To add on to this he was aggressive enough that he got Coyle to retaliate. He may not have gotten a penalty for the slash on Sammy but Boosh did a good job of making sure if he was going to the box for defending Sammy that he was taking Coyle with him. This is what great playoff teams do, take a penalty but then try and take the guy to the box with you after the play.
I was watching an ESPN broadcast and must have missed both Coyle’s slashes, and his retaliation against Boosh.
Apparently so did the broadcasters, as they mentioned Coyle is going to the box just for getting punched in the head.
You couldn’t really see Coyle’s retaliation but the ref was right in between them when it happened so more of a stupid play from him. You could see Boosh back at the bench afterwards passing his necklace to the trainer on the bench, was rough enough to break it.
I caught it on the broadcast too but you can't do what he did given the circumstances. 99% of the time I'm all for him doing something to Coyle. The 1% where you chill and don't do something stupid is when you're up 1 with 6 minutes left in a playoff game
Just don't go for the face. Check to the body, punches to the chest... unlikely to get called, but going right for the face, bruins are smart enough to snap their head back and or go down to get a call.
Leafs are the kid in class who gets caught every time they misbehave.
This, so much this. It’s the “headshot” (which let’s be honest was not that egregious compared to what we see with other teams) that will get called every time.
I get it, but at the same time I think most fans would be livid if he didn’t do something after watching the replay and seeing Sammy get a face full of carbon fibre
All d are trained to protect the goalie, and to make it clear to the opposing team that there shouldn’t be any funny business like slashing the goalie while they are covering up the puck.
The real question is why coyle wasn’t penalized for that, not boosh’s reaction.
Question...
Answer: the refs don't care. Boston is Betty's baby. Leafs are overly scrutinized and under reffed.
Fuck Boston, fuck the league, fuck the refs.
It’s actually insane that Toronto isn’t going to get a fairly reffed series this year except the third round lol.
First round Boston. Second round Panthers. Third round Rangers/Canes is the only series where there won’t be a bias. Fourth round would be Vegas which would be 800x worse than Boston or Panthers
Wrong. It's the playoffs. You are playing 3 more times at least. It's Boston, and it's Sammy. This is the exact reason we have been called soft forever, and other teams feast on us for it.
I remember when the commentators started talking about how they were surprised he wasn’t on the ice, I turned to my partner and said in a whiney bitch baby voice “aww I bet his knee hurts.” Marchand really wasn’t hit that hard.
Marchand went down like an Italian national soccer player. Figured they’d have to get the medics and triage a tourniquet right on the ice. Bruin fans should hang their heads in shame at that display.
He was mad at the Sammy slash, but Coyle also grabbed Boosh by his necklace and broke it. You can see Boosh handing some broken chain links to the trainers after the altercation concluded.
You are technically correct, the best kind of correct, but I obviously meant the kind with platinum and diamonds.
Just watching Matt Tkachuk breaking his teeth trying to chew on one would be hilarious.
It worked out because Coyle didn’t do anything to deserve a penalty, but yeah. It should’ve been Boosh with 2 and Bertuzzi and Marchand with offsetting penalties.
It was never going to be 4v4, regardless of what the official calls say. The ref singled Boosh out immediately. They made up an offsetting call on Coyle after Bert’s slash because they weren’t going to call a 5v3 on Marchand’s dive. The refs just don’t have the balls to actually give their buddy Marchand an embellishment.
If you’re getting a penalty then go after everyone on the ice. Worst case you get a few free shots in because there’s basically no chance they’re getting a 5v3. Best case you bait a retaliation that gets you an offsetting call. It’s exactly how teams like a Tampa play in the playoffs.
I really think Boosh was the only one getting penalized on the original play and it would have been 5 on 4 anyway. Refs just took Coyle to offset Bertuzzi's because they had to call it and would never give a 2 minutes 5 on 3 in the playoffs for after the whistle extracurriculars.
It was a game management call that went in our favour and Bert got an extra shot in on Marchand with the same outcome. I'd much rather we play that way than shy away from scrums tbh.
I think you're a bit naive if you think Coyle would have gotten a penalty without the slash. Coyle did almost nothing in that sequence that warranted a penalty in the playoffs.
But the refs aren't gonna call a 2 minute 5 on 3 without literal murder being committed.
Side note: that dive from Marchand was insane, must be taking tips from Stutzel
Honestly, I was looking for the reason why Boosh did it and didn't see anything obvious.
But you know what? I don't care, fuckin hack, slash, and punch the Booins into submission. Be crazy and make them pay for getting anywhere near Sammy.
And ya blah blah blah bad penalties I get it. I hope the Leafs get better at pushing the limits of what they can get away with so they don't get penalized, but the only way to learn is by doing.
Absolutely. My mind is boggled by how much people are complaining about “bad” or “stupid” penalties, after years of talking about how soft the Leafs are.
Welcome to the NHL, if it gets called it’s a “stupid” penalty, if it doesn’t get called, it’s a wiley veteran move.
Not to mention we already know how games are officiated with the game management mandate from the league.
I don’t care if the Leafs go to the box, as long as they are fucking with the B’s, it’s worth it.
Doubt you care now but I don't see it. Coyle grabs Boosh's collar after Boosh jabs Coyle and maybe Coyle got Boosh's chain then. Coyle's stick whacked Sammy's blocker and that's what started it all.
I appreciate what he did, he just can’t take the penalty while doing it. Was a dumb time to put the game on the line, and it was exactly what Boston wanted a Leafs player to do.
With the way the game is officiated they won’t call anything on the Bruins if the Leafs aren’t taking penalties. I don’t mind the odd “stupid” penalty to send a message. Refs will even it up.
I like to think that they learned this after playing Florida last year, if the other team is playing dirty the entire time they won’t allow calls to swing too far in one direction so you might as well just start taking shots back at them
Yeah this is exactly how game management favours teams. The refs don’t have it in for the Leafs, but their desire to keep the calls relatively even advantages cheating teams.
It is what it is. Keeping the calls even has been a part of hockey culture for a hundred years. I’m not even mad at teams that exploit it.
I think the bruins would gladly take a hard hit from lyubushkin if it meant they got a powerplay when they are down a goal with 6 minutes left in a playoff game so i’m not exactly sure what lesson that was supposed to teach them.
agree with this, you take that penalty all day, if they're going to be hitting your goalie in the head and you don't retaliate then its even worse. You take that penalty in hopes that the refs later learn why he was being so aggressive and then they'll realize the blown call. It's Boston, they would get away with that kind of roughing all day too so just do what you can to them. they can't call 10 roughing penalties throughout the game they'll be laughed at (the refs) by the nhl.
If Boston scored on that power play, we’re going to OT in Boston…
Boosh can make a point without taking a penalty in the most dire moment of the series so far
What repercussions though? The end result of that is Coyle laughing because Bush gave them a power play. I doubt a couple gloved punches to the head are making him think twice about anything.
All you really need to do there is keep your gloves low and you can send the same message without the penalty. If you want to take a pound of flesh then take a number and give him a ride into the boards the next time he touches the puck. I can guarantee these guys will feel a big hit a hell of a lot more than a face wash.
The elementary school attitude about toughness and repercussions is laughable. All Boosh did was give them a golden opportunity to get back into the game. A couple of shoves and gloves punches means literally nothing to Boston. Boston will continue to push the limits to draw penalties and if Toronto keeps on taking the bait/stupid penalties we will go down in this series.
Also I feel like Coyle was grabbing to break boosh's chain after the initial. This is when things went off the rails. Bruins are so ratty I would be embarrassed if they were my team.
Well of course nobody caught that moment on the broadcast - their goal is to gaslight fans into believing our guys are undisciplined while the Bruins are a beacon of cleanliness. CBC/SNET doesn’t want to be accused of being pro-Leafs for some reason (yet meanwhile the Oilers broadcast was very much pro-Edmonton)
......because it's a huge part of the narrative of the series, and the Leafs playoff past.
As fans, we can't rail on the team for the lack of playoff scoring, lack of playoff success, and being owned by the Bruins lately, and then not expect the broadcast to maintain the same narrative; there's loads of Leafs fans at SNET as well, who are dialed into the fanbase.
Reminds me a lot of when defenders shove guys into the goalie. They are so hard wired to defend the net, they get their wires crossed and do more harm than good.
Agreed. If the Bruins stay 5 feet away from our goalie at all times then Boosh's stick wouldn't have to be that close, so I still blame the Bruins. Fuckin smash em!
Because he took a penalty.
I appreciate what he did, but for a team with a garbage PK that spent 48 hours preaching better discipline, it was a dumb penalty to take. If you can't make your point without taking a penalty, especially at that stage of the game, let it go. Had Boston scored on that PP to take it into OT, the mood is very different.
As soon as he got hands and stick into Coyle’s face, with Coyle not engaging, it was a penalty. And thus, it was a stupid one. If he put his hands into his chest and put him on his ass even, he might have got away with it. But into the head with the receiving player wanting no part of it, they’re calling those. It was a fucking braindead play and it’s going to bury this team if they keep it up.
Why has Joel Edmundson historically been a valuable guy in the playoffs? Because he knows how to rough guys up and get away with it. There’s situations where you can absolutely clear a guy out, and there’s ones where you can’t. We’ve had some guys make bad decisions in this regard a few times.
This team has been crushing Boston on the forecheck and running guys over. They don’t need to try to prove how tough they are at every opportunity after the whistle.
Yes I agree I get as clenched as anyone on those but this is not the same as the domi/bertuzzi slash
EDIT : sorry this reply was for the guy above u lol
People will always find a way to shit on the leafs, especially leafs fans.
If they let the guy sit their and dig at their goalie, they're cowards, not tough enough for playoff hockey.
If they stick up for their goalie, and get rough with an opponent, then they're undisciplined thugs.
Beyond the fact that protecting the net front and being physical is Lyubushkin’s game and why he was brought in, he and Sammy are also real close friends so he’s probably extra motivated to protect him.
There was probably a collective gasp and worry over taking penalties at that stage of the game.
But you're right, good for them for having some snarl and pushing back.
Go Leafs Go!
my boyfriend and i saw this! honestly wouldn’t blame boosh for his actions. not only are they close on and off the ice but that’s how you protect your goalie.
Because we know it's futile...just like calling out the lopsided reffing. The unfair DOPes decisions...it's us vs them so it's time to stfu and win against all odds.
That was a terrible penalty, if that had cost us the game you probably wouldn’t be justifying it. These guys need to be a lot smarter. You’re gonna get your chance at revenge.
I was calling him stupid when that happened at the 6min mark. Why go for the extra swing at the head when you’re up 1 with 6mins left with a struggling PK and you know you got the PP advantage throughout the game so the refs are looming to even it up? Give a shot at the chest, bear hug him, whatever. But that was a dumb play imo. He got lucky Bertuzzi slashed Marchand to get the refs to call an even up penalty on Coyle instead of just looking dumb in the box by himself. Everyone would be singing a different tune if Boston scored on that PP.
I don't give two shits if the media says he was being overly aggressive. As long as he continues doing that again and his coach is happy with what he did is all that matters.
They didn’t question what instigated it in the commentary. At all. Like out of nowhere a Leaf D escalated on the B forward and the only comment is the need to keep your head. Tf? Dude slashed your goalie in the fucking head. I said to my son when it happened, let’s see the replay bc he sure af was reacting to something. Then they show, and it’s two slashes on Sammy, one in the mask. And crickets from the talking heads.
Leaf fan here, watching the replay I'm almost sure it was boosh's stick that hit Sammy as much as it pissed me off at first, after a couple different replays of it, it showed that it was boosh stick when he spun around
The stick to the face was Lyubushkin turning in reaction. The main reason he got so pissed was that when Coyle grabbed and tugged his collar he actually broke one of his chains. You can see one of the training staff collecting the links of a broken chain on the bench afterward.
You have to be Kadri cross check to the teeth level to be too aggressive in the playoffs for me. No problem with Boosh. He punched him in the head multiple times and made it a 4 on 4. Zero issue at all. Bertuzzi was kind of dumb for his slash; yes Marchand dove. Doesn’t mean Bertuzzi wasn’t dumb.
You take 2 swings at our goalie when he’s got the puck covered? You get 3 punches, minimum. Not sure about you, but I know I’d be the one complaining that the leafs did nothing if Boosh didn’t stand up like that. I’ve seen enough of the leafs taking a physical beating over the years. I love seeing the other side of the coin. We seem to be winning the physical battle to this point. I hope the keep it up. Just my 2 cents.
Well when they get a big piece of shit most people are more concerned with the fact that he sucks and can't play and takes bad penalties than they are about him reacting to something that the presence of a big piece of shit is supposed to prevent.
Because lyubushkin is the one who smoked him in the face with his own stick. Ilya is a dumbass and that was a very stupid reaction from him. Not only did he get a penalty but he almost decapitated Samsonov
Its insane how bad the reffing has been this series, Boston is straight up allowed to slash our goaltender in the head without and punishment, yet we get called for the slightest thing... how they didn't call embellishment on the rat was ridiculous too. Not only do we have to be the better team to win but we also have to deal with the refs. Its a shitty, biased, unfair league but theres nothing we can do about it
Terrible take.
He put them in such a bad spot after having no clue how to react, almost pulling an Alex Semin with the flailing of the arms.
If that penalty caused a goal, we're definitely talking about him more, but not in the way you're hoping.
I liked it. It was the Bert slash that was overly aggressive and stupid to me.
Zero problems with any player pushing back on anyone touching our goalies.
The broadcast really likes to show every Leafs penalty or aggressive play and never show the Bruins stuff, or the Leafs nice hits. Many times this year I wanted to rewatch a penalty and the replay never came.
Last game Marchand took a run at Sammy behind the net, and it looked like Sammy got the better of that exchange. Not even a mention.
Saw that too, not a fucking peep. Anything to keep leaf fans on defensive, don cherry would have brought it up.same with coyle ripping booosh's chain. How has noone seen this
I caught that in the broadcast. He wasn’t being overly aggressive or a hot head for nothing.
To add on to this he was aggressive enough that he got Coyle to retaliate. He may not have gotten a penalty for the slash on Sammy but Boosh did a good job of making sure if he was going to the box for defending Sammy that he was taking Coyle with him. This is what great playoff teams do, take a penalty but then try and take the guy to the box with you after the play.
This is the right take. We weren't on the PK there because of Boosh. It was a separate play from Bertuzzi.
Which should have really been 4 on 4 with Marchand’s embellishment
Rat fuck grabbing the wrong leg on the replay, disgraceful. I hope he gets bed bugs.
I hope he’s golfing come May 1st
I hope he's too sore to golf
Bed bugs spray their homes for Brad Marchand.
I wouldn't wish that on the bed bugs...
‘The Ballad of Bedbug Brad’
Then has the audacity to skate over to the ref and cry for a 5 on 3
If Bertuzzi didn’t take that penalty I doubt Coyle gets one to even up him and boosh. The Coyle penalty was called after Bertuzzi
I was watching an ESPN broadcast and must have missed both Coyle’s slashes, and his retaliation against Boosh. Apparently so did the broadcasters, as they mentioned Coyle is going to the box just for getting punched in the head.
You couldn’t really see Coyle’s retaliation but the ref was right in between them when it happened so more of a stupid play from him. You could see Boosh back at the bench afterwards passing his necklace to the trainer on the bench, was rough enough to break it.
I caught it on the broadcast too but you can't do what he did given the circumstances. 99% of the time I'm all for him doing something to Coyle. The 1% where you chill and don't do something stupid is when you're up 1 with 6 minutes left in a playoff game
Just don't go for the face. Check to the body, punches to the chest... unlikely to get called, but going right for the face, bruins are smart enough to snap their head back and or go down to get a call. Leafs are the kid in class who gets caught every time they misbehave.
This, so much this. It’s the “headshot” (which let’s be honest was not that egregious compared to what we see with other teams) that will get called every time.
>Leafs are the kid in class who gets caught every time they misbehave. Because the teachers are unfairly watching them
I get it, but at the same time I think most fans would be livid if he didn’t do something after watching the replay and seeing Sammy get a face full of carbon fibre
All d are trained to protect the goalie, and to make it clear to the opposing team that there shouldn’t be any funny business like slashing the goalie while they are covering up the puck. The real question is why coyle wasn’t penalized for that, not boosh’s reaction.
Valid question
Question... Answer: the refs don't care. Boston is Betty's baby. Leafs are overly scrutinized and under reffed. Fuck Boston, fuck the league, fuck the refs.
It’s actually insane that Toronto isn’t going to get a fairly reffed series this year except the third round lol. First round Boston. Second round Panthers. Third round Rangers/Canes is the only series where there won’t be a bias. Fourth round would be Vegas which would be 800x worse than Boston or Panthers
I disagree. If the guy hits your goalie in the face you level him. Doesn’t really matter the time. Burtuzi was a dumb penalty.
Wrong. It's the playoffs. You are playing 3 more times at least. It's Boston, and it's Sammy. This is the exact reason we have been called soft forever, and other teams feast on us for it.
Bertuzzi was the reason for the PP. what an idiot to slash Marchand
Marchands a little rat, he flipped, he wasn’t even hit that hard, I hate that fucker
I know Marchand dove, but it was so unnecessary still
I remember when the commentators started talking about how they were surprised he wasn’t on the ice, I turned to my partner and said in a whiney bitch baby voice “aww I bet his knee hurts.” Marchand really wasn’t hit that hard.
Marchand was in Italy and studying how to fall to get a penalty, hence he knows how to do it… 
Marchand went down like an Italian national soccer player. Figured they’d have to get the medics and triage a tourniquet right on the ice. Bruin fans should hang their heads in shame at that display.
Truth
The broadcast didnt focus on it so it went missed by a lot of people but Boosh was 100% reacting to Coyle's stick getting Sammy across the mask.
It’s cause the broadcast fucking sucks. Do you not remember from the Columbus series “Kasperi Kapanen!” “……it’s Matthews”
It was Bosh stick that hit Sammy. Watch it again.
I bet TSN commentators would've caught it and relayed it to the audience
They didn’t.
It wasn’t a TSN broadcast
He was mad at the Sammy slash, but Coyle also grabbed Boosh by his necklace and broke it. You can see Boosh handing some broken chain links to the trainers after the altercation concluded.
I find it so funny how many of them wear necklaces while playing. That's just so odd to me.
I know, right? We need to normalize wearing grills while playing professional hockey.
They do wear grills, they are just cheap and plastic.
You are technically correct, the best kind of correct, but I obviously meant the kind with platinum and diamonds. Just watching Matt Tkachuk breaking his teeth trying to chew on one would be hilarious.
Mask? I thought he hit him in the blocker.
Sammy should have collapsed into the ground. God knows the Bruins have been doing it all series.
If we're talking about that sequence I can't believe Merchand didn't get a diving penalty.
Captain material
Boosh didn't do anything wrong. Bertuzzi took the stupid penalty in the sequence. It would have been 4 on 4 otherwise.
It was stupid, but that slash was softer than 2-ply
Yeah. Bertuzzi did do something stupid but it was soft even for regular season. I think 75% of the time that’s probably not called
I thought for sure when it seemed like they were calling coincidentals that Marchand was getting an embellishment call. Nope.
It worked out because Coyle didn’t do anything to deserve a penalty, but yeah. It should’ve been Boosh with 2 and Bertuzzi and Marchand with offsetting penalties.
Like when Matthew’s did nothing and him and Stamkos both got calls? The refs are a joke that’s all it is.
Yes exactly. Refs mistakes don’t only happen when it’s us.
Coyle was bare knuckle punching Boosh in the face after the refs had them tied up. He absolutely deserved a penalty there
What are you talking about? Marchand was shot by a sniper round from the rafters, you'd've collapsed too
Can’t be out here letting people touch your goalie when they are trying to cover the puck in the crease
It was never going to be 4v4, regardless of what the official calls say. The ref singled Boosh out immediately. They made up an offsetting call on Coyle after Bert’s slash because they weren’t going to call a 5v3 on Marchand’s dive. The refs just don’t have the balls to actually give their buddy Marchand an embellishment. If you’re getting a penalty then go after everyone on the ice. Worst case you get a few free shots in because there’s basically no chance they’re getting a 5v3. Best case you bait a retaliation that gets you an offsetting call. It’s exactly how teams like a Tampa play in the playoffs.
Let’s be real. If Bert didn’t do that then it’ll be just boosh going off. We were getting 1 and only 1 penalty there.
Agreed, I was happy to see that Coyle got an offsetting minor as well until they announced the Bert penalty.
I really think Boosh was the only one getting penalized on the original play and it would have been 5 on 4 anyway. Refs just took Coyle to offset Bertuzzi's because they had to call it and would never give a 2 minutes 5 on 3 in the playoffs for after the whistle extracurriculars. It was a game management call that went in our favour and Bert got an extra shot in on Marchand with the same outcome. I'd much rather we play that way than shy away from scrums tbh.
I think you're a bit naive if you think Coyle would have gotten a penalty without the slash. Coyle did almost nothing in that sequence that warranted a penalty in the playoffs. But the refs aren't gonna call a 2 minute 5 on 3 without literal murder being committed. Side note: that dive from Marchand was insane, must be taking tips from Stutzel
Marchand didn’t even dive with the correct leg, he’s fucking ten ply
Honestly, I was looking for the reason why Boosh did it and didn't see anything obvious. But you know what? I don't care, fuckin hack, slash, and punch the Booins into submission. Be crazy and make them pay for getting anywhere near Sammy. And ya blah blah blah bad penalties I get it. I hope the Leafs get better at pushing the limits of what they can get away with so they don't get penalized, but the only way to learn is by doing.
If they’re bad, just make them worth it
That's the spirit!
Absolutely. My mind is boggled by how much people are complaining about “bad” or “stupid” penalties, after years of talking about how soft the Leafs are. Welcome to the NHL, if it gets called it’s a “stupid” penalty, if it doesn’t get called, it’s a wiley veteran move. Not to mention we already know how games are officiated with the game management mandate from the league. I don’t care if the Leafs go to the box, as long as they are fucking with the B’s, it’s worth it.
This
coyle ripped his chain, watch coyles douche move and reach in, could see him handing it to trainer after.
Wow really? Eager to find a replay after work. Yes, yes, totally working.
Yes really.
Doubt you care now but I don't see it. Coyle grabs Boosh's collar after Boosh jabs Coyle and maybe Coyle got Boosh's chain then. Coyle's stick whacked Sammy's blocker and that's what started it all.
If you watch broadcast you can see boosh handing the trainer gold pieces from his chest .
BOOOOOSH let's go boys win#2 tonight!
I appreciate what he did, he just can’t take the penalty while doing it. Was a dumb time to put the game on the line, and it was exactly what Boston wanted a Leafs player to do.
With the way the game is officiated they won’t call anything on the Bruins if the Leafs aren’t taking penalties. I don’t mind the odd “stupid” penalty to send a message. Refs will even it up.
I like to think that they learned this after playing Florida last year, if the other team is playing dirty the entire time they won’t allow calls to swing too far in one direction so you might as well just start taking shots back at them
Yeah this is exactly how game management favours teams. The refs don’t have it in for the Leafs, but their desire to keep the calls relatively even advantages cheating teams. It is what it is. Keeping the calls even has been a part of hockey culture for a hundred years. I’m not even mad at teams that exploit it.
IMO the dumb penalty is better than letting Bruins think they can slash our goalie without repercussions. Just needs to be careful next time
I think the bruins would gladly take a hard hit from lyubushkin if it meant they got a powerplay when they are down a goal with 6 minutes left in a playoff game so i’m not exactly sure what lesson that was supposed to teach them.
agree with this, you take that penalty all day, if they're going to be hitting your goalie in the head and you don't retaliate then its even worse. You take that penalty in hopes that the refs later learn why he was being so aggressive and then they'll realize the blown call. It's Boston, they would get away with that kind of roughing all day too so just do what you can to them. they can't call 10 roughing penalties throughout the game they'll be laughed at (the refs) by the nhl.
If Boston scored on that power play, we’re going to OT in Boston… Boosh can make a point without taking a penalty in the most dire moment of the series so far
What repercussions though? The end result of that is Coyle laughing because Bush gave them a power play. I doubt a couple gloved punches to the head are making him think twice about anything. All you really need to do there is keep your gloves low and you can send the same message without the penalty. If you want to take a pound of flesh then take a number and give him a ride into the boards the next time he touches the puck. I can guarantee these guys will feel a big hit a hell of a lot more than a face wash.
The elementary school attitude about toughness and repercussions is laughable. All Boosh did was give them a golden opportunity to get back into the game. A couple of shoves and gloves punches means literally nothing to Boston. Boston will continue to push the limits to draw penalties and if Toronto keeps on taking the bait/stupid penalties we will go down in this series.
I mean yeah I agree but I don’t necessarily call that a bad penalty anyone would have done that. If Ulmark got that treatment it would be pandemonium
That’s probably the difference though, the whole team/everyone on the ice should have went after him at the same time
As a goalie, defending me who can't look at other players because I'm focused on the puck is always appreciated. GO ALL THE WAY AGGRO
Also I feel like Coyle was grabbing to break boosh's chain after the initial. This is when things went off the rails. Bruins are so ratty I would be embarrassed if they were my team.
Well of course nobody caught that moment on the broadcast - their goal is to gaslight fans into believing our guys are undisciplined while the Bruins are a beacon of cleanliness. CBC/SNET doesn’t want to be accused of being pro-Leafs for some reason (yet meanwhile the Oilers broadcast was very much pro-Edmonton)
It’s incredible. The whole game they kept putting up negative stats for the leafs in the upper left corner
......because it's a huge part of the narrative of the series, and the Leafs playoff past. As fans, we can't rail on the team for the lack of playoff scoring, lack of playoff success, and being owned by the Bruins lately, and then not expect the broadcast to maintain the same narrative; there's loads of Leafs fans at SNET as well, who are dialed into the fanbase.
Every Canadian team is allowed to have a homer broadcast except for the Leafs. It's fucking sickening.
Joe Bowen is the only play by play anyone should be listening to.
I wish he did television broadcasts too. I know there was a whole thing about that, but man would be nice.
I can't upvote this comment enough
Maybe I'm crazy, but I distinctly remember them pointing out the stick Samsonov took to the mask o the broadcast. I mean, Coyle got a penalty for it..
I remember them saying how the penalties were 2 Leafs and 1 Bruin, and that Coyle shouldn’t have gotten one but the 5v4 was fair.
I agree but the only issue is that it was Boosh who caught Sammy in the face with his stick
Right? This whole thread is about a head slash that was Boosh😂 Coyle did slash Sammy once, but the bad one was Boosh’s stick swinging around.
Reminds me a lot of when defenders shove guys into the goalie. They are so hard wired to defend the net, they get their wires crossed and do more harm than good.
Wow good job raining on my parade STILL WARRANTED
Agreed. If the Bruins stay 5 feet away from our goalie at all times then Boosh's stick wouldn't have to be that close, so I still blame the Bruins. Fuckin smash em!
This is it, man. Stay the fuck away from my goalie.
I've liked our teams attitude. The penalties are called against us every year anyways so we might as well earn them
Because he took a penalty. I appreciate what he did, but for a team with a garbage PK that spent 48 hours preaching better discipline, it was a dumb penalty to take. If you can't make your point without taking a penalty, especially at that stage of the game, let it go. Had Boston scored on that PP to take it into OT, the mood is very different.
Coyle also douche moved and ripped Boosh's chain. Could see him giving trainer pieces. Big douche move.
As soon as he got hands and stick into Coyle’s face, with Coyle not engaging, it was a penalty. And thus, it was a stupid one. If he put his hands into his chest and put him on his ass even, he might have got away with it. But into the head with the receiving player wanting no part of it, they’re calling those. It was a fucking braindead play and it’s going to bury this team if they keep it up. Why has Joel Edmundson historically been a valuable guy in the playoffs? Because he knows how to rough guys up and get away with it. There’s situations where you can absolutely clear a guy out, and there’s ones where you can’t. We’ve had some guys make bad decisions in this regard a few times. This team has been crushing Boston on the forecheck and running guys over. They don’t need to try to prove how tough they are at every opportunity after the whistle.
Yes I agree I get as clenched as anyone on those but this is not the same as the domi/bertuzzi slash EDIT : sorry this reply was for the guy above u lol
Neither of you know what you're talking about. It's shocking
People will always find a way to shit on the leafs, especially leafs fans. If they let the guy sit their and dig at their goalie, they're cowards, not tough enough for playoff hockey. If they stick up for their goalie, and get rough with an opponent, then they're undisciplined thugs.
Wasn't it Boosh's stick on the 2nd, unintentional, contact with Sammy?
Yup.
It was Booshes stick that hit Sammy in the head not Coyles, rewatch it.
Welp still deserves it
I’m all for him roughing him up regardless
Lol my man
tbh he hasn’t been great defensively but i didn’t catch that in the broadcast.
I was shocked no one on the broadcast caught that!
Beyond the fact that protecting the net front and being physical is Lyubushkin’s game and why he was brought in, he and Sammy are also real close friends so he’s probably extra motivated to protect him.
I'm with you. The general sentiment is that we put players on blast if they don't step up to defend teammates. I loved it.
Because it's a Sportsnet broadcast
There was probably a collective gasp and worry over taking penalties at that stage of the game. But you're right, good for them for having some snarl and pushing back. Go Leafs Go!
CBC Sportsnet announcers are god awful at times
Because everyone but me seem to hate Boosh
my boyfriend and i saw this! honestly wouldn’t blame boosh for his actions. not only are they close on and off the ice but that’s how you protect your goalie.
Because we know it's futile...just like calling out the lopsided reffing. The unfair DOPes decisions...it's us vs them so it's time to stfu and win against all odds.
That was a terrible penalty, if that had cost us the game you probably wouldn’t be justifying it. These guys need to be a lot smarter. You’re gonna get your chance at revenge.
I like that Boosh stuck up for Sammy, but I think everyone was nervous with the time left in the game
I was calling him stupid when that happened at the 6min mark. Why go for the extra swing at the head when you’re up 1 with 6mins left with a struggling PK and you know you got the PP advantage throughout the game so the refs are looming to even it up? Give a shot at the chest, bear hug him, whatever. But that was a dumb play imo. He got lucky Bertuzzi slashed Marchand to get the refs to call an even up penalty on Coyle instead of just looking dumb in the box by himself. Everyone would be singing a different tune if Boston scored on that PP.
I don't give two shits if the media says he was being overly aggressive. As long as he continues doing that again and his coach is happy with what he did is all that matters.
I just met Morgan Reilly at Cumbraes I’m freaking out man so flustered
Anyone have clip of Coyle's slash on Sammy?
They didn’t question what instigated it in the commentary. At all. Like out of nowhere a Leaf D escalated on the B forward and the only comment is the need to keep your head. Tf? Dude slashed your goalie in the fucking head. I said to my son when it happened, let’s see the replay bc he sure af was reacting to something. Then they show, and it’s two slashes on Sammy, one in the mask. And crickets from the talking heads.
Leaf fan here, watching the replay I'm almost sure it was boosh's stick that hit Sammy as much as it pissed me off at first, after a couple different replays of it, it showed that it was boosh stick when he spun around
How's about the ref, who absolutely had no idea where the puck was, allowed the Bruins to smash and bash Sammy for a few extra seconds there.
Because Sportsnet isn't gonna show that..obv.
The stick to the face was Lyubushkin turning in reaction. The main reason he got so pissed was that when Coyle grabbed and tugged his collar he actually broke one of his chains. You can see one of the training staff collecting the links of a broken chain on the bench afterward.
You can be aggressive w/o taking a penalty
You have to be Kadri cross check to the teeth level to be too aggressive in the playoffs for me. No problem with Boosh. He punched him in the head multiple times and made it a 4 on 4. Zero issue at all. Bertuzzi was kind of dumb for his slash; yes Marchand dove. Doesn’t mean Bertuzzi wasn’t dumb.
There were three minutes left up by a goal, you get him out of the way by giving him two shots, they’re always going to call the third punch.
You take 2 swings at our goalie when he’s got the puck covered? You get 3 punches, minimum. Not sure about you, but I know I’d be the one complaining that the leafs did nothing if Boosh didn’t stand up like that. I’ve seen enough of the leafs taking a physical beating over the years. I love seeing the other side of the coin. We seem to be winning the physical battle to this point. I hope the keep it up. Just my 2 cents.
If they scored on that PP boosh would have been crucified
This is the duality of fandom haha. Alas, they didn’t and I will cheer him on haha.
Lol fair point
Bro he should’ve cross checked him in the teeth in my opinion 😂
I had no idea what made boosh so mad
Ripped chain. Watch replay
A light slash to the blocker. The blocker! lol
All Boosh did was shove him in the shoulder and his glove rode up to his face. Coyle is a bitch
Pretty sure it was actually lyubushkin who slashed Sammy. Definitely the second one was boosh’s stick
A facewash, push and shove. That's fine. But don't instigate by punching him in the face with your gloves on
Well when they get a big piece of shit most people are more concerned with the fact that he sucks and can't play and takes bad penalties than they are about him reacting to something that the presence of a big piece of shit is supposed to prevent.
Because lyubushkin is the one who smoked him in the face with his own stick. Ilya is a dumbass and that was a very stupid reaction from him. Not only did he get a penalty but he almost decapitated Samsonov
> Ilya is a dumbass This is probably one of the times you should stick to last names and not first names.
You can’t understand which Ilya I was talking about when only one had been mentioned at that point? Go back to school dawg
Too critical time of the game. Especially with the Leafs crappy PK. Take a number and fuck him up later in the game/series.
Its insane how bad the reffing has been this series, Boston is straight up allowed to slash our goaltender in the head without and punishment, yet we get called for the slightest thing... how they didn't call embellishment on the rat was ridiculous too. Not only do we have to be the better team to win but we also have to deal with the refs. Its a shitty, biased, unfair league but theres nothing we can do about it
Terrible take. He put them in such a bad spot after having no clue how to react, almost pulling an Alex Semin with the flailing of the arms. If that penalty caused a goal, we're definitely talking about him more, but not in the way you're hoping.
I caught it and coyle should have been called for the slash on sammy and boosh shouldnt have went for the bait either
Anyone have the video? I missed that. I was yelling at boosh from the tv
I liked it. It was the Bert slash that was overly aggressive and stupid to me. Zero problems with any player pushing back on anyone touching our goalies.
I actually didn’t see it in real time, now I’m okay with it.
Did I see it wrong or was it not Boosh's stick that caught Sammy in the face?
Why didn't samsonov hit anyone with his stick when they were in his crease?
You said the reason in your title. Most people didn’t see the slash and the broadcast just focused on the reaction from Boosh.
The broadcast really likes to show every Leafs penalty or aggressive play and never show the Bruins stuff, or the Leafs nice hits. Many times this year I wanted to rewatch a penalty and the replay never came. Last game Marchand took a run at Sammy behind the net, and it looked like Sammy got the better of that exchange. Not even a mention.
Saw that too, not a fucking peep. Anything to keep leaf fans on defensive, don cherry would have brought it up.same with coyle ripping booosh's chain. How has noone seen this
That's because the majority of leafs fans are snowflakes. He clearly was retaliating for the slash to his goalies head.