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lumlums
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ON
Joined: 06.25.2011

Jan 21 @ 9:43 PM ET
I was cheering for the Rams, and I still think it was brutal.

I think this eclipses the non-call in Ravens-49ers superbowl a few years ago that cost the 49ers the game.

It has to be the worst non-call ever.

- Aetherial


Oh yeah. In almost any other circumstance it could be passed off as the refs goofing and everyone moves on. But not with a minute and a half left in a tied game, in the conference finals, with a place in the Superbowl on the line....
Aetherial
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Has anyone discussed the standings today?
Joined: 06.30.2006

Jan 21 @ 9:49 PM ET
It is virtually a guarantee that the Saints win if the call is made. That kind of stuff should not happen.



lumlums
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ON
Joined: 06.25.2011

Jan 21 @ 9:50 PM ET
It is virtually a guarantee that the Saints win if the call is made. That kind of stuff should not happen.
- Aetherial


Absolutely. Pass interference plus a helmet to helmet hit - Saints would have been lined up on the 1...
grim
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Ottawa, ON
Joined: 09.23.2006

Jan 21 @ 10:19 PM ET
Shave the poor excuse for beards and get some haircuts, and all will be good again. Kapanen is starting to look like (gasp!) Daniel Alfredsson.
PatC80
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: I would never let my children play hockey. The risk of getting drafted by Edmonton is too high", ON
Joined: 08.11.2011

Jan 21 @ 10:35 PM ET
Shave the poor excuse for beards and get some haircuts, and all will be good again. Kapanen is starting to look like (gasp!) Daniel Alfredsson.
- grim

McDavid looks like a confused homeless man that suffers from bi-polar disorder. What's your point?
Dr. Leaf
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Oakville, ON
Joined: 07.01.2018

Jan 21 @ 10:35 PM ET
I was cheering for the Rams, and I still think it was brutal.

I think this eclipses the non-call in Ravens-49ers superbowl a few years ago that cost the 49ers the game.

It has to be the worst non-call ever.

- Aetherial

WTF. Greztsky on Gilmour is the worst non call ever. Otherwise hand in your Leaf fan membership right now.
Dr. Leaf
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Oakville, ON
Joined: 07.01.2018

Jan 21 @ 10:38 PM ET
Sad day for MiB when he can’t nlame Gardiner for a Leafs loss. Unless it is his fault Babs played Marincin over Holl.
PrinceLH
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Belleville, ON
Joined: 07.06.2007

Jan 21 @ 10:38 PM ET
The Leafs haven't been getting many power-plays. Why? They're afraid to initiate contact and refuse to crash the net. On the defensive end, they stick check all day and rarely throw a hit. The opposition can go to the net with impunity. If you refuse to play with physicality, you get few retaliatory penalties. Why would any team worry about crashing the Leafs net, if they don't feel the need to pay the price? Dubas and the Leafs brain-trust are so in love with analytics, that they've forgotten about the physical side of the game. The Leafs have no physical forwards and the defense is even worse. What gives with this clone style of play, with smaller, slighter built wingers and defenders with no brawn or toughness? Dubas needs to act soon, before the Leafs fall out of a playoffs spot. Most of the fan-base would never have believed this, one month ago.

My personal beliefs are this; Dubas will not make a significant move until after the All-star break. It isn't good enough to add a bottom 6 winger or third pairing defenseman. The Leafs need to do a deep surgical procedure on this core of this team and grit needs to be added to this talented, but one dimensional team.
PrinceLH
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Belleville, ON
Joined: 07.06.2007

Jan 21 @ 10:41 PM ET
McDavid looks like a confused homeless man that suffers from bi-polar disorder. What's your point?
- PatC80


Maybe the Leafs should trade Connor Brown for Jesse Pullijarrvi. Brown and McDavid were linemates in Junior. Pullijarrvi has size and seems to be coming out of his slow start to his career.
BetterCallSaul
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Captain Morgan Rielly
Joined: 05.07.2013

Jan 21 @ 10:55 PM ET
The Leafs haven't been getting many power-plays. Why? They're afraid to initiate contact and refuse to crash the net. On the defensive end, they stick check all day and rarely throw a hit. The opposition can go to the net with impunity. If you refuse to play with physicality, you get few retaliatory penalties. Why would any team worry about crashing the Leafs net, if they don't feel the need to pay the price? Dubas and the Leafs brain-trust are so in love with analytics, that they've forgotten about the physical side of the game. The Leafs have no physical forwards and the defense is even worse. What gives with this clone style of play, with smaller, slighter built wingers and defenders with no brawn or toughness? Dubas needs to act soon, before the Leafs fall out of a playoffs spot. Most of the fan-base would never have believed this, one month ago.

My personal beliefs are this; Dubas will not make a significant move until after the All-star break. It isn't good enough to add a bottom 6 winger or third pairing defenseman. The Leafs need to do a deep surgical procedure on this core of this team and grit needs to be added to this talented, but one dimensional team.

- PrinceLH

My personal beliefs are that your opinions are incorrect. That the Leafs will add a few lower tier pieces, maybe one high price rental with the cap space they have this year. Maybe. After the All-Star break the Leafs will finish the year on an upswing, because there is too much talent on this team to continue losing at this pace, and still finish second behind Tampa Bay. Deep surgery is not the correct course of action. Patience and further development is.
lumlums
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ON
Joined: 06.25.2011

Jan 21 @ 10:58 PM ET
My personal beliefs are that your opinions are incorrect. That the Leafs will add a few lower tier pieces, maybe one high price rental with the cap space they have this year. Maybe. After the All-Star break the Leafs will finish the year on an upswing, because there is too much talent on this team to continue losing at this pace, and still finish second behind Tampa Bay. Deep surgery is not the correct course of action. Patience and further development is.
- BetterCallSaul


When you live in your mother's basement, and the future only holds the prospect of living in your mother's basement, it's really difficult to be patient.

And thus is the curse of PrinceLH...
PrinceLH
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Belleville, ON
Joined: 07.06.2007

Jan 21 @ 11:06 PM ET
When you live in your mother's basement, and the future only holds the prospect of living in your mother's basement, it's really difficult to be patient.

And thus is the curse of PrinceLH...

- lumlums


I actually live in my own basement with my 65" Vizio, where I can see all of the mediocre play by the Leafs and living room, with my 50" TCL and rest of my house, with other 42" Toshiba's in the bedrooms, thank you very much. But carry on.....your XBOX followers and snowflake lemmings will comfort you and do your laundry.
dozerD10
Anaheim Ducks
Location: long beach, CA
Joined: 01.29.2014

Jan 21 @ 11:08 PM ET
I was cheering for the Rams, and I still think it was brutal.

I think this eclipses the non-call in Ravens-49ers superbowl a few years ago that cost the 49ers the game.

It has to be the worst non-call ever.

- Aetherial



Kerry Fraser 93 bad ???
lumlums
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ON
Joined: 06.25.2011

Jan 21 @ 11:15 PM ET
I actually live in my own basement with my 65" Vizio, where I can see all of the mediocre play by the Leafs and living room, with my 50" TCL and rest of my house, with other 42" Toshiba's in the bedrooms, thank you very much. But carry on.....your XBOX followers and snowflake lemmings will comfort you and do your laundry.
- PrinceLH


"SNOWFLAKE!!! LEMMINGS!!!! MILLENNIALS!!!! GLOBALISM!!!!"



- This is why you should really get outside. Seems like the furnace is putting too much CO into that basement of your mothers.
Vukota
New York Islanders
Joined: 06.29.2007

Jan 21 @ 11:21 PM ET
Jordan Eberle is a free agent at the end of the year. Rumor has it he has Maple Leaf underwear
- BringNYIhome

Seriously you gotta stop eating paste.
TrashPanda
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Your Green Bin, ON
Joined: 03.29.2018

Jan 21 @ 11:21 PM ET
"SNOWFLAKE!!! LEMMINGS!!!! MILLENNIALS!!!! GLOBALISM!!!!"



- This is why you should really get outside. Seems like the furnace is putting too much CO into that basement of your mothers.

- lumlums


Honestly, I don't know what's more sad. Is it the fact that these are the only arguments that he ever comes up with, or the fact that by using them he thinks he's clever?
TrashPanda
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Your Green Bin, ON
Joined: 03.29.2018

Jan 21 @ 11:22 PM ET
I actually live in my own basement with my 65" Vizio, where I can see all of the mediocre play by the Leafs and living room, with my 50" TCL and rest of my house, with other 42" Toshiba's in the bedrooms, thank you very much. But carry on.....your XBOX followers and snowflake lemmings will comfort you and do your laundry.
- PrinceLH


So you have a bunch of cheap, poopty TVs and we're supposed to be impressed?
.OHOH.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Joined: 07.30.2017

Jan 21 @ 11:23 PM ET
Absolutely. Pass interference plus a helmet to helmet hit - Saints would have been lined up on the 1...
- lumlums


How doesn't the nfl instantly contact an on field official and overturn that?





.OHOH.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Joined: 07.30.2017

Jan 21 @ 11:26 PM ET
I actually live in my own basement with my 65" Vizio, where I can see all of the mediocre play by the Leafs and living room, with my 50" TCL and rest of my house, with other 42" Toshiba's in the bedrooms, thank you very much. But carry on.....your XBOX followers and snowflake lemmings will comfort you and do your laundry.
- PrinceLH



What in the actual (frank)?
lumlums
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ON
Joined: 06.25.2011

Jan 21 @ 11:29 PM ET
Honestly, I don't know what's more sad. Is it the fact that these are the only arguments that he ever comes up with, or the fact that by using them he thinks he's clever?
- TrashPanda



He and UG are the literal embodiment of Dunning-Kruger. It'd be (frank)ing hilarious if not for the fact that it's so, so very sad....
lumlums
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ON
Joined: 06.25.2011

Jan 21 @ 11:33 PM ET
What in the actual (frank)?
- .OHOH.


It's unreal. He seems to think that "millennial" is an insult.

Just means that I'm younger than his wrinkled ass. Oh, and there's only one of us that doesn't live in him mom's basement
TrashPanda
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Your Green Bin, ON
Joined: 03.29.2018

Jan 21 @ 11:34 PM ET
He and UG are the literal embodiment of Dunning-Kruger. It'd be (frank)ing hilarious if not for the fact that it's so, so very sad....
- lumlums


UG disappears and Prince shows up. Coincidence?
.OHOH.
Toronto Maple Leafs
Joined: 07.30.2017

Jan 21 @ 11:39 PM ET
Nah, UG is many things, but it'd be an insult to him to call him Prince.

I don't like UG, but he's smarter than that dumb female genitalia by about 2000x...

- lumlums


I'll take the over, you're done for $100!
lumlums
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: ON
Joined: 06.25.2011

Jan 21 @ 11:41 PM ET
I'll take the over, you're done for $100!
- .OHOH.

tkecanuck341
Los Angeles Kings
Location: Irvine, CA
Joined: 06.25.2009

Jan 21 @ 11:52 PM ET
Kerry Fraser 93 bad ???
- dozerD10


I think you mean Kerry Fraser 93 GOOD !!!
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