Series Thread: First Round - Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Tampa Bay Lightning

[Bloody Brian Burke]

So he’s living with Tavares but they’re driving to work separately? Unless Knies is doing other shit after I guess.

 

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I think BBB posted the exact same thing a few hours ago...

 

[esls79]

Bunting gets three games. That’s Aaron Rome treatment right there.

 

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Bunting gets three games. That’s Aaron Rome treatment right there.

Rome wasn't built in a day, but he was suspended for four.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Bunting gets three games. That’s Aaron Rome treatment right there.

If the Leafs still get 20 penalties a game with him gone we'll know the NHL has done a fan survey and decided it's more profitable when Toronto loses. Probably the same survey that said they like the board ads.

 

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Is Bunting a repeat offender because three games seems a tad harsh to me...Isn't that like 6 regular season games?

 

[forty_three]

Is Bunting a repeat offender because three games seems a tad harsh to me...Isn't that like 6 regular season games?

I was gonna ask what the conversion rate was. I think it was said once to be like 5 regular season games = 1 playoff game.

 

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I was gonna ask what the conversion rate was. I think it was said once to be like 5 regular season games = 1 playoff game.

The lack of consistency is what bothers me - Parros blindly throwing darts or spinning the wheel of justice yet again.

 

[puckhead]

You can't do that...

quite the link

Wes McCauley's 'Conflict of Interest' a Serious Miss for NHL

Referee Wes McCauley and Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe have wild ties off the ice and the NHL missed it completely.

thehockeywriters.com

 

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quite the link

Wes McCauley's 'Conflict of Interest' a Serious Miss for NHL

Referee Wes McCauley and Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe have wild ties off the ice and the NHL missed it completely.

thehockeywriters.com

Yeah, I was reading that story earlier today. You'd think the people in charge of assigning officials to work playoff series would look to avoid even the slightest chance of impropriety.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Is Bunting a repeat offender because three games seems a tad harsh to me...Isn't that like 6 regular season games?

Nope. Parros will just always hate the Leafs because Colton Orr slammed him into the ice.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Rome wasn't built in a day, but he was suspended for four.

I was gonna ask what the conversion rate was. I think it was said once to be like 5 regular season games = 1 playoff game.

Wasnt 5 to 1 for the first round. I think it was 2 to 1.

The formula “was” 1 game suspension in the 3rd round of the playoffs was the equivalent of 8 to 10 games

So Aaron Rome got the equivalent of a 32 to 40 regular season game suspension

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[jstewismybastardson]

I cant even imagine what kind of crying tsn and sportsnet and leafs fans (all 3 are the same thing btw) will do if they make it to the finals and get Kelly Sutherland’ed

Steve Dangles head would explode



Woah am i now cheering for the leafs to make the finals????

 

[forty_three]

quite the link

Wes McCauley's 'Conflict of Interest' a Serious Miss for NHL

Referee Wes McCauley and Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe have wild ties off the ice and the NHL missed it completely.

thehockeywriters.com

Post on Reddit by someone with investigative skills and way too much time on his hands debunking a few of the major assumptions with references. Long story short - officially the names of who testified are sealed and accounts say the players testified in defense of Frost (as fucked up as that is). Doesn't line up with the stated reasons for McCauley to "hate" Keefe. And we're not sure if Keefe even testified. Frost is a piece of shit. Keefe was a piece of shit. Danton is a piece of shit. If anything McCauley is the cleanest of the group.


Doesn't mean there isn't animosity, just that it doesn't look like what the guy pushing the story is trying to frame it as. A clitoris has 8,000 nerve endings and it's still not as sensitive as Toronto Media after the Leafs get thrashed.

Yeah, I was reading that story earlier today. You'd think the people in charge of assigning officials to work playoff series would look to avoid even the slightest chance of impropriety.

Marek said at some point that the league was aware of the concerns and found no wrongdoing. Which with their record probably means that McCauley has a "Fuck Toronto" tattoo. Tough spot for the league. If they stop assigning Wes to big Leafs games because a reporter tried to stir shit up, then you would see hundreds of "My sister's cousins friends brother saw Ferris pass out at 31 flavors last night" level hit pieces on every single zebra.

 

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I honestly think Eric Furlatt is a worse ref than Wes McCauley...

 

[forty_three]

I honestly think Eric Furlatt is a worse ref than Wes McCauley...

Isn't the league aware that Trevor Hanson once got into an argument with the manager at the Tim Horton's in Etobicoke over a cold coffee and that Tim's is a franchise owned by Kyle Dubas' great uncle Alfred?

JEEZ

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Just gonna say he's probably hurt, he probably shouldn't have been playing down the stretch and the Leafs should've just said fuck you to the league and played the ATO vs. Florida and sat Samsonov down the stretch. It's complete mismanagement.

 

[forty_three]

Just gonna say he's probably hurt, he probably shouldn't have been playing down the stretch and the Leafs should've just said fuck you to the league and played the ATO vs. Florida and sat Samsonov down the stretch. It's complete mismanagement.

A goalie coach I follow on Twitter has been breaking down all the goalies and he noticed that Samsonov is holding his blocker really close to his body and speculating there is some sort of shoulder injury at play with him. With his blocker so close, his stick is leaving the ice when he goes down.

FWIW, he also noted that Vasy is rolling his toes to the inside which is affecting his lateral movement. Might want to have someone tell Matthews.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

A goalie coach I follow on Twitter has been breaking down all the goalies and he noticed that Samsonov is holding his blocker really close to his body and speculating there is some sort of shoulder injury at play with him. With his blocker so close, his stick is leaving the ice when he goes down.

FWIW, he also noted that Vasy is rolling his toes to the inside which is affecting his lateral movement. Might want to have someone tell Matthews.

I'm fine putting Woll in if Sammy's hurt. Tuesday loss wasn't on him but he wasn't exactly great there either. Rather risk it with the unproven guy.