I hope every team takes EN slappers against the Loafs from here on. Cooler than doing the griddy….
SpongyConcrete
I don’t get how this was disrespectful. It’s really nothing. If it happened against my team, I don’t think i’d react to that. The goal itself would generate disappointment but that’s about it. I don’t get why people try to justify Reilly’s reaction as appropriate retaliation. That was very bad sportsmanship and potentially dangerous on top of that. And I have to add that I absolutely despise the senators.
AlanWhickerNumber3
Ask them how they feel about the Jose Bautista bat flip 😉
Le_rat_du_gymnase
It’s disrespectful to slap it in the empty net but it’s ok for the Red wings Wahlman to do a stupid dance (the gritty) and everyone does lose their mind about that?
Spiritual_Holiday511
Now this, this is brilliant stuff. And I thought I was crazy for saying that if this happened against my team, I really wouldn’t be upset in the slightest.
Traditional_Range_28
It honestly scares me how dumb some people are. They are defending the Leafs because it’s an unwritten rule to not have any fun apparently when scoring a goal against the Leafs, but it’s okay to cross check someone in the head when they aren’t expecting it.
Let’s look into the mind of a Leafs fan: Fragile ego > long term health and preventing brain damage
okokokoyeahright
Official.
Throwawaydontgoaway8
I hope Walman griddys all over the leafs next time we meet
They are just butt hurt that they will be out in the first round again this year, if they even make the cut.
buktee123
Really wish this was a Sharks-Islanders game or something so nobody would have cared
YeWhoBaggethTea
Solid rule set. Make one for my team. The Blackhawks.. lol we need humor in our lives
Hungry-Mammoth6036
It’s one of those unwritten rules . Like celebrations in football or bat flips. ( which I am all about). It’s the leafs job, empty net or not to stop the other team. They get paid to do it. They didn’t stop Grieg. That being said, I have no problem with Rielly squaring up with Grieg. But attacking with your stick like that, I don’t like.
TheHip41
As a tennis player I wish more people would do huge fist pumps when they shank the ball right off the top of the net and it rolls over for a let ball winner.
Eskotar
I hope the teams will start going all out on EN’s against the leafs. Dekes on invisible goalie, slappers, backhand roofers, between the legs etc. That would be so funny.
StarkStorm
Fuck the leafs.
vanyel196
Sounds pretty accurate
Leverender
Hahaha holy fuck this good
Altruistic-Coyote868
As a lifelong Leafs fan, I had to mute the Leafs sub today. The amount of salt in there is enough to dehydrate the planet.
vaports
Chucky is gonna do a Michigan ENG vs the Leafs at this rate
boardinghousepie
Always Toronto.
davedog81
Keefe needs to be suspended too. Time to start sending a message to these old heads. Just like they did to the Saints and their targeting of players.
Tola76
This is the issue with leaf haters. If they don’t stand up for themselves they’re soft. If they do, they’re soft.
35RoliSmith41
How do you make the NHL and not realize you’re gonna get cross checked in the face for doing that?
Dry-Interaction3053
They were both wrong. You don’t show boat when you’re last in the division. You don’t cross check someone in the head for scoring. As a leafs fan I’m glad he got into it, just wish the stick was to the chest, followed by a verbal assault of how shitty he was as a player and the Sens as a team.
RoosterMedical
Hilarious but the only player on both teams who thought this was a good idea was Greig for a short amount of time.
Wxll24
Leafs fans not understanding there’s a middle ground between doing nothing and cross checking someone in the head is hilarious. Definition of a room temp IQ fanbase
in-dog_we_trust
I’m old. I’m a Leafs fan all my life. Want to call me names go ahead I don’t give a toss. But remember us old folks remember shit. Like when former Habs and Devils player Claude Lemieux would shit the puck into the net at the end of the pregame skate, or grab the goalies water bottle and take a drink, or shoot the puck into the net after the play was whistled dead. I remember people loosing their minds about this shit. If I remember right (and I do) he even got death threats. It’s a joke that the fans of the rest of the leagues fans are giving this so much hate.
Scazzz
The Leafs… Living rent free in other teams fans heads.
Gurthy_Lengthiness
Haha whatever, we won’t be hearing about them again after the 1st round of the playoffs
Equivalent_Goose_226
It’s concerning how the consensus here is pro-disrespect. Rielly overreacted but the dude was purposefully disrespectful. Why are you weirdos trying to call it “fun”? If it was fun, it was fun because it was disrespectful.
Doing something like that on an empty net is an invitation to rumble
Traderparkboy01
Lots of people have never played sports before lol. That reaction is exactly what you are supposed to receive in real hockey, I’m sorry your generation is now in the post Don Cherry land of the milk and honey, Justin Biebs and colorful tape. Hockey used to be cool, that’s what hockey was and should be. I guarantee every team would react the same way. I don’t hate it.
SnarkyMarsupial7
All the leafs had to do the prior 59 minutes was stop the other team from scoring more goals than them then they wouldn’t have been in that situation. God I hate this league sometimes. Bunch of blackheads in powers of position in the league that support “the code”. It’s like the stupid code that has evolved any time someone delivers a huge clean body check all of a sudden that player has to now fight.
heckingex
Per the leafs subreddit, everyone here and in the hockey subreddit are internet warriors who’ve never played. Also, every member of their sub plays semi pros and knows the unwritten rules, therefore their opinion is the right one.
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I hope every team takes EN slappers against the Loafs from here on. Cooler than doing the griddy….
I don’t get how this was disrespectful. It’s really nothing. If it happened against my team, I don’t think i’d react to that. The goal itself would generate disappointment but that’s about it. I don’t get why people try to justify Reilly’s reaction as appropriate retaliation. That was very bad sportsmanship and potentially dangerous on top of that. And I have to add that I absolutely despise the senators.
Ask them how they feel about the Jose Bautista bat flip 😉
It’s disrespectful to slap it in the empty net but it’s ok for the Red wings Wahlman to do a stupid dance (the gritty) and everyone does lose their mind about that?
Now this, this is brilliant stuff. And I thought I was crazy for saying that if this happened against my team, I really wouldn’t be upset in the slightest.
It honestly scares me how dumb some people are. They are defending the Leafs because it’s an unwritten rule to not have any fun apparently when scoring a goal against the Leafs, but it’s okay to cross check someone in the head when they aren’t expecting it.
Let’s look into the mind of a Leafs fan:
Fragile ego > long term health and preventing brain damage
Official.
I hope Walman griddys all over the leafs next time we meet
[Leafs fans TVs during this “in the crease” slap shot:](https://ibb.co/XxbWjn7)
They are just butt hurt that they will be out in the first round again this year, if they even make the cut.
Really wish this was a Sharks-Islanders game or something so nobody would have cared
Solid rule set. Make one for my team. The Blackhawks.. lol we need humor in our lives
It’s one of those unwritten rules . Like celebrations in football or bat flips. ( which I am all about). It’s the leafs job, empty net or not to stop the other team. They get paid to do it. They didn’t stop Grieg. That being said, I have no problem with Rielly squaring up with Grieg. But attacking with your stick like that, I don’t like.
As a tennis player I wish more people would do huge fist pumps when they shank the ball right off the top of the net and it rolls over for a let ball winner.
I hope the teams will start going all out on EN’s against the leafs. Dekes on invisible goalie, slappers, backhand roofers, between the legs etc. That would be so funny.
Fuck the leafs.
Sounds pretty accurate
Hahaha holy fuck this good
As a lifelong Leafs fan, I had to mute the Leafs sub today. The amount of salt in there is enough to dehydrate the planet.
Chucky is gonna do a Michigan ENG vs the Leafs at this rate
Always Toronto.
Keefe needs to be suspended too. Time to start sending a message to these old heads. Just like they did to the Saints and their targeting of players.
This is the issue with leaf haters. If they don’t stand up for themselves they’re soft. If they do, they’re soft.
How do you make the NHL and not realize you’re gonna get cross checked in the face for doing that?
They were both wrong. You don’t show boat when you’re last in the division. You don’t cross check someone in the head for scoring. As a leafs fan I’m glad he got into it, just wish the stick was to the chest, followed by a verbal assault of how shitty he was as a player and the Sens as a team.
Hilarious but the only player on both teams who thought this was a good idea was Greig for a short amount of time.
Leafs fans not understanding there’s a middle ground between doing nothing and cross checking someone in the head is hilarious. Definition of a room temp IQ fanbase
I’m old. I’m a Leafs fan all my life. Want to call me names go ahead I don’t give a toss. But remember us old folks remember shit.
Like when former Habs and Devils player Claude Lemieux would shit the puck into the net at the end of the pregame skate, or grab the goalies water bottle and take a drink, or shoot the puck into the net after the play was whistled dead. I remember people loosing their minds about this shit. If I remember right (and I do) he even got death threats.
It’s a joke that the fans of the rest of the leagues fans are giving this so much hate.
The Leafs… Living rent free in other teams fans heads.
Haha whatever, we won’t be hearing about them again after the 1st round of the playoffs
It’s concerning how the consensus here is pro-disrespect. Rielly overreacted but the dude was purposefully disrespectful. Why are you weirdos trying to call it “fun”? If it was fun, it was fun because it was disrespectful.
Doing something like that on an empty net is an invitation to rumble
Lots of people have never played sports before lol. That reaction is exactly what you are supposed to receive in real hockey, I’m sorry your generation is now in the post Don Cherry land of the milk and honey, Justin Biebs and colorful tape. Hockey used to be cool, that’s what hockey was and should be. I guarantee every team would react the same way. I don’t hate it.
All the leafs had to do the prior 59 minutes was stop the other team from scoring more goals than them then they wouldn’t have been in that situation. God I hate this league sometimes. Bunch of blackheads in powers of position in the league that support “the code”. It’s like the stupid code that has evolved any time someone delivers a huge clean body check all of a sudden that player has to now fight.
Per the leafs subreddit, everyone here and in the hockey subreddit are internet warriors who’ve never played. Also, every member of their sub plays semi pros and knows the unwritten rules, therefore their opinion is the right one.