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A lot of Leafs fans still don’t understand the hit. Many actually think he jumped and clearly it wasn’t despite still images of his feet on the ice creating a snow shower at the point of impact.
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Seath The Scaleless
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I know Ray has a lot on his plate, but they need to find a way to have him as a weekly guest
Overdrive was at its best when he made daily appearances
Overdrive was at its best when he made daily appearances
Enga Olly
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It's really close i think the skates leave the ice immediately after the impact, my main issue is i belueve the initial contact eas to the head, i dont have the rule book commited to memory but those head contact rules regardless of how they are written are there for the players safety. Head shots are an unsafe aspect and should be virtually eliminated from the game. Not some cleverly worded rule, opening the door to allow certain types of headshots provided they are delivered like Whitecloud delivered his. Knies head isn't doing any better today because Whitecloud delivered this perfect "by the rules" head shot.
This is the issue I have with it. The hit itself fell within the rules, however, contact to head was made (not principle). Not sure why that matters? It should still be a penalty. Lots of penalties are as a result of an unintented play (trips, high sticks, etc.). It's not 5 min worthy but I would like to see a double-minor for hits that result in clear contact to the head. So then everyone can be happy right? The hit in itself is legal, the contact to the head is not. Sometimes the rules are not right and need to be ajusted... I mean, this is based on the NHLs stance of creating a safe playing area for the players. Otherwise, their words are just that. If they really cared, they'd make adjustments.
TL;DR - Hit clean by the rules, rules need to be adjusted.
Jimmy Firecracker
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Leafs media is often cast as homers but there's not a chance in hell any of our beat reporters, columnists, or analysts would tweet something like this out if the names were reversed. Just shameless from Matheson.
Why do so many Leafs flans feel they need the media to kiss the ass of the team? Why do people even are what people in the meda say? Do you actually respect those media members so much that their opinions are important?
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I have more respect for the opinions of many people on this forum than I do for literally anyone in the media.
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Why? It’s not like he is saying nuggent Hopkins. He’s not wrong about that.
TheDoldrums
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Because the tweet had nothing to do with the Oilers lol. He's not wrong but it just looks pathetic and weird for a reporter to act like that.
Can you imagine Masters or CJ quote tweeting an unrelated comment from a small account to pump up the Leafs? Of course not. The only one I could see doing that is Simmonds, who is justifiably reviled.
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Luke Fox is getting crushed on X for lying lol our reporters are scum. Imagine lying about something just to farm for engagement. “And chants of we want Woll start” Savage! People replied back and said dude I’m at the game and nobody is chanting that. Our reporters are such trash, they can’t just report on the game they gotta try and lie to rile up the fan base to get engagement for clicks. Shameless
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I've never seen a fanbase look back at all the bad and negativity from years and years ago, and rehash them as much as Toronto. This is August off-season talk... Talk about what is happening now.
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Well I think Hayes said why he did it, but the Leafs play once per week, the Jays are in the look busy part of the off-season, and the cfl is a waste of time, so there’s not much to talk about with the Toronto teams.
Having said that, it’s earned. This is what you expect when you’re a fan of the absolute worst sport franchise in the US and Canada over the past 55 years.
Ah, most of the beat reporters are pretty good. LF though, is a gutless scumbag. He was making up shit last year too, or at least shamlessly creating a false narrative around certain players. Ever since he was called out for that, he has been wiped from my world. I have not read a thing from him since, and never will. People need to flush this turd from their feeds.
It's one thing to not know anything, its another to be making shit up. How this guy even has a paid job in this field is beyond me.
Hayes shows his lack of knowledge of the Leafs' trade history, NO WAY the Kessel or Kadri deals should be above Russ Courtnall for John Kordic... Not to mention the massive ton of NOTHING they got for two of the greatest players to ever play for Toronto, Darryl Sittler and Lanny McDonald...
Kessel trade is a top 3 worst trade. It set the organization back a real long time. And our team was bad. Courtnall for Kordic might be #1 though.
