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Keefe and Cooper comment on officiating in Game 3



After Sheldon Keefe mentioned in his post-game that the Lightning “manipulated the referees” in Game 3, Jon Cooper responds to the comments.

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  1. Its all about perspectives here. Coop is a master at being able to flip the script. He always seems so arrogant, but he's been very successful, so I hate him in the most respectful way possible. Good on Keefe for calling out that tactic. What about Point's dramatic collapse after moving away from the scrum? And then by the miracle of modern medicine I assume, he doesn't miss a shift. Fascinating stuff!

  2. What a terrible liar of course they intentionally took Mathew’s and oreilly out, wether they thought they were getting a pp or not, having two top players in the box for five minutes or longer when they need to score a goal to win was huge, if they were down a goal they’d never do that

  3. Leafs win and they still bitch and complain. Give it up. You haven't won since before man walked on the moon. You're not winning this year. Don't bitch about dirty plays when you literally almost broke a guys neck during that play and earlier in the series you took out Tampas best D line with cheap shots. Even if you do get out of the first round you'll never get past Boston. But I suppose y'all only need a participation trophy to feel good about yourselves.

  4. Lawyerboy stretching the truth to an impossible degree to mess with the refs? Naw, he NEVER does that. Tampa always plays clean and they NEEEEEVER whine, complain, or scream at the refs.

  5. Leaf’s literally got away with a Tampa goal being called back and there complaining? Shouldn’t even gone to OT.

  6. Can't stand the Leafs and I'm glad this guy is calling the refs out. Their performance in these playoffs is inexcusable, regardless of teams and games or officiating crew. Games are being won and loss because of this awful officiating. The league should be embarrassed.

  7. Hockey is the sport of cry babies. With all the betting apps sponsoring the NHL makes you wonder how much the decisions are not influence to help them make more profits, also is it possible to bet on the NHL making a bad decision in a game that would be a sure winner.

  8. This series will work in Tampa’s favour the further it goes. Everyone know the refs put their whistles away in the final couple games. They only make calls if they absolutely have to which is complete dogshit.

  9. The question was worded poorly. It was not so much about getting Matthews to take a major for fighting and get him off the ice, it was about TB instigating fights knowing they were not going to get called for anymore penalties, essentially having free pass to take shots at our best players like Matthews and Marner during the melee. Which is a scummy move by a team that has no class or honour.

  10. Coop you wine too much . Tampa could have had more penalties called on them . Macabe hit from behind . The last 2 games where Samsonov had his stick chopped out of his hands. So don't whine about the non calls on your team

  11. Bad take by Cooper. Nobody in the building thought the Lightning were going on the PP, everyone thought exactly the opposite

  12. Yall ever see a snake? Theres one in the flesb mr cooper knew exactly what was happening just like game 1. Biggest snake in the nhl today(other then corey perry f that guy -_-)

  13. Don't forget the Brayden Point embellishment. He went to the dressing room, got some of that magic spray and was suddenly perfectly fine after playing out an Oscar-worthy slow "death scene" on ice… like he just took a 40 cal bullet in the belly. It sure seemed to fool Kucherov enough to attack Rielly, or perhaps Kucherov was in on the act which would not surprise anyone.

  14. Let's alllllll be honest here… The refs CANT call Tampa Bay by the book because if they did the Leafs would be on the PP for 60 solid minutes. I thought Boston was greasy back in the day but this Tampa team. Yikes.

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