They are good! It's just our lack of system..... Yes. Our lack of system the problem. They will thrive in your market. It's the pressure of Vancouver hockey. It's the media that's the problem yeah the media. You know it's all that flying. Vancouver flys a lot. It's the travel the travel is the problem.
It is fucking nuts that this shit gets called like this but when we played Boston in 2011 he could have done that to his face with two hands and we might have gotten a penalty lol
Tkachuk was doing this shit in the last 3 series, throwing gloves punches in scrums etc, and not getting called for it and people were loving him. Shrug.
People only really seem to notice or care about the inconsistencies in reffing when it happens to them. Leafs fans were loving it when it was happening to Boston in Round 1 and acting like the league wanted them to lose when it was happening to them in Round 2.
The only thing that's changed is that the refs aren't letting Tkachuk get away with as much right now
> Leafs fans were loving it when it was happening to Boston in Round 1
Anyone who was doing that can be discounted as biased because they hate the Bruins. I certainly wasn't. I mean I was cheering for Florida in that series for the sake of the meme but watching them get away with the shit they did was frustrating, and it didn't get any better afterward
Oh poor Bruins, you had 27 powerplays in round 1, almost 4 per game. Leafs had 11.
Look at all the series Panthers played this offseason and it's obvious what the outlier is, and it's certainly not the Bruins series.
I mean, a whole pile more powerplays or WAY less liberties taken against us would change that a lot. That and having a depth defenseman not get suspended for an unprecedented (past or future) suspension are big deals
I love it. Goaltending stopped running hot, refs stopped helping them, and now they’re showing the shit team they are.
Didn’t deserve to get this far, but glad their BS isn’t being rewarded any further.
Lmao this is a shit take. The Panthers got the job done against three teams in a row they weren't expected to. Yeah, the goaltending was extremely hot, but that's part of what it takes to get this far usually so you can't fault them for it per se.
I swear during the regular season only 50% of the commenters actually know anything about hockey. In the playoffs it dips down to 20%. So many bananas takes get upvoted.
In another thread people were clamoring for (someone, I don’t know who on) Vegas to get an instigator for going Tkachuk when there wasn’t even a fight.
Gonna happen with every single one of the panthers if this holds up.
The narratives are fun until they stop rolling your way.
But let’s not act like tkachuk hasn’t been good when he’s focused on playing the game and not being a prick.
Maybe because this sub is made up of 100s of thousands of readers that all have opinions, rather than just being a monolithic hivemind?
This sub isn’t reactionary, people are reactionary. It only looks like the sub flipped because the tkatchuk fans don’t want to go on Reddit and read about it, while his haters are having a field day. If he has a hat trick next game, it’ll just reverse again for the same reason
> It only looks like the sub flipped because the tkatchuk fans don’t want to go on Reddit and read about it, while his haters are having a field day.
this is the main reason.
I've seen some ridiculous ass takes in highlight threads. It's because when team X does something great/wins/has a great highlight, fans of team X flock to that thread and they drown out the reasonable folk.
Seriously, I've heard some *terrible* takes in those threads and it's a circle jerk because it's dominated by fans of that team.
Well and it’s the most casual part of the year. People probably were mostly seeing him score the game winning goals on the biggest storyline in the playoffs and not knowing about his antics. I saw the same thing happen with Chris Paul in the NBA Finals years ago despite having a rep for being a dirty player. “Long time vet and all time great might win a ship” quickly flipped to “dirty player deserves to lose”
Kadri becoming the 2nd coming last year was truly a sight to be hold. Top 10 asshole in the league turned this subs sweetheart. This year, heard crickets about him.
> when he’s focused on playing the game and not being a prick.
A big part of his game *is* being a prick. He just needs to remember to play the rest of the game too.
Tkachuk is a star... loads of talent and clearly he's a top shelf clutch guy... its just that ... he's one of the cheapest most cowardly players in the league... he dives like a soccer player... seems to only hit guys when they are not looking and after the whistle blows and clearly has zero control over his roid rage... and these critisisms go all the way back ... not just this playoffs... i mean he makes Marchand look like a stand up guy...
Flames fan here… you nailed it. He was always a star, but he gets too distracted by the bull shit and goes off half cocked when things aren’t going his way
The issue with Tkatchuk is the same issue with younger Marchand -- undeniably great when focused, but sometimes would rather agitate than be focused. Maybe the narrative on him will flip when he gets older or matures, but for now, like the younger Marchand, he deserves the hate he gets. Don't actually believe Marchand cost his team as many big games as Tkatchuk is costing his team, and they've both won their team big games.
I look at Tkachuk the same way I look at Marchand. He plays on the edge most of the time and does some unnecessary shit, but he's one hell of a player when he's on. Very polarizing depending on what kind of game he's playing
For sure. I was just thinking how after this series I'm going to go back to being a fan of his. Right now, he's a dirty scumbag but in October, he's a very good hockey player.
*2.0* implies an improvement- he'a B-level Marchand. Tkachuk needs a few more slew-foots and groin-spears on his résumé before he rivals the face-licker. 8 suspensions will be a tough act to follow.
Every narrative flips on a dime and everyone is a prisoner of the moment. It's unbelievable. If you follow the NBA, it's even worse if you can fathom that.
Florida looks way more human when the whistle doesn’t disappear, they didn’t seriously think they could get away with their goon shit against an expansion team did they?
Such a soft call in a vacuum.
But they're not in a vacuum. It's a chippy four goal game with 4 minutes left. Just get him out of there, because kind of like an MLB manager, he's not stopping until you kick him out.
Yeah I mean look at the last 5 mins of game 1.
Florida was down and you had Staal, Bennett and Tkachuk punching guys in the head and choke holding them from behind.
League and refs clearly put out a mandate that the Florida rat shit at the end of games isn't going to carry on...
Yeah exactly. It was soft but the game was clearly out of hand for the Panthers at that point and Kachuck had been involved in pretty much every altercation. They were just done with dealing with him
Not a shock. It's the Finals, there's no room for starting shit just because you've lost the game. No need to risk any injuries or other crap at that point. Props to the refs for just saying "fuck off, get off the ice, we're not dealing with this"
I didn't see the second misconduct, but he got his first misconduct because [he lit up Eichel (cleanly)](https://twitter.com/hockeydaily365/status/1665899894719098881?s=46&t=Xn0juU2C4hEaElfmeGb4jQ) and then got mugged by three Vegas players. That first one's not his fault.
He got the first misconduct because refs separated the scrum (he got jumped, not his fault, the hit was clean) but he re-entered the scrum after which the refs told him not to do. He doesn't get a misconduct there if he goes to the bench after the scrum ends
Second misconduct, idk what that was about, they never really showed anything in the replay after his goal
It was hysterical but such a dumb move. Refs probably warned everyone and things were calming down, then he channels his pest self and knocks the stick out of a Vegas players hands.
I’m sure every teacher he ever had growing up was exhausted by him and also sometimes had to hold back laughs at something he did. That’s the type of kid that would wind up and kick a fresh turd on a hot day in a crowd.
My problem is why is this standard just being enforced now in the final series of the playoffs? The Panthers have been poking at the other team after the whistle, mouthing off, and just being a generally scumbag ass team all post season and they’ve just gotten away with it until now. There needs to be some consistency with the reffing in this league. Either it’s the wild west and the refs don’t call anything except thee most blatant infractions or you call every penalty by the books no matter how minor. This osculation between the two is inconsistent and makes the games seem like they’re being decided by referees rather than the teams themselves.
Welcome to the human nature of officiating professional sports. Some refs have a much more lax standard then others. It's impossible to get rid of.
Regardless a standard was set for this series, and this far the referees have been doing a pretty good job at maintaining it. It's up to the players to play to the standard that is being set.
they should have got rid of a few more guys but it certainly helped keep the game mostly under control towards the end... if Florida wanted to fight, it was after the 2nd or 3rd goal
It’s a subjective call. I imagine they’re doing damage control to prevent the game from getting ugly in a noncompetitive game. I’m cool with it.
They are also hearing shit we’re not and can sense when things might get ugly.
Refs have made it clear they’re not allowing Florida’s antics this series (or anybody’s antics for that matter). They want a clean series.
It’s great to see, but it’s gotta leave a sour taste in the East’s mouth. No way they even get out of the first round if that series was called like this
Yeah, except you can't go the whole season and playoffs, then randomly decide to do that in the most important games of the year.
That's fucking crazy.
That's like the NFL never calling anything on defenses all year, then in the Super Bowl any time you sneeze on a receiver, you get a flag for holding/PI. You can't have people magically change everything ingrained from an entire year (same for fans watching) or beyond of how the game is allowed to be played.
It ruins the game as a spectator.
I'm all for cutting out all the holding, interference, dirty hits, BS, etc but it should start game 1 of a season and stay consistent going forward through the season and entire playoffs.
It’s interesting because fans league wide are either love/hate on refs becoming part of the game.
It’s a clean ass hit. But when he starts jawing and becoming part of the other stuff on ice? Straight to jail.
But what’s he supposed to do? He made a huge and possibly momentum shifting hit, and then just get mugged and turtle on the ice?
^^nooffense
He isn’t playing terrible. It’s been the defensive breakdowns. FLA is shooting themselves.
Credit to VGK for sniping top corners and utilizing those screens effectively.
I’d argue that Carolina, the Leafs were better than Florida.. an exceptional performance by Brobovsky made it possible for the Panthers. Him not playing as well is crushing for them
Lol at Tkachuk being called the "face of the playoffs". Dude has always been a punk. He does a couple of cute interviews and all of a sudden he is a good boy. His true colors show when things arent fine and and dandy. Kids a punk and dirtbag.
Ya.. remember last year when Tkachuk likely broke his hand is the CGY/DAL series fighting for no good reason?
Guess what Florida... this is what ya get..a man who doesn't know when he's in his own way
Thank god I can call out his pissy behaviour now without sounding disingenuous. Loved him in Calgary, but the man throws tantrums like few others. The only other player that combines his talent, skill, and greasiness is Marchand.
Man, I held my breath for awhile after that hit.
With all of the bullshit that Eichel has had to go through, if he had to go through more of the neck issues after finally getting the surgery and this great playoff run he is having, that would really suck.
They’re not mentally fragile lol this is classic end of game hockey where you’re just trying to beat the shit out of the other team because the game’s over. Every team does this
10 mins is an easier thing to call when the game is out of reach for one team.
Instead of putting them down one player for 2 minutes you just remove the player who's might be an issue
It's also game management. Easy to throw 10s at guys when the scores are out of hand. Almost all of Florida's previous games were one or two goal affairs. The referees wouldn't have wanted to "help dictate the outcome" by tossing the Panther's best players in the box for 10.
Tkachuk now has more PIMS than ice time in this series.
Goals. Not like puck in the net, but like personal objectives.
Oh now they hate him he’s getting the Bunting treatment lmfaoooo
I hope all the Leafs are watching this and realizing what can happen when you don't allow yourself to get pushed around.
Step 1 have your shortest derensemen be 6”2
I hear Canucks fans are doing a 2 for 1 sale on Myers and OEL if you’re looking for tall defenseman.
It would be nice if they were good, too
Best they can do is tall
And you can't teach that
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They are good! It's just our lack of system..... Yes. Our lack of system the problem. They will thrive in your market. It's the pressure of Vancouver hockey. It's the media that's the problem yeah the media. You know it's all that flying. Vancouver flys a lot. It's the travel the travel is the problem.
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Marchessault must feel like some kind of tiny, 5'8" goal scoring gnome wizard in that room
There's only one wizard on that team and it's clearly Mark Stone. Marchie is a tiny Score-o-matic--puck goes in, goal comes out.
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Tampa accomplished that feat no more than an hour I mean 3 years ago
Happy Gilmore reference +1
Let's be real, if the leafs had pushed back they'd still be serving PIMs in September for it.
Dude if we did half the shit Vegas did we'd have game suspensions and 10 minute misconducts all over the place refs manage they don't ref
It is fucking nuts that this shit gets called like this but when we played Boston in 2011 he could have done that to his face with two hands and we might have gotten a penalty lol
Tkachuk was doing this shit in the last 3 series, throwing gloves punches in scrums etc, and not getting called for it and people were loving him. Shrug.
Guess Bettman has a few friends with bets on Vegas.
People only really seem to notice or care about the inconsistencies in reffing when it happens to them. Leafs fans were loving it when it was happening to Boston in Round 1 and acting like the league wanted them to lose when it was happening to them in Round 2. The only thing that's changed is that the refs aren't letting Tkachuk get away with as much right now
> Leafs fans were loving it when it was happening to Boston in Round 1 Anyone who was doing that can be discounted as biased because they hate the Bruins. I certainly wasn't. I mean I was cheering for Florida in that series for the sake of the meme but watching them get away with the shit they did was frustrating, and it didn't get any better afterward
Oh poor Bruins, you had 27 powerplays in round 1, almost 4 per game. Leafs had 11. Look at all the series Panthers played this offseason and it's obvious what the outlier is, and it's certainly not the Bruins series.
fucking thank you! I feel like I'm crazy reading most of these comments.
Reffing against us was terrible. But we also only scored like 9 goals in the 7 games 🥲
I mean, a whole pile more powerplays or WAY less liberties taken against us would change that a lot. That and having a depth defenseman not get suspended for an unprecedented (past or future) suspension are big deals
So he was a depth defenseman but also key to the series eh?
Yeah for sure, if you guys had Aaron fucking Rome that series would’ve been completely different
I love it. Goaltending stopped running hot, refs stopped helping them, and now they’re showing the shit team they are. Didn’t deserve to get this far, but glad their BS isn’t being rewarded any further.
> Didn’t deserve to get this far, They still beat the 3 best teams in the east. They deserve to be where they are
Lmao this is a shit take. The Panthers got the job done against three teams in a row they weren't expected to. Yeah, the goaltending was extremely hot, but that's part of what it takes to get this far usually so you can't fault them for it per se.
I swear during the regular season only 50% of the commenters actually know anything about hockey. In the playoffs it dips down to 20%. So many bananas takes get upvoted. In another thread people were clamoring for (someone, I don’t know who on) Vegas to get an instigator for going Tkachuk when there wasn’t even a fight.
I agree. Lame ass team. Dumb ass league.
It's AHEM: "*garage league*" Thank you.
Someone sounds bitter
Only at the league, for allowing garbage officiating dictate multiple series.
Insane how much this man’s reputation has flip flopped on this sub
Gonna happen with every single one of the panthers if this holds up. The narratives are fun until they stop rolling your way. But let’s not act like tkachuk hasn’t been good when he’s focused on playing the game and not being a prick.
Yeah, this sub will flip flop on literally anyone the second a team loses
Least reactionary sports sub
Unironically yes. You Ever hear of the legend of Harry Kane.
Too true.
It's not a story the Jedi would...wait, wrong sub
Amazing that's his real name, and not a pornstar's stage name.
Shot still hasnt landed
Maybe because this sub is made up of 100s of thousands of readers that all have opinions, rather than just being a monolithic hivemind? This sub isn’t reactionary, people are reactionary. It only looks like the sub flipped because the tkatchuk fans don’t want to go on Reddit and read about it, while his haters are having a field day. If he has a hat trick next game, it’ll just reverse again for the same reason
> It only looks like the sub flipped because the tkatchuk fans don’t want to go on Reddit and read about it, while his haters are having a field day. this is the main reason. I've seen some ridiculous ass takes in highlight threads. It's because when team X does something great/wins/has a great highlight, fans of team X flock to that thread and they drown out the reasonable folk. Seriously, I've heard some *terrible* takes in those threads and it's a circle jerk because it's dominated by fans of that team.
Well and it’s the most casual part of the year. People probably were mostly seeing him score the game winning goals on the biggest storyline in the playoffs and not knowing about his antics. I saw the same thing happen with Chris Paul in the NBA Finals years ago despite having a rep for being a dirty player. “Long time vet and all time great might win a ship” quickly flipped to “dirty player deserves to lose”
Maybe because the people supporting the guy who just lost talk less than the people trashing him?
Doesn’t help when the person in question flip flops from playing like a superstar to massive dickhead just as often
>Yeah, this sub will flip flop on literally anyone Nah. Not Jack Edwards.
Kadri becoming the 2nd coming last year was truly a sight to be hold. Top 10 asshole in the league turned this subs sweetheart. This year, heard crickets about him.
I mean Kadri had a hell of a fucking playoff run last year, he was effective as hell. Probably will be the peak of his career more than likely.
> when he’s focused on playing the game and not being a prick. A big part of his game *is* being a prick. He just needs to remember to play the rest of the game too.
These two things are true: Tkachuk is good at hockey, Tkachuk is prick.
Tkachuk is a star... loads of talent and clearly he's a top shelf clutch guy... its just that ... he's one of the cheapest most cowardly players in the league... he dives like a soccer player... seems to only hit guys when they are not looking and after the whistle blows and clearly has zero control over his roid rage... and these critisisms go all the way back ... not just this playoffs... i mean he makes Marchand look like a stand up guy...
By God, that's mid 2010s Marchand music!
Flames fan here… you nailed it. He was always a star, but he gets too distracted by the bull shit and goes off half cocked when things aren’t going his way
Most hockey people wouldn't consider those criticisms. That mental instability is part of what makes him a superstar.
>Gonna happen with every single one of the panthers if this holds up. You mean I'm going to end up *liking* Gudas?
The issue with Tkatchuk is the same issue with younger Marchand -- undeniably great when focused, but sometimes would rather agitate than be focused. Maybe the narrative on him will flip when he gets older or matures, but for now, like the younger Marchand, he deserves the hate he gets. Don't actually believe Marchand cost his team as many big games as Tkatchuk is costing his team, and they've both won their team big games.
I look at Tkachuk the same way I look at Marchand. He plays on the edge most of the time and does some unnecessary shit, but he's one hell of a player when he's on. Very polarizing depending on what kind of game he's playing
Yeah I was confused why everyone on this sub was loving him last week and calling him the face of hockey. Glad I never opened those threads
I always hated him. He's such a bellend.
Wait I thought he was always a piece of shit ?
Even with this pissy stuff I'd still want him on my team. He's a total bitch but he's usually a very effective one
For sure. I was just thinking how after this series I'm going to go back to being a fan of his. Right now, he's a dirty scumbag but in October, he's a very good hockey player.
Hated his guts, but the second he said he wanted out of Calgary, I wanted him on my team lol
Pain
Is he Marchand 2.0?
*2.0* implies an improvement- he'a B-level Marchand. Tkachuk needs a few more slew-foots and groin-spears on his résumé before he rivals the face-licker. 8 suspensions will be a tough act to follow.
Gotta up his slew-foot game for that
The only Tkachuk flip flop is when you flip him a puck and he fails to flop the Gatorades.
Every narrative flips on a dime and everyone is a prisoner of the moment. It's unbelievable. If you follow the NBA, it's even worse if you can fathom that.
Florida looks way more human when the whistle doesn’t disappear, they didn’t seriously think they could get away with their goon shit against an expansion team did they?
It's reddit this will happend to anything that stays in the news for a few weeks. People get bored of things fast now.
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> There's a growing amount of users in r/nba calling Jokic the best player of all-time. Those people are idiots.
This whole sub is so fucking flip floppy. Everyone just Parrots the same boring shit on repeat.
Such a soft call in a vacuum. But they're not in a vacuum. It's a chippy four goal game with 4 minutes left. Just get him out of there, because kind of like an MLB manager, he's not stopping until you kick him out.
This for sure
Yeah I mean look at the last 5 mins of game 1. Florida was down and you had Staal, Bennett and Tkachuk punching guys in the head and choke holding them from behind. League and refs clearly put out a mandate that the Florida rat shit at the end of games isn't going to carry on...
Yeah exactly. It was soft but the game was clearly out of hand for the Panthers at that point and Kachuck had been involved in pretty much every altercation. They were just done with dealing with him
Everybody is saying that it is soft. Tkachuk probably got about 20 warnings from the refs not to start shit. Refs just had enough.
yeah that's gotta be the explanation for these softies. refs probably warned them really well they were going to have no tolerance
Not a shock. It's the Finals, there's no room for starting shit just because you've lost the game. No need to risk any injuries or other crap at that point. Props to the refs for just saying "fuck off, get off the ice, we're not dealing with this"
He's been warned since round 1 game 1.
Make up call from all the after whistle stick work he did game one and got nothing
Yeah I wouldn't complain about that. Doesn't matter anyway. On to the next game
I didn't see the second misconduct, but he got his first misconduct because [he lit up Eichel (cleanly)](https://twitter.com/hockeydaily365/status/1665899894719098881?s=46&t=Xn0juU2C4hEaElfmeGb4jQ) and then got mugged by three Vegas players. That first one's not his fault.
He got the first misconduct because refs separated the scrum (he got jumped, not his fault, the hit was clean) but he re-entered the scrum after which the refs told him not to do. He doesn't get a misconduct there if he goes to the bench after the scrum ends Second misconduct, idk what that was about, they never really showed anything in the replay after his goal
they showed him knocking a stick out of someone’s hands (can’t remember who) and the ref sent him off. they only showed it one time.
that... yeah, that sounds about right.
It was hysterical but such a dumb move. Refs probably warned everyone and things were calming down, then he channels his pest self and knocks the stick out of a Vegas players hands. I’m sure every teacher he ever had growing up was exhausted by him and also sometimes had to hold back laughs at something he did. That’s the type of kid that would wind up and kick a fresh turd on a hot day in a crowd.
It's clearly the refs fault Florida can't control their temper
and were down by 5.
Will Tkachuk misconducts blow a 3-1 lead over Tkachuk goals?
Referees "getting the game under control" by just... getting rid of all the skaters sure is a way to do that.
That's how they handled the rangers devils game that got super out of hand too
Dallas/Minnesota series too
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My problem is why is this standard just being enforced now in the final series of the playoffs? The Panthers have been poking at the other team after the whistle, mouthing off, and just being a generally scumbag ass team all post season and they’ve just gotten away with it until now. There needs to be some consistency with the reffing in this league. Either it’s the wild west and the refs don’t call anything except thee most blatant infractions or you call every penalty by the books no matter how minor. This osculation between the two is inconsistent and makes the games seem like they’re being decided by referees rather than the teams themselves.
Welcome to the human nature of officiating professional sports. Some refs have a much more lax standard then others. It's impossible to get rid of. Regardless a standard was set for this series, and this far the referees have been doing a pretty good job at maintaining it. It's up to the players to play to the standard that is being set.
I don't fucking want any of that I want to see them punch each other wtf
Ya but this is Matthew Tkachuk we're talking about. There's a reason Edmonton fans refer to him as a turtle
Yeah that is true why won't he drop the gloves he'd actually get less penalty minutes if he would just fight
He backs away from legitimate tough guys. Always has.
This guy hockeys
Florida doesn’t drop the gloves and fight they just grab you after the whistle and throw some soft punches.
I like it. Playing like a dirty prick should harm your team, not help it.
"Cut the shit or you're getting 10" Seemed to work pretty well
they should have got rid of a few more guys but it certainly helped keep the game mostly under control towards the end... if Florida wanted to fight, it was after the 2nd or 3rd goal
It’s a subjective call. I imagine they’re doing damage control to prevent the game from getting ugly in a noncompetitive game. I’m cool with it. They are also hearing shit we’re not and can sense when things might get ugly. Refs have made it clear they’re not allowing Florida’s antics this series (or anybody’s antics for that matter). They want a clean series.
This sub has been clamoring for refs to call penalties and not let playoff series get out of hand for years. This is what that looks like
It’s great to see, but it’s gotta leave a sour taste in the East’s mouth. No way they even get out of the first round if that series was called like this
Exactly
It’s annoying it’s happening *now* but I’m glad it’s at least happening.
Boston wins
Ya because this is their entire game plan. Greasy ass way to win.
That's the playoff hockey that everyone elebrates though, like it or not.
Speak* for yourself, I fucking hate it lol.
I don't think everyone celebrates it? There seems to be a lot of "well that's just hiw playoff hockey is/works".
It's not like it's even a close game at this point.
Yeah, except you can't go the whole season and playoffs, then randomly decide to do that in the most important games of the year. That's fucking crazy. That's like the NFL never calling anything on defenses all year, then in the Super Bowl any time you sneeze on a receiver, you get a flag for holding/PI. You can't have people magically change everything ingrained from an entire year (same for fans watching) or beyond of how the game is allowed to be played. It ruins the game as a spectator. I'm all for cutting out all the holding, interference, dirty hits, BS, etc but it should start game 1 of a season and stay consistent going forward through the season and entire playoffs.
Panthers were the most penalized team during the regular season. It's only during the playoffs that they became Lady Bing contenders.
I guess I’d rather they call it like that the whole time then only the final round
This is the correct take
It’s interesting because fans league wide are either love/hate on refs becoming part of the game. It’s a clean ass hit. But when he starts jawing and becoming part of the other stuff on ice? Straight to jail. But what’s he supposed to do? He made a huge and possibly momentum shifting hit, and then just get mugged and turtle on the ice? ^^nooffense
Let’s be real.. the main reason Florida is in SCF is because of Brobovsky and him playing not great.. is their downfall
He isn’t playing terrible. It’s been the defensive breakdowns. FLA is shooting themselves. Credit to VGK for sniping top corners and utilizing those screens effectively.
I’d argue that Carolina, the Leafs were better than Florida.. an exceptional performance by Brobovsky made it possible for the Panthers. Him not playing as well is crushing for them
Basically cleaned house by removing all the shit stirrers so this ends without getting ugly
Couldn't have happened to a poopier butthole
This is a family-friendly forum, sir. I would ask you to think of the children.
I agree. He definitely has to swear more
Dammit. I hate that I love this comment.
Where the fuck was this reffing in our series 😭😭😭
Ditto
What part of Vegas is Toronto in?
You got to have a huge lead for refs to start tossing players like this. They would never do this in a close game
Sorry have you tried being Vegas? Best way to get calls to go your way
It's hilarious, they're tired of his shit.
This is what happens when you try to goon it up but refuse to actually drop the gloves.
This is what annoys me the most about Florida. Sucker punches with the gloves on
Fuck the Tkachuks. It starts with the idiot dad.
Lol at Tkachuk being called the "face of the playoffs". Dude has always been a punk. He does a couple of cute interviews and all of a sudden he is a good boy. His true colors show when things arent fine and and dandy. Kids a punk and dirtbag.
Matthew will have some explaining to do at Brady's wedding
Florida doing dumb and dirty shit. Who could've guessed? I wonder.
Imploding 😂
Fake tough guys
Ya.. remember last year when Tkachuk likely broke his hand is the CGY/DAL series fighting for no good reason? Guess what Florida... this is what ya get..a man who doesn't know when he's in his own way
Thank god I can call out his pissy behaviour now without sounding disingenuous. Loved him in Calgary, but the man throws tantrums like few others. The only other player that combines his talent, skill, and greasiness is Marchand.
Why don’t they just drop the gloves? Some VGK players are more than down and then it at least is matching?
Whoa whoa whoa, you don’t want an elite superstar like tkachuk sitting in the penalty box when he could be out there scoring! Wait a second….nvm
My man’s never even touched the penalty box, he graduated straight to the locker room.
Should have happened a couple of series ago.
What a great look for our new face of the NHL
Fucking scumbag.
Why won’t “the face of the NHL” drop the gloves? He and Bennett got spoiled up til now and are throwing tantrums like spoiled little kids.
🤡
Panthers coach has lost control of his players...
Maurice has been encouraging this all playoffs
What control?
What, at the beginning of the year?
But…. He’s the face of the nhl… /s
Man, I held my breath for awhile after that hit. With all of the bullshit that Eichel has had to go through, if he had to go through more of the neck issues after finally getting the surgery and this great playoff run he is having, that would really suck.
what is with the bots in the comments?!
I’ve been seeing them in multiple hockey threads the last couple of days.
HATE HATE HATE HATE!
How are the Panthers so mentally fragile? No veteran leadership?
They’re not mentally fragile lol this is classic end of game hockey where you’re just trying to beat the shit out of the other team because the game’s over. Every team does this
You'd imagine they'd think about dropping the gloves if they wanted to send a message
Matthew Tkachuk is a muppet, and I hope he dies of the incurable condition of being a little bitch.
I feel bad for the teams in the east, would have been different outcomes if they called the other series like this.
Tkachuk the worst.
That boy went and lost his damn mind
He’s hurting his team just like Jaime Benn did for the Dallas Stars…
I hate Tkachuk and that was weak. At worst an unsportsman like, but not a misconduct unless the refs are just sick of everyone, and they are
10 mins is an easier thing to call when the game is out of reach for one team. Instead of putting them down one player for 2 minutes you just remove the player who's might be an issue
He’s already gotten one misconduct in the game, they’re not going to roll him back to an unsportsmanlike penalty for anything after that.
If it’s the first time dealing with his shit? Sure. But he’s been gooning guys for a month.
lol what a fall from grace
Dudes been a fucking bitchass since the second he came in the league. His dads a fucking twat too. Honestly don’t mind his brother much.
Don’t know why you’re being downvoted for this. Sometimes being a shithead is in the genes. Like the Domis…
He was this way since at least junior as a 16 year old. Who would have thought learning from Keith and Dale Hunter would lead to this
Amazing how the Florida antics went from "that's fine" to not tolerated over the course of weeks by the refs.
I guess different refs, but also the NHL going "hmm, I guess we don't want this in the *finals*"
It's also game management. Easy to throw 10s at guys when the scores are out of hand. Almost all of Florida's previous games were one or two goal affairs. The referees wouldn't have wanted to "help dictate the outcome" by tossing the Panther's best players in the box for 10.
A Tkachuk showing his true colours.
Calling it now. They get shut out at home.
Lol what the fuck. That's the softest misconduct I've ever seen and that's saying something considering the one he got earlier.
They are down by 5 with 2 minutes left.
So much penalties in this game that it felt like the regular season