly get camera moves.

Sometimes less is more.

 

[2ndGenIslander]

Another first round exit coming

Hilarious

 

[PaulD]

More missed calls against Tampa. As a Sens fan youre opinion means nothing cause you actively despise the leafs. I live in Ottawa but am not from there so I can see the game fairly.

Yes your Honour.

 

[DANTHEMAN1967]

Good 1st by the Bolts.

Refs have called each game the same, calling every thing either team does. Neither fan base should complain about refs as long as they call everything Vs both teams like they have

If that was true that would be fair, but that isn't what we have seen.