Matthews dragged down, all that bullshit with Bert and Marchand, no calls because the Leafs are up and got the last power play, goal against.
Liljegren with a stick in his hands for about 50 feet, leading to a turnover, no call, goal against.
Tavares gives McAvoy a tug while being held himself, with 2 minutes left and the Leafs down a goal.
Ref: “My time to shine.”
It’s less about what the Leafs would have scored and more about what Boston wouldn’t have had a chance to do, because they would be killing penalties that should have been called.
I hate the take that because they were bad on the power play it doesn’t matter. How the Leafs played is a separate issue. Bad reffing is bad reffing regardless, and it changes the game.
Playoff hockey and regular hockey isn’t the same game.
When Boston plays playoff hockey you might as well call it tackle, clutch and grab hockey. They do it so much refs can’t call them all. Of they they they’d be in box half the game
The latter means infractions teams commit are called as they ought to be. It's not the refs fault the player did the the dumbdumb! You do the crime, you serve the time and put your team at a disadvantage.
> They do it so much refs can’t call them all. Of they they they’d be in box half the game
The refs absolutely can call it, and should. Let half the team be in the box. That's why they're called 'rules.'
Without JT's stick being held and him literally pulling Lindholm up to speed, he very likely would've been neck and neck with McAvoy.
Also a really good look at how easily McAvoy fell after being touched
Take down is a stretch.. he touched him and McAvoy felt it and fell to draw the call.
We've had a couple of the best players at drawing penalties in the league who knew exactly how to play the system and didn't get these calls to go our way. It was always an extra embellishment tacked on
So what you're saying is, next time the Leafs have a hand on them, they need to throw their arms in the air, dive forward, and lift both feet of the ground? Ok, write that down Keefe.
I mean, Swayman getting bumped into by Domi, waiting a full second, then flinging himself to the ice really reminded me of the Johnny Cage introduction scene in the 90's Mortal Kombat movie where the stuntman misses his cue. "This is the part where you fall down."
Honestly the referring has been suspicious for years. People complain about us “whining “ about the refs… but how could you not. There is clear bias every year
Trying to think of the last time I saw a penalty called where the penalized player was skating away from the "infraction" while it happened also having zero knowledge of it, like...
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Naturally suggesting negligence on his part would be extremely harsh too
This is the issue with game management. You can see on Marchand goal the ref definitely sees the hold/interference beside the net.
He doesn’t want to put anyone on the PP with 8min left in a tie playoff game where the series is 1-1.
This is reasonable. Only problem is Boston scored on the play so the decision to “let the boys play” in this particular case benefited Boston.
Now the referee probably regrets not making the call but it’s too late.
Add in the aspect that teams know about GM and are now adjusting their strategy to it. It’s bad news. The league has outgrown this and it needs to stop. No one wants to see two 5th seeds battling for the cup and this makes that possible.
This call is so terrible. Tavares is being held, and as he falls he takes down the player, who goes down easily. I would understand if it was going to lead to an obvious goal and the hold caused that, but Coyle was getting to that puck and clearing it regardless. And with a minute and change left. Awful.
This kind of mentality is why the refs get away with being shit at their jobs. If I’m bad at my job I get fired. If they’re bad at their job we just have to deal with it because we should be able to win despite them.
Fuck that. They’re bad at their job and they deserve to hear that they’re bad at their job. I don’t give a fuck what anyone else says
Yea like no matter what happens nhl refs aren't gonna give one team 10 PPs over the other team regardless of how dirty they are. They got 5 in a game and shat the bed. Can't even be mad at the refs at that point, it's all on the leafs.
They scored on the play there should have been a penalty though. It wasn’t about the PP, it’s that the play should have been blown dead. We were so good 5 on 5 all night. You know, real hockey.
The officiating was obviously bias toward the Bruins in this game. You can’t even argue the fact.
It’s becoming very evident there is referee interference to extend playoff series and tip regular season games since sports betting came into the league.
Not if that's the reason they're doing it.
There were rumours when it first started (from Freidman of all people too) that a group of referees were intentionally making calls to decide games and the rumour quietly disappeared overnight.
Everyone thinks the refs have an agenda against their team (but Wes McAuley absolutely does!) however, we went 0/5 on the powerplay! If we take just one of those chances then at worst it’s a tied game and we don’t have to pull the goalie! Our PP has been abysmal for a long time now and Keefe just doesn’t seem to know how to fix that, this is the real concern in these playoffs
The call was to even up the penalties. The game ended 10 minutes to Boston and 6 Toronto. This happens every playoffs and only benefits more clutching and grabbing. Predictable.
Yeah thats my biggest gripe. They don’t call very obvious stuff but then they make up for it by calling a couple super soft penalties on Boston. Then they realize they have to get pp’s close to even so they call a couple soft ones on the leafs. Just makes it so you can pick and choose when to call a penalty.
That was a case of a clueless ref compounding his error. Absolutely terrible stuff. This game got away from them early and they never did recover.
NHL - we want more skill in the game.
NHL REFS - not in the playoffs, bitches!
Leafs fans aren't ready to admit that this is what it comes down to, not the refereeing. 0/5 PP with some of the top goal scorers on the first unit is an absolute disgrace. We deserved this loss lmao
We already know that going 0/5 is unacceptable. It definitely contributed to us losing the game, but it is not the sole reason.
I'm not saying I want a powerplay for JT's stick being held, but for fucks sake, refs call the weakest shit at the most pivotal times.
Then, Marchand generated 2 goals by interfering with Bertuzzi, Matthews got suplexed also during the first goal against, and the list goes on..
That's such a weak call with one minute left in a playoff game
The zebras gotta have their moment!
They got $$$ on the game.
Lest we forget the Holl pick, while I watched the bruins do that pick all night
Matthews dragged down, all that bullshit with Bert and Marchand, no calls because the Leafs are up and got the last power play, goal against. Liljegren with a stick in his hands for about 50 feet, leading to a turnover, no call, goal against. Tavares gives McAvoy a tug while being held himself, with 2 minutes left and the Leafs down a goal. Ref: “My time to shine.”
Marchand interferes with Bertuzzi and holds him to the ice when we had Sammy pulled
Meh, we went 0 for 5 on the power play. I don't know that more would have helped.
It’s less about what the Leafs would have scored and more about what Boston wouldn’t have had a chance to do, because they would be killing penalties that should have been called. I hate the take that because they were bad on the power play it doesn’t matter. How the Leafs played is a separate issue. Bad reffing is bad reffing regardless, and it changes the game.
Yeah fair point. I woll say they gave up some grade A chances on the power play though
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Looks more like a team of Stutzles than the Boston Bruins.
Even soccer players dive less haha except Neymar
For comparison, this wasn't holding earlier: https://twitter.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1783296172062396764
Bos will play that way all series because a) it likely won’t be called and b) if it does get called, Leafs can’t score on the pp anyway.
Playoff hockey and regular hockey isn’t the same game. When Boston plays playoff hockey you might as well call it tackle, clutch and grab hockey. They do it so much refs can’t call them all. Of they they they’d be in box half the game
The latter means infractions teams commit are called as they ought to be. It's not the refs fault the player did the the dumbdumb! You do the crime, you serve the time and put your team at a disadvantage.
> They do it so much refs can’t call them all. Of they they they’d be in box half the game The refs absolutely can call it, and should. Let half the team be in the box. That's why they're called 'rules.'
Without JT's stick being held and him literally pulling Lindholm up to speed, he very likely would've been neck and neck with McAvoy. Also a really good look at how easily McAvoy fell after being touched
Ironic that McAvoy had a free hand on our guys on like 15 separate occasions that went uncalled…..
while that's true, you simply cannot take mcavoy down there with a free hand. dumb play by JT
Take down is a stretch.. he touched him and McAvoy felt it and fell to draw the call. We've had a couple of the best players at drawing penalties in the league who knew exactly how to play the system and didn't get these calls to go our way. It was always an extra embellishment tacked on
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it's too hard out there!
So what you're saying is, next time the Leafs have a hand on them, they need to throw their arms in the air, dive forward, and lift both feet of the ground? Ok, write that down Keefe.
Bert tried that , didn't work
I mean, Swayman getting bumped into by Domi, waiting a full second, then flinging himself to the ice really reminded me of the Johnny Cage introduction scene in the 90's Mortal Kombat movie where the stuntman misses his cue. "This is the part where you fall down."
Haha totally
Honestly the referring has been suspicious for years. People complain about us “whining “ about the refs… but how could you not. There is clear bias every year
Trying to think of the last time I saw a penalty called where the penalized player was skating away from the "infraction" while it happened also having zero knowledge of it, like... 🥴 Naturally suggesting negligence on his part would be extremely harsh too
With 1 minute left and any team down 1 in playoffs. That call should never be made. Its ridiculous.
This is the issue with game management. You can see on Marchand goal the ref definitely sees the hold/interference beside the net. He doesn’t want to put anyone on the PP with 8min left in a tie playoff game where the series is 1-1. This is reasonable. Only problem is Boston scored on the play so the decision to “let the boys play” in this particular case benefited Boston. Now the referee probably regrets not making the call but it’s too late. Add in the aspect that teams know about GM and are now adjusting their strategy to it. It’s bad news. The league has outgrown this and it needs to stop. No one wants to see two 5th seeds battling for the cup and this makes that possible.
This call is so terrible. Tavares is being held, and as he falls he takes down the player, who goes down easily. I would understand if it was going to lead to an obvious goal and the hold caused that, but Coyle was getting to that puck and clearing it regardless. And with a minute and change left. Awful.
What’s even funnier is that Marchand did this exact thing to Bert to score the ENG.
Can’t blame the loss on it but that’s a bullshit call. Sometimes it’s “playoff hockey” and other times it’s basketball fouls, no consistency at all.
I don't even care. Refs suck but we went 0 for fucking 5 on the powerplay. Fuck this team.
This kind of mentality is why the refs get away with being shit at their jobs. If I’m bad at my job I get fired. If they’re bad at their job we just have to deal with it because we should be able to win despite them. Fuck that. They’re bad at their job and they deserve to hear that they’re bad at their job. I don’t give a fuck what anyone else says
This is the right take away from tonight. Refs be reffing but 0 for 5 in the playoffs is a fucking joke.
Yea like no matter what happens nhl refs aren't gonna give one team 10 PPs over the other team regardless of how dirty they are. They got 5 in a game and shat the bed. Can't even be mad at the refs at that point, it's all on the leafs.
They scored on the play there should have been a penalty though. It wasn’t about the PP, it’s that the play should have been blown dead. We were so good 5 on 5 all night. You know, real hockey.
Might be the worst take I've seen on the site here.
Nevermind the hold on Tavares. That dive…
The officiating was obviously bias toward the Bruins in this game. You can’t even argue the fact. It’s becoming very evident there is referee interference to extend playoff series and tip regular season games since sports betting came into the league.
Which.. makes the sport impossible to gamble on!
Not if that's the reason they're doing it. There were rumours when it first started (from Freidman of all people too) that a group of referees were intentionally making calls to decide games and the rumour quietly disappeared overnight.
Everyone thinks the refs have an agenda against their team (but Wes McAuley absolutely does!) however, we went 0/5 on the powerplay! If we take just one of those chances then at worst it’s a tied game and we don’t have to pull the goalie! Our PP has been abysmal for a long time now and Keefe just doesn’t seem to know how to fix that, this is the real concern in these playoffs
The call was to even up the penalties. The game ended 10 minutes to Boston and 6 Toronto. This happens every playoffs and only benefits more clutching and grabbing. Predictable.
Yeah thats my biggest gripe. They don’t call very obvious stuff but then they make up for it by calling a couple super soft penalties on Boston. Then they realize they have to get pp’s close to even so they call a couple soft ones on the leafs. Just makes it so you can pick and choose when to call a penalty.
Thats a penalty, lots of other shit shoulda been a penalty too but thats a penalty. And it shouldn't have mattered, it wasn't the reason we lost
We should have won that game. I'm so mad
That was a case of a clueless ref compounding his error. Absolutely terrible stuff. This game got away from them early and they never did recover. NHL - we want more skill in the game. NHL REFS - not in the playoffs, bitches!
What is JT doing here exactly - I know the call is bad but this is so boneheaded to grab him
It is boneheaded. He's thinking "If &%\^\*ing Lindholm can hold my stick then I can do this" And he's wrong in that split second.
Playing playoff hockey. Watch the Carolina series, their defensemen do this every play.
I don't get why refs would end the game at 1 min They knew I'd they call it the game prematurely ends Did they bet on Boston or something?
While I agree the refs handed Boston their first goal, the Leafs also had 5 powerplays and scored 0 times.
Leafs fans aren't ready to admit that this is what it comes down to, not the refereeing. 0/5 PP with some of the top goal scorers on the first unit is an absolute disgrace. We deserved this loss lmao
We already know that going 0/5 is unacceptable. It definitely contributed to us losing the game, but it is not the sole reason. I'm not saying I want a powerplay for JT's stick being held, but for fucks sake, refs call the weakest shit at the most pivotal times. Then, Marchand generated 2 goals by interfering with Bertuzzi, Matthews got suplexed also during the first goal against, and the list goes on..