I agree on a personal and human level. But also he’s a professional athlete making $3.5 million for one year in the largest hockey market in North America. You’re under a microscope and getting paid well to do the thing. Be prepared for criticism when you aren’t doing the thing. I’m so glad he’s currently doing the thing and very well.
Camarama421
I feel like everyone was rightfully critical of him when he was objectively one of the worst goalies in the league over a large stretch, and everyone has been rightfully praising him for his amazing play since coming back up. I never saw anyone attacking him personally or anything of the sort, everyone knows he’s a great guy. This feels like someone who’s just going along with the “Toronto media bad” narrative even though no one was really being unfairly hard on him
mikesully374826
*Historically inconsistent goalie plays inconsistently*
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cutarm_creature
The Toronto media are also ridiculously annoying. I am a Leaf fan, but never read any articles from the reporters covering them. They ask the dumbest questions and have insane speculations. I think it was last year we lost game 1 of the season, a headline I saw suggested the season was done, what’s wrong with the Leafs blah blah blah. It’s click bait and views for their shitty articles.
footwith4toes
Hockey players are incredibly soft. I generally disagree with Sid Seixeiro but what he said recently about Toronto media on the SDPN nailed it on the head.
CashComprehensive423
The hardest position mentally is being a goalie.
another_plebeian
Sammy good, Sammy bad, Sammy good
Fans say Sammy good, fans say Sammy bad, fans say Sammy good
TheOneWithThePorn12
Everyone treated Sammy with kid gloves. They love the guy.
billcosbyinnocence
I means he’s not wrong. Half the sub was begging for him to be waived earlier
matthewsisaleaf50
I received three notifications today about how Sammy was hurt at practice and how it was terrible news for Toronto. Not one notification or update about how he is fine and will be starting tonight. Media and the drive for click bait is terrible in general.
Reggae4Triceratops
Stfu coke head
Flashy_Ferret_1819
The Toronto media isn’t really all that tough on the Leafs, players and management. Very quick to praise and very slow to criticize. It’s just There is a ton of it.
Sammy was one of the worst goalies in the league for the first half and what players expect *NO* criticism or negative press? I didn’t hear one thing negative about him personally, just his play. Radio, TV, and print media that is based in Toronto that is very hard on the Leafs are few and far between.
Heatersthebest
These stories I can just never understand. Don’t you want to play in a city that just loves the sport and can’t get enough of it?
Like the best footballers in the world want to play for the biggest clubs and they get unreal attention, like way more scrutiny than the Leafs…
LeBron goes to the Lakers, Cole goes to the Yankees, Ohtani to the Dodgers, these are huge teams with massive followings and I never hear about players complaining about the media.
Why are hockey players, most, not all, so soft about something like this????
terminese
What does he want, he was a train wreck at the beginning of the year. I’m so happy for him that he figured shit out.
DifferentCod5606
That’s how it always is in Toronto. That’s why you dont go to Toronto.
in-dog_we_trust
Toronto media has always been hard on the Leafs. But they can also sing the praise of some players. Playing in Toronto is not for everyone. Some people can’t handle it others thrive under it. I don’t live in the Toronto area anymore so I may be wrong but I think once everyone really started to understand what was wrong with Sammy they backed off. He was having a very bad no good horrible season. Then we understood it was partially because of mental health issues (and the press can certainly do that to a guy) there was a lot of oh ok well let’s hope he gets help, treatment, better. Now he is back and looks better then ever.
kocakolanotpepci
lol. Go do some lines bro.
Secondusx
This guy did one too many lines of coke.
itaintbirds
These guys get paid millions per year to play a game. Deal with it.
smuddge000
This guy is spot on. Other city’s support their players. Cheer for them and try and bring them up when things aren’t good. Here it’s all criticism. Its is in my opinion part of the reason we can’t play in playoffs. Last team we had that could truly ignore the noise in Toronto was the 90’s Gilmour teams.
We run every goalie into the ground….
__Dave_
I really don’t remember the media being particularly mean. They reported on what was happening.
The fans on the other hand, we’re pretty nasty.
TimbitSizedTesticles
Who cares about the opinion of a washed up cokehead? Sammy has been playing well, but there was a stretch where he deserved the criticism.
sumguy91
Don’t forget this is coming from a guy who’s celly is a bird flying. Guys stupid
sportsywebe
This is so ridiculous and so are so many of the comments in the thread.
BaconWrappedEnigma
I stick by my sentiment that NHL players are the softest of any sport. The media here is bad?? All they said was “he’s playing poorly” when he was playing poorly! The media, if anything, is not nearly critical enough when the team is bad.
hello2561
This is why babies like Kuznetsov don’t play here.
glightningbolt
Toronto has one of the softest medias around. The media is rarely too critical or harsh towards the Leafs. People on social media is another story.
PersimmonMindless
For such a tough sports, hockey players are soft. Look at the treatment players of other sports get in the media.
BabyGoatCheese
I hate the Toronto media but the Leafs are my favourite team. The Toronto media is unbearable at times and it’s clear they will write whatever articles they have to get views and they clearly don’t give a fuck about the team, only interested in making money and making speculations for clickbait.
sherrybobbinsbort
I’m pretty sure Samsonov attracted some media attention cause half way through the season he was the worst goalie in the league. What are you supposed to do? Pretend it’s all roses?
Players love playing here. Any of the core 4 would be gone if they didn’t. Matthews has resigned 2x already.
wif68
Fuck you and your fucking bird celly.
RapsareChamps_Suckit
Kuz needs rehab not a Hurricanes stint
Jmac24mats13
He’s right. Overdrive which I love has been questioning the starter position all week(not the usual 3 hosts but still) while Sammy is 13-2 in his last 15 and somehow they bring up if Woll should be the starter come playoffs. I don’t get it at all. I know they have to have something to talk about but people just sound dumb suggesting right now Sammy isn’t our starter at the playoffs
lpuckeri
Kuz doesnt have a clue.
The boys love Sammy
MotherTalzin
lol this reminds me of the King of the Hill “if those kids could read they’d be very upset” meme
WD--30
We was rightfully questioned.this isn’t some fucking playground for kids, grow up.
MobysBanned
Guys clearly never heard of Mark Spector
brownmagician
He’s not wrong. Sportsnet and TSN and then all of the print and digital media can be assholes about a player
TDavy147
Boo hoo
Go see how European media treats their teams. Then come back and realize you guys get it easy
LPG24
It sounds like he trying to make Sammy looks mentally weak. Like… If he knew English well, he will be devastated. Same shit when Tampa was playing Toronto, everyone trying to make Sammy look bad. Sammy understood the assignment, he was honest about his play, worked on himself and came back strong as fuck. Sammy is the perfect goalie for this team atm.
SeeGodKai
Anyone else scrolling to the left thanks to the screenshot?
AcceptableYou4919
Cry me a river he played horribly for a whole month in a big hockey market
arctikat
Really don’t need a Russian lecturing us how to treat others
Sc00tzy
This is kind of funny to me when yes, the leafs media is annoying, but just scrolling through this comment thread shows how classless and pathetic fans can act online.
decipher_xb
He’s not wrong.
redditzane
NHL media in Toronto is paper soft compared to reporters in other sports. Go and see what they say about players in the NFL down in the US after a bad game, night and day.
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I agree on a personal and human level. But also he’s a professional athlete making $3.5 million for one year in the largest hockey market in North America. You’re under a microscope and getting paid well to do the thing. Be prepared for criticism when you aren’t doing the thing. I’m so glad he’s currently doing the thing and very well.
I feel like everyone was rightfully critical of him when he was objectively one of the worst goalies in the league over a large stretch, and everyone has been rightfully praising him for his amazing play since coming back up. I never saw anyone attacking him personally or anything of the sort, everyone knows he’s a great guy. This feels like someone who’s just going along with the “Toronto media bad” narrative even though no one was really being unfairly hard on him
*Historically inconsistent goalie plays inconsistently*
Shocked.pikachu.face.jpg
The Toronto media are also ridiculously annoying. I am a Leaf fan, but never read any articles from the reporters covering them. They ask the dumbest questions and have insane speculations. I think it was last year we lost game 1 of the season, a headline I saw suggested the season was done, what’s wrong with the Leafs blah blah blah. It’s click bait and views for their shitty articles.
Hockey players are incredibly soft. I generally disagree with Sid Seixeiro but what he said recently about Toronto media on the SDPN nailed it on the head.
The hardest position mentally is being a goalie.
Sammy good, Sammy bad, Sammy good
Fans say Sammy good, fans say Sammy bad, fans say Sammy good
Everyone treated Sammy with kid gloves. They love the guy.
I means he’s not wrong. Half the sub was begging for him to be waived earlier
I received three notifications today about how Sammy was hurt at practice and how it was terrible news for Toronto. Not one notification or update about how he is fine and will be starting tonight. Media and the drive for click bait is terrible in general.
Stfu coke head
The Toronto media isn’t really all that tough on the Leafs, players and management. Very quick to praise and very slow to criticize. It’s just There is a ton of it.
Sammy was one of the worst goalies in the league for the first half and what players expect *NO* criticism or negative press? I didn’t hear one thing negative about him personally, just his play. Radio, TV, and print media that is based in Toronto that is very hard on the Leafs are few and far between.
These stories I can just never understand. Don’t you want to play in a city that just loves the sport and can’t get enough of it?
Like the best footballers in the world want to play for the biggest clubs and they get unreal attention, like way more scrutiny than the Leafs…
LeBron goes to the Lakers, Cole goes to the Yankees, Ohtani to the Dodgers, these are huge teams with massive followings and I never hear about players complaining about the media.
Why are hockey players, most, not all, so soft about something like this????
What does he want, he was a train wreck at the beginning of the year. I’m so happy for him that he figured shit out.
That’s how it always is in Toronto. That’s why you dont go to Toronto.
Toronto media has always been hard on the Leafs. But they can also sing the praise of some players. Playing in Toronto is not for everyone. Some people can’t handle it others thrive under it.
I don’t live in the Toronto area anymore so I may be wrong but I think once everyone really started to understand what was wrong with Sammy they backed off. He was having a very bad no good horrible season. Then we understood it was partially because of mental health issues (and the press can certainly do that to a guy) there was a lot of oh ok well let’s hope he gets help, treatment, better. Now he is back and looks better then ever.
lol. Go do some lines bro.
This guy did one too many lines of coke.
These guys get paid millions per year to play a game. Deal with it.
This guy is spot on. Other city’s support their players. Cheer for them and try and bring them up when things aren’t good. Here it’s all criticism. Its is in my opinion part of the reason we can’t play in playoffs. Last team we had that could truly ignore the noise in Toronto was the 90’s Gilmour teams.
We run every goalie into the ground….
I really don’t remember the media being particularly mean. They reported on what was happening.
The fans on the other hand, we’re pretty nasty.
Who cares about the opinion of a washed up cokehead? Sammy has been playing well, but there was a stretch where he deserved the criticism.
Don’t forget this is coming from a guy who’s celly is a bird flying. Guys stupid
This is so ridiculous and so are so many of the comments in the thread.
I stick by my sentiment that NHL players are the softest of any sport. The media here is bad?? All they said was “he’s playing poorly” when he was playing poorly! The media, if anything, is not nearly critical enough when the team is bad.
This is why babies like Kuznetsov don’t play here.
Toronto has one of the softest medias around. The media is rarely too critical or harsh towards the Leafs. People on social media is another story.
For such a tough sports, hockey players are soft. Look at the treatment players of other sports get in the media.
I hate the Toronto media but the Leafs are my favourite team. The Toronto media is unbearable at times and it’s clear they will write whatever articles they have to get views and they clearly don’t give a fuck about the team, only interested in making money and making speculations for clickbait.
I’m pretty sure Samsonov attracted some media attention cause half way through the season he was the worst goalie in the league.
What are you supposed to do? Pretend it’s all roses?
Players love playing here. Any of the core 4 would be gone if they didn’t. Matthews has resigned 2x already.
Fuck you and your fucking bird celly.
Kuz needs rehab not a Hurricanes stint
He’s right. Overdrive which I love has been questioning the starter position all week(not the usual 3 hosts but still) while Sammy is 13-2 in his last 15 and somehow they bring up if Woll should be the starter come playoffs. I don’t get it at all. I know they have to have something to talk about but people just sound dumb suggesting right now Sammy isn’t our starter at the playoffs
Kuz doesnt have a clue.
The boys love Sammy
lol this reminds me of the King of the Hill “if those kids could read they’d be very upset” meme
We was rightfully questioned.this isn’t some fucking playground for kids, grow up.
Guys clearly never heard of Mark Spector
He’s not wrong. Sportsnet and TSN and then all of the print and digital media can be assholes about a player
Boo hoo
Go see how European media treats their teams. Then come back and realize you guys get it easy
It sounds like he trying to make Sammy looks mentally weak. Like… If he knew English well, he will be devastated. Same shit when Tampa was playing Toronto, everyone trying to make Sammy look bad. Sammy understood the assignment, he was honest about his play, worked on himself and came back strong as fuck. Sammy is the perfect goalie for this team atm.
Anyone else scrolling to the left thanks to the screenshot?
Cry me a river he played horribly for a whole month in a big hockey market
Really don’t need a Russian lecturing us how to treat others
This is kind of funny to me when yes, the leafs media is annoying, but just scrolling through this comment thread shows how classless and pathetic fans can act online.
He’s not wrong.
NHL media in Toronto is paper soft compared to reporters in other sports. Go and see what they say about players in the NFL down in the US after a bad game, night and day.