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  • Published on Jun 21, 2025
  • Steve Dangle and Adam Wylde discuss the Toronto Maple Leafs abysmal performance in Game 5 of their Stanley Cup Playoffs series against the Florida Panthers.

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  • @LeafsKiller63
    @LeafsKiller63 Month ago +531

    Woll was the problem, he scored zero goals.

    • @JoeyDaMisfit
      @JoeyDaMisfit Month ago +1

      Woll deserves disrespect also.

    • @maxpal27
      @maxpal27 Month ago +25

      Stolarz only had ONE ASSIST this year.
      What a Bum

    • @Gameviewsblog
      @Gameviewsblog Month ago +7

      ​@@JoeyDaMisfit "what have you done for me recently" eh?
      Woll was doing cartwheels in game 4, the only player on the leafs that didn't deserve the loss. If the skaters did their jobs, the leafs would be up 3-1 coming into today

    • @loltrip2741
      @loltrip2741 Month ago +13

      @@JoeyDaMisfithow? His team is leaving him out to dry

    • @JoeyDaMisfit
      @JoeyDaMisfit Month ago +1

      ​@@loltrip2741Nah. He's been great in place of Stolarz he sucked this game though.

  • @pandm24
    @pandm24 Month ago +370

    “It’s not hard to rebuild a sandcastle.” 😂😂😂

    • @danh9790
      @danh9790 Month ago +7

      That’s close to the quote of the night! 😃😃👍

    • @adamchapman3922
      @adamchapman3922 Month ago +3

      This is going in the LFR intro next year haha

    • @kevinkoszuta5425
      @kevinkoszuta5425 Month ago +3

      That's awesome.. as a sabres fan we tried it doesn't work we tried

  • @jamesj6597
    @jamesj6597 Month ago +707

    The Canadiens were totally out matched by the Capitals in round 1 but gave it everything for 60 minutes every game.
    Team culture is everything.

    • @quantumbeak1317
      @quantumbeak1317 Month ago +45

      Same for the sens minus maybe game 1 where they clearly thought it'd just be like a regular season game. 5 very close games that could go either way

    • @aceree69420
      @aceree69420 Month ago +34

      ​@@quantumbeak1317I almost wish the sens won round 1.

    • @benlee7864
      @benlee7864 Month ago +26

      You can say the same thing about the sens vs the leafs. The leafs were definitely the better team but the sens played with so much heart.

    • @goleafs81
      @goleafs81 Month ago +3

      As did the Leafs. Leafs did the same thing against the Caps in round 1 2017

    • @glenn8886
      @glenn8886 Month ago

      You have the right guy/best player, you have the culture; you have the wrong guy/best player you don't have the culture. Not 100% right, but in most sports cases this is how it works

  • @CallMeBeggar
    @CallMeBeggar Month ago +500

    Losing like losers is a great way to put it.

    • @johncam8420
      @johncam8420 Month ago +8

      Leafs in 7 - delusional fans

    • @Sir_Godz
      @Sir_Godz Month ago +4

      a losers way to lose is another way to coin it

    • @TheArciver
      @TheArciver Month ago +3

      Amazing line. And true.

    • @mkkmountainpark1081
      @mkkmountainpark1081 Month ago

      TO fans are even bigger losers. Worst fans in the league. You get what you deserve.

    • @MrJay132
      @MrJay132 Month ago

      ​@@jotrutch Nah, those Nazis put up a pretty good fight.

  • @graham90123
    @graham90123 Month ago +327

    I never EVER want to hear anyone compare Matthews to McDavid or Draisaitl ever again.

    • @burgerdaveee
      @burgerdaveee Month ago +54

      dont even compare matthews to connor brown

    • @HiltusenAatu
      @HiltusenAatu Month ago +25

      Rantanen is way better than auston

    • @kode-man23
      @kode-man23 Month ago +3

      To be fair, I honestly don’t hear that comparison anymore.

    • @Rain.34.89
      @Rain.34.89 Month ago +17

      Matthews isn’t McDavid/MacKinnon/Draisaitl. Marner isn’t Rantanen. Nylander isn’t Pastrnak.

    • @BrandonBelliveau-b2t
      @BrandonBelliveau-b2t Month ago +6

      Pasta is better than auston at this point lmao, wasn’t playoffs but he put up a 100 points on that roster? This guy one a loaded team can’t even care to show up in round 2. Pretty sad a 25th overall winger has morphed into a top 5ish player over the likes of those 3, mcdavid and draisaitl aren’t even on there planet

  • @Luke86811
    @Luke86811 Month ago +329

    6-1 at home in the playoffs when the series is 2-2 after blowing a 2-0 series lead is crazy

    • @whoopass2rb
      @whoopass2rb Month ago +49

      Just you wait. They will look good winning game 6, just to coffin dance you down in game 7, as is tradition.

    • @LeafsKiller63
      @LeafsKiller63 Month ago +1

      @@whoopass2rb 6-7 for the Cats in game 7.

    • @VDawg555
      @VDawg555 Month ago +16

      Come on bro, you know there will be no game 7

    • @whoopass2rb
      @whoopass2rb Month ago +6

      @@VDawg555 oh no I understand why would think that. I'm just saying it's 100% on brand to have this team deliver a great performance to force gm 7 at home, and then let us down in just putrid fashion then. Trust me, I've watched all 9 years of this, every game, as well as all the previous leaf runs over the last 40 years.

    • @i4Eyesore
      @i4Eyesore Month ago

      @@whoopass2rb Panthers in 6

  • @danjacques77
    @danjacques77 Month ago +130

    Matthews is the most useless 60 goals scorer I have ever seen.

    • @adamCarter20
      @adamCarter20 Month ago +3

      He HAS to be seriously hurt

    • @colby2001
      @colby2001 Month ago +37

      I'm sick of hearing he's hurt

    • @pomerlain8924
      @pomerlain8924 Month ago +20

      But, but but... He's blocking shots, winning faceoffs, doing the little things. That should surely make-up for the fact that 2-time 60 goal scorer, and 3-time Richard Trophy winner hasn't scored a goal in 10 playoff games against the Panthers, right?

    • @ericlencher2356
      @ericlencher2356 Month ago +1

      @@adamCarter20 Yes I read that Matthews sprained his vagina and is not 100%.

    • @frankt.5144
      @frankt.5144 29 days ago

      The whole league is a faux. Apparently your highest paid player can take a no pay suspension for injuring your rival, and that frees up cap space to solidify your team. Because apparently there is no salary cap in the playoffs. Team management has got to learn to think outside the box.

  • @time9293
    @time9293 Month ago +251

    “They say no Cheeto was spared Steve’s rage that night…”

    • @celticfouleur
      @celticfouleur Month ago +3

      😂🎉😂😢

    • @aikhis
      @aikhis Month ago +2

      The better not been cheetos, an American brand. When canadian made brands are available.

    • @brandoman79
      @brandoman79 Month ago +17

      @@aikhis they weren't cheetos, Steve was eating Hawkins Cheezies, he mentioned his wife got them for him during the game stream.

    • @aikhis
      @aikhis Month ago +2

      @brandoman79 hey hey ! Hawkins from my hometown Belleville

    • @kode-man23
      @kode-man23 Month ago +2

      I love how Steve’s wife has never made an emergency snack delivery on a stream until now. Like, yeah this was bad, but it’s kind of like Leo not winning an Oscar until Revenant. THIS was the emergency snack moment? I could just think of so many more fitting moments.

  • @Sam-ry7ln
    @Sam-ry7ln Month ago +153

    "Losing like a loser" is actually so accurate lol

  • @totallyunwillinghockey9475

    Matthews 0 goals in 10 playoff games vs. Florida.

    • @kode-man23
      @kode-man23 Month ago +4

      Well when you put it like that it sounds really bad.

    • @redfishm
      @redfishm Month ago +5

      Sorry fans don’t realize cats shut down the opposing teams best players. Look at the stats from the opposing teams best players stats. Look at kucherov round one. Look at all the best players against the cats. They don’t do anything. They shut them DOWN. You have to be deep.

    • @jk7921
      @jk7921 Month ago

      Yikes. This isn’t even funny anymore, it’s just sad

    • @wayneford2765
      @wayneford2765 Month ago

      Trade Matthews. If anyone will take him

    • @ScubaSteveCanada
      @ScubaSteveCanada Month ago +1

      @@redfishm Natthews has never, ever had a good playoff and lit the league up in scoring even against lesser teams. The Panthers just show how far away the Leafs truly are from their Stanley Cup hopes.

  • @Anthoneyyy
    @Anthoneyyy Month ago +73

    “Beyond rage, very calm” is accurate af

  • @tombennett9790
    @tombennett9790 Month ago +189

    Got the sportsnet panel saying how it “doesn’t help” to boo the players… and we have fans driving 7 hours paying that money. Give your heads a wobble!

    • @justinbell5421
      @justinbell5421 Month ago +7

      Because your a leafs fan your not allowed to question the players

    • @tombennett9790
      @tombennett9790 Month ago +1

      If anything those players got off easy yesterday! Disgraceful performance I’m so mad still today.

    • @__________f9433
      @__________f9433 Month ago +1

      Anyone paying for leaf tickets deserves the misery they are getting. You all suck

    • @tpor1206
      @tpor1206 Month ago +1

      That was awful! Sportsnet is just brutal!! I’m a Bruins fan and as I watched it I thought these guys sounds like total homers. Fans can boo

    • @BenoitBoudreault-lm3gm
      @BenoitBoudreault-lm3gm Month ago +1

      You play poorly, you get booed. Only flashes i saw was from the Tavares line. The Robertson goal was pretty nice. Pure effort.

  • @MiamiWatchMods
    @MiamiWatchMods Month ago +198

    RIP Steve, I love tuning in to the Leafs annual playoff choke.

    • @sebastiencarrieres8825
      @sebastiencarrieres8825 Month ago +8

      Meeh...This year's different. I want as many Canadian teams as possible to win.
      Yes, I'm a Habs fan. Yes, I love joking about the Laffs. Not in this second round.

    • @PieXP
      @PieXP Month ago

      ​@@sebastiencarrieres8825 why?

  • @Sam-ry7ln
    @Sam-ry7ln Month ago +120

    Honestly, it's just sad at this point. I'm a canes fan and honestly feel so bad for maple leafs fans. Every year something like this happens and leafs fans have to watch their objectively extremely talented team fall apart in the playoffs, usually in remarkably disasterious fashion. Makes no sense at all.

    • @outdoortubetalk989
      @outdoortubetalk989 Month ago +5

      thanks brother

    • @lukefimio859
      @lukefimio859 Month ago +22

      Ya I'm a Leafs fan, and somehow it feels like winning the first two games actually makes it worse. They find some incredibly unique ways of disappointing us.

    • @MistahJay7
      @MistahJay7 Month ago +6

      It's a cursed team. I've watched then for 25 years and Im convinced you could assemble the greatest players of all time to play for the Leafs and they would still choke in the playoffs and let everyone down. It's what they do best

    • @nateye2450
      @nateye2450 Month ago +2

      There are some fans that make other fanbases hate us. It actually feels really nice for us leafs fans to get some sympathy. I appreciate it, it’s just about the only positive thing we have right now 😂

    • @Sam-ry7ln
      @Sam-ry7ln Month ago

      ​@@MistahJay7 I unforunately 100% believe this

  • @dannymoe8911
    @dannymoe8911 Month ago +68

    "This year feels different"
    Yes, yes it does. This is the year I follow through with my promise to never watch the leafs again.

    • @ScubaSteveCanada
      @ScubaSteveCanada Month ago

      What took you so long? I love watching Steve Dangle lose it! Unlike the Leafs, he's entertaining and doesn't waste your time. You can bet Berube and Treliving will know they can't keep the core players. Some are still in their prime and can command good trade value. Others, just let them go.

    • @drlca6601
      @drlca6601 Month ago

      yeah i watched them but i didn't watch a full game since November, which I promised myself last leason already. I tuned into the last two games in R2 after we won two straight and said "hey maybe im wrong," but no as soon as I did they started sucking. It's amazing how they can hoodwink you so I didn't invest at all, and thus I don't feel hoodwinked. Rebuild. See you in ten years, playoffs.
      The 4 nations tourney was great tho.

    • @ryangilchrist56
      @ryangilchrist56 Month ago

      Stopped watching games a couple of years ago. I'll watch some periods and highlights. This team isnt worth the effort.

  • @LetsplayLMG
    @LetsplayLMG Month ago +101

    Leafs are the toxic ex we keep going back to that breaks our heart and disappoints us every time.

    • @projektkobra2247
      @projektkobra2247 Month ago +1

      Leo Major!!!!!!!

    • @sweetswing1
      @sweetswing1 Month ago +11

      And she has four kids and none are yours.

    • @cs1458
      @cs1458 Month ago +1

      The way your entire fanbase is acting when you're only down 3-2.. you don't deserve a Cup.

    • @LetsplayLMG
      @LetsplayLMG Month ago

      @@cs1458 Clueless grifter

  • @yass-py3cc
    @yass-py3cc Month ago +152

    Reporter: how do you feel how the team played today?
    Rielly: “we hung in there and gave it all we got. It was a close game and we battled hard. “

  • @MrKohulann30
    @MrKohulann30 Month ago +90

    respectfully, excited to hear jesse be "optimistic" about this

  • @louisstabile1182
    @louisstabile1182 Month ago +53

    Man I'm glad we're no longer saying Matthews is playing well defensively and we realized our 13M player needs to score

  • @Vertigo11
    @Vertigo11 Month ago +178

    Auston Matthews is the most overrated player in the NHL

    • @plrt6794
      @plrt6794 Month ago +24

      Regular season superstar.

    • @timhenderson9794
      @timhenderson9794 Month ago +15

      Was my favorite player and I used to argue this. And now I can't and I won't. He definitely is

    • @LeafsKiller63
      @LeafsKiller63 Month ago

      @@plrt6794 Playoff season golf star.

    • @donblake7522
      @donblake7522 Month ago +11

      Only performs in the regular season has no grit at all

    • @Trasyrel
      @Trasyrel Month ago +14

      Austin Matthew’s is the Dak Prescott of the NHL, he does amazing in the regular season, then chokes in the playoffs

  • @thechickenman999
    @thechickenman999 Month ago +36

    That was the most epic promo for an LFR in history. Chef Steve coming in hot 🔥

  • @a18yearoldonyoutubeluigi

    This team doesn’t care about anyone.

    • @jasonvoorhees8545
      @jasonvoorhees8545 Month ago +5

      It's almost like they have other plans, like they have somewhere else to be. Typical union guys, they don't get paid extra for the playoffs so they want to punch out and go home.

    • @a18yearoldonyoutubeluigi
      @a18yearoldonyoutubeluigi Month ago

      @@jasonvoorhees8545 actually terrible reflection on me that I support a group so selfish. Literally couldn’t ever think of being as self centred as them.

    • @pretzelhunt
      @pretzelhunt Month ago

      @@jasonvoorhees8545 they absolutely have playoff bonuses

  • @shaquilleoatmeal5332
    @shaquilleoatmeal5332 Month ago +54

    Not a leafs fan but I can't be the only one feeling 2nd hand embarrassment

    • @MultiCappie
      @MultiCappie Month ago +3

      Yeah, no. Not the only one.

    • @Swtthing780
      @Swtthing780 Month ago

      I was screaming at my tv at the fans…where were the chants…no..go leafs go? Come on!
      The whole organization, in-house fans all failed. 😂
      As an Oilers fan, in that arena we never stop screaming. 😂

  • @elwizschold
    @elwizschold Month ago +28

    The icing on the cake is that tonight a former Leaf (Kapanen) scored the GWG to send the Oilers to the next round

    • @ryangilchrist56
      @ryangilchrist56 Month ago

      Tbf. Kapenan is still a bum

    • @elwizschold
      @elwizschold Month ago +4

      @@ryangilchrist56 Maybe so, but in his career he has more goals in the second round than Matthews

    • @fergusonogden6021
      @fergusonogden6021 Month ago +2

      ⁠@@ryangilchrist56still got his team to the next round

    • @ryangilchrist56
      @ryangilchrist56 Month ago

      @fergusonogden6021 yea. And john scott won the All-star mvp one year, buddy. Sorry if i dont petition to retire kapanens number

    • @fergusonogden6021
      @fergusonogden6021 Month ago +1

      @@ryangilchrist56ah yes, a leafs fan that only talks about personal accolades
      How was Matthew’s season following that rocket richard?

  • @stinkfinger630
    @stinkfinger630 Month ago +22

    We ALL KNEW it was over when they blew the 3-1 lead in game 3 and lost in OT.

  • @rickyaz8640
    @rickyaz8640 Month ago +76

    Marner is the Anti-Rantanen

  • @heythereitsRBK2
    @heythereitsRBK2 Month ago +37

    As a Wild fan, I feel sorry for Leafs fans in a way. This core four hasn't been able to get it done, and management insists on testing the law of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

    • @Playsinvain
      @Playsinvain Month ago

      What is a wild, btw? Call yourself Norte

  • @shawnburden6958
    @shawnburden6958 Month ago +18

    Matthew's most over payed player in the league. Absolutely useless

  • @chriss6457
    @chriss6457 Month ago +86

    I Feel sorry for the grinders like Tanev ,,Benoit McCabe and knies who leave it all on the ice !

    • @jkefel_03
      @jkefel_03 Month ago +11

      Also Woll and Stolly

    • @sweetswing1
      @sweetswing1 Month ago +14

      Knies will be offer sheeted and the leafs will fail to match because they'll sign Marner and Tavares for 14 mill aav and 9 mill aav respectively.

    • @chriss6457
      @chriss6457 Month ago

      LOL wouldn't surprise me​@@sweetswing1

    • @LeafsKiller63
      @LeafsKiller63 Month ago +3

      @@sweetswing1 I hope the Habs or Sens get him with an offer sheet cause that would be hilarious.

    • @alltheworldsastage.
      @alltheworldsastage. Month ago

      Knies not leaving Toronto

  • @LangersArcade
    @LangersArcade Month ago +92

    Ryan O'Reilly was 100% correct about this team.

    • @jimmylee7984
      @jimmylee7984 Month ago +5

      What'd he say?

    • @rustysalmonella7681
      @rustysalmonella7681 Month ago +28

      @@jimmylee7984that two guys in our core were unlikely to ever lead the team to a victory. And that Toronto’s pressure is too much for some players

    • @kode-man23
      @kode-man23 Month ago +3

      Berube had no idea what he was in for haha.

    • @alltheworldsastage.
      @alltheworldsastage. Month ago

      Who cares about O'Reilly he's sitting at home

    • @biggbluh
      @biggbluh Month ago +1

      @@alltheworldsastage. He may be sitting at Home... but Winning is still ingrained in his DNA! If he had 80% of Marner's skill... the Plans for his statue to be built would already be underway!!

  • @mikef3611
    @mikef3611 Month ago +37

    This team is not built for playoff hockey. The way you beat them is so simple. Push them around, the melt.

  • @DoktorSammich
    @DoktorSammich Month ago +55

    Meanwhile, the Oilers just can’t be stopped.

    • @B2Roland
      @B2Roland Month ago +3

      Their stars are actual stars. Toronto only has paper tigers.

    • @hcfc17
      @hcfc17 Month ago +1

      Vegas ran out of gas

  • @johnscustomsaws
    @johnscustomsaws Month ago +46

    When the Panthers were UP 2-0... then 3-0... etc and STILL out-hustling the Leafs... I realized I dont want them to win. Panthers deserve the series 💯

    • @drlca6601
      @drlca6601 Month ago

      the gods have decided... we'd have to sacrifice like 300 lambs to appease them and we only have one Marner.

  • @danchesney631
    @danchesney631 Month ago +46

    The Florida Panthers have figured out the Leafs, & they are powerless to do anything about it.

    • @PeterCPRail8748
      @PeterCPRail8748 Month ago +6

      They had then figured out two years ago. They forgot that for the 1st 2 and a half games then remembered. They are chocking them out like they did 2 years ago. I called it after game 3 loss that Florida is winning next 4. Bobby is back to being Bobby, leafs can't score on him anymore.

    • @whoopass2rb
      @whoopass2rb Month ago +15

      I wouldn't say it's the panthers beating the leafs so much as the leafs beating themselves in this game. That's not to take anything away from Florida, they look like the reigning cup champs and are playing with the swag. But this loss is more on what the leafs weren't doing compared to what the panthers were.

    • @Jimmer-Space88
      @Jimmer-Space88 Month ago

      There’s nothing to figure out, buddy, it’s the same bullshit every year, Toronto teams, and Toronto fans simply suck

    • @stevenharkema5456
      @stevenharkema5456 Month ago

      Pressure cooks this core. Panthers literally just started dump pucks in deep on the defenders back hand, and the Leafs folded like a sack of potatoes against the Panthers forecheck from there. This team just doesn't have any resilience at all.

  • @jessestewart3835
    @jessestewart3835 Month ago +119

    Steve stress eating 😄

    • @emh7963
      @emh7963 Month ago +8

      relatable

    • @jrhunt414
      @jrhunt414 Month ago +6

      He needs a Twix commercial.

    • @michaelwatson4983
      @michaelwatson4983 Month ago +5

      @@jrhunt414 There needs to be a Snickers commercial with Steve.

    • @briancharters8720
      @briancharters8720 Month ago

      Anything, I mean anything even resembling a Cheeto…is DEAD 😮

  • @SethFinberg
    @SethFinberg Month ago +9

    Panthers fan and season ticket holder but I feel bad for you guys. Steve is a true fan and and true expert.

  • @scottbaron121
    @scottbaron121 Month ago +41

    This LFR is gonna be AWESOME!!!!

  • @TH1RDP3RSON
    @TH1RDP3RSON Month ago +40

    everyone's rebuilding, toronto is still just building

    • @hharrybboy
      @hharrybboy Month ago

      And that tower they're building is infinitely tall

  • @RobiGold11
    @RobiGold11 Month ago +39

    As a habs fan i actually feel bad now. This isnt really funny anymore i dont even know what the leafs have to do at this point. Leafs fans im so sorry you deserve better

    • @nathanmerritt9739
      @nathanmerritt9739 Month ago +8

      It’s all good man. We have the mental scars that’ll make us come back next year and say “this is our year”. We’re morons and don’t deserve your pity ;)
      We do this to ourselves.

    • @robertk1834
      @robertk1834 Month ago +11

      I disagree, this is exactly the team Toronto deserves.

    • @beck943
      @beck943 Month ago

      They really don't deserve better, though.

    • @carter7944
      @carter7944 Month ago

      ​@@beck943thats just mean unless your an ottawa fan i dont understand the hate the leafs get when they struggle so much in the playoffs

    • @beck943
      @beck943 Month ago

      ​@@carter7944 Toronto is too full of Hamas supporters these days.
      And dare I remind you, so is Montreal. It's awful.

  • @rpgeek22
    @rpgeek22 Month ago +39

    Marner throwing the puck over the glass against the Canadiens in the bubble should have been enough to know what won't even be accepted now. He is actively a detriment to this team.

  • @thecaptain9590
    @thecaptain9590 Month ago +19

    If these Leafs want to get some goodwill, they would pay for every Leafs fan that attended tonight's atrocity. Unbelievable on home ice to put forth that...product

    • @Jimmer-Space88
      @Jimmer-Space88 Month ago

      Same old bullshit from Toronto fans. We hear your crap all year about how great your players are and your team is destined, then come the playoffs and you clog up RUclips and Instagram with all your complaining crap. Just shut up.

  • @bgcw04
    @bgcw04 Month ago +28

    A reminder that Marner blocked us from getting Rantanen

    • @Ka-chowwwww
      @Ka-chowwwww Month ago +4

      Would be nice to have Rantanen

    • @Mike-r5u
      @Mike-r5u Month ago +1

      16, the queen, leaves with 100 mill for nothing

    • @batboy555
      @batboy555 Month ago

      He would probably play like garbage here too.

  • @pyrowarhorse9738
    @pyrowarhorse9738 Month ago +6

    I genuinely feel bad for Steve...maybe he should join us Oiler fans :)

  • @projektkobra2247
    @projektkobra2247 Month ago +15

    They are ALREADY WINNERS… millionaires don’t need their name carved on a fake silver mug in a museum in Trawna.
    They ITCH to golf!!

  • @warrenbuffet6126
    @warrenbuffet6126 Month ago +7

    Every leaf fan that has said Matthews is better than McDavid, or Draisitl for that matter should take a vow of silence for the rest of their pathetic lives. 😂😂😂

  • @Duke_Bootee
    @Duke_Bootee Month ago +2

    I love the flip flop of loyalty to their leaf team.
    Beginning of the year they chant it’s our year and then like always, by the end of the year it’s the same movie again and it makes me so happy

  • @needmorecowbell6895
    @needmorecowbell6895 Month ago +13

    I remember Steve racing around his office screaming and hollering when the Leafs won the rights to draft Mathews. We were kids, then. I can't believe Leafs fans were ever that happy. It wasn't if the Leafs were going to win a Cup, but how many? Where did this all go wrong?

    • @pomerlain8924
      @pomerlain8924 Month ago +4

      It went wrong as soon as Dubas decided to go after Tavares and pay him $11M a season. And then followed that up by overpaying Mathews and Marner and giving them NMC, when they had not won anything.

    • @drlca6601
      @drlca6601 Month ago

      @@pomerlain8924 yep and don't forget the chasing Nylander down the line. Nylander is great, but had better trade value as he's a one-way player. We could all see this terrible gamble, and yeah it could work, but why play with fire? Defence wins championships not loaded forwards and a broken cap?

    • @needmorecowbell6895
      @needmorecowbell6895 Month ago

      @@pomerlain8924 They overpaid JT. Every team has one player they've overpaid. But the front office doesn't put on skates and go over the boards. What about the Core 4 makes them disappear in the playoffs? It's unique to the Leafs. Is it conditioning? Are the players being coddled? Are they being beaten down by the coaches? Is it a problem with their agents or family meddling with the team? Is there an alcohol problem with one or more players they won't talk about? What is it?

    • @hharrybboy
      @hharrybboy Month ago

      Matthews never had it to begin with

  • @Masoalker
    @Masoalker Month ago

    Loved this video, keep up the great work!

  • @michaelwatson4983
    @michaelwatson4983 Month ago +16

    Oh my goodness Steve the one-taker tonight is going to be fire!!!

  • @tranle3498
    @tranle3498 Month ago

    Great job, this video was very useful!

  • @kpwillson
    @kpwillson Month ago +10

    Im a lifelong fan of fhe Buffalo Sabres and somehow this seems more embarassing

  • @SonSpada
    @SonSpada Month ago

    Awesome video, looking forward to the next one!

  • @Toole8
    @Toole8 Month ago +12

    That was the most electric ramp up to a scream Steve.

  • @zxncvaxcvnbk
    @zxncvaxcvnbk Month ago

    Your videos are always so helpful, thank you!

  • @AngryPrimate
    @AngryPrimate Month ago +25

    I never want to see matthews, marner, tavares, and rielly in a leafs uniform ever again

  • @timcarbone6727
    @timcarbone6727 Month ago +2

    My heart to both of you.... Respect!!

  • @kevinsloan5570
    @kevinsloan5570 Month ago +43

    Its ALL Marners fault ?? Matthews is a $14,000,000.00 CHOKE ARTIST !! With NO BALLS !!

    • @K0NP27
      @K0NP27 Month ago +2

      Can't put it all on those 2 nobody showed up. Yeah Marner spinorama floaty back hand to the middle of the ice from his own blue line.
      But the other 3 were standing still at the blue line not ready to forecheck not ready o back check not even open for a pass.
      Joke of a performance from top to bottom

    • @chrisi1466
      @chrisi1466 Month ago +11

      @@K0NP27dude you can’t say that for 9 years. At some point it does need to be only them. They are supposed to be 2 of the top 10-15 players in the world they need to win you a big game, like MacKinnon does, McDavid does, Drai does, Rantanen does, Pasta does, Kuch has.

    • @drlca6601
      @drlca6601 Month ago

      Every year I have said this. Not this year. He deserves every bit of hate he gets unless he goes magic mode two games straight.

    • @K0NP27
      @K0NP27 Month ago

      I just wouldn't stop the blame with those, 2 start it there but up and down. The line up was trash,
      Shanahan's plan was executed terribly they already got rid of 2 of his coaches and 2 of his GM's time for Shanny to pay for it too

    • @Jimmer-Space88
      @Jimmer-Space88 Month ago

      Same old bullshit from Toronto fans. We hear your crap all year about how great your players are and your team is destined, then come the playoffs and you clog up RUclips and Instagram with all your complaining crap. Just shut up.

  • @maximite
    @maximite Month ago +2

    Mitch Marner's dad always knew Mitch had no heart or drive. They need Mitch's dad to sit rinkside to yell at his son like he did in the CBC doc about the price of hockey
    "You better f*ckin start skating Mitch! I swear to God!"

  • @outdoortubetalk989
    @outdoortubetalk989 Month ago +7

    good bye Marner. Finally. Worst management decision to keep gim for this long.

    • @babayaga4355
      @babayaga4355 Month ago +1

      Honestly, I still say signing Marner to that brutal contract was a main reason why they’ve never won anything. Then, to make it WAY WORSE, not trading him before the no trade kicked in was a fireable offense!!

  • @mdirfan4934
    @mdirfan4934 Month ago

    Thank you for the great content!

  • @Kathleen-u7s4b
    @Kathleen-u7s4b Month ago +13

    You know how bad it is when I, a Habs’ fan, that really wanted the Leafs to beat the Panthers, feel sorry for all Leaf fans.

  • @jaredpowell4108
    @jaredpowell4108 Month ago +13

    My dream of a Winnipeg and Toronto final are fading fast

    • @RoamHockey
      @RoamHockey Month ago +3

      good lord you were really thinking that?? lol..zero chance, I am actually surprised the Jets got past the opening round..I had Florida beating Vegas originally..but right now the Oilers look strong

    • @kode-man23
      @kode-man23 Month ago +1

      We could get Edmonton and Florida part 2! Maybe Edmonton and Carolina part 2?
      Maybe Dallas and Florida might interest you more? Or there’s also Dallas and Carolina.
      Look, four of these series are over despite the fact that only one is actually over, is what I’m saying.

    • @Jimmer-Space88
      @Jimmer-Space88 Month ago

      That’s a dream. Bro I have better fantasies after watching porn hub

    • @hharrybboy
      @hharrybboy Month ago

      ​@@RoamHockeya man can dream

  • @sniperovski
    @sniperovski Month ago +14

    There has to be something seriously wrong with Matthews, dude is floating absolute muffins

    • @sweetswing1
      @sweetswing1 Month ago +3

      He's as soft as a Muffin

    • @whoopass2rb
      @whoopass2rb Month ago +2

      Yeah he's 6+ feet, 200+lbs and I haven't seen him drive and crash the net on any play yet. I don't care if you skate the puck to the goalie and shovel it instead of shooting it, to then only bump the goalie. THAT would illustrate far more confidence and dominance than anything we're seen thus far.

  • @Lee-f9w5v
    @Lee-f9w5v Month ago +17

    When Marner threw that no look spin o rama back hand in his own zone to 3 FLA players and they scored you could see the entire TOR team just gave up!
    Let us run it back next year , I am positive it will work this time.

    • @drlca6601
      @drlca6601 Month ago +1

      That's the kind of thing you do on the national team when you're up 3-0 and you have the best players in the world behind you, not this Leafs team lmao. What even was that??

  • @bigschuh1997
    @bigschuh1997 Month ago +10

    You have to Cut off Shanahan. This Fish stinks from the top.

    • @Ka-chowwwww
      @Ka-chowwwww Month ago

      Oh he’s gone, fire him into the sun, he should have been a long time ago

  • @PaulBuccigrossi
    @PaulBuccigrossi Month ago +8

    Laffs showed a lot of heart.

  • @melissakelly5813
    @melissakelly5813 Month ago +3

    "Rip the C of his chest" is the realest thing said here

    • @Rain.34.89
      @Rain.34.89 Month ago +1

      The closest thing to a captain on this team is Tanev. Knies in the future.

  • @ericlencher2356
    @ericlencher2356 Month ago +3

    The fact that the Leafs held onto Mitch Marner and didn't get anything for him is the most Leafy thing ever! I have been saying for the past 3 years that the most obvious move is trading Marner. Now they will get nothing but cap space. Not even a pick. I realize Marner may have nixed a trade at the deadline to Carolina, but they had 3 years to trade him. His no movement clause did not kick in until last season. It's just unfuckin' real.

  • @FReidham-o5m
    @FReidham-o5m Month ago +7

    Knies and Kneelander were the ONLY sparks tonight…. And the team left Woll out to dry while literally handing Florida the keys to their home ice!

  • @codymagnuson3165
    @codymagnuson3165 Month ago +8

    Genuinely feel the pain in Steve’s voice. I am not a Leafs fan but dang I feel for you guys.

  • @TimWhatley-x7i
    @TimWhatley-x7i Month ago +1

    "What about that fight? Yeah, there wasn't one because they suck ass." 😂😂😂

  • @carecare8548
    @carecare8548 Month ago +8

    Marner n leafs just laugh it off. NEVER have they said we gotta win for the Fans🎉🎉🎉

  • @NYINAWINTOREJenadie

    Great tips, thanks for sharing!

  • @danieldejong6382
    @danieldejong6382 Month ago +4

    Marner and Matthews will get you into post season but they somehow don't finish. Strange team.

  • @DeeperHealth
    @DeeperHealth Month ago +1

    In 2004, the Boston Red Sox lost Game 3 to the New York Yankees 19-8, falling behind 0-3 in the ALCS. They came back to win four straight games, and eventually winning their first World Series in 86 years.
    Go Leafs Go💙

  • @stopdroproll7258
    @stopdroproll7258 Month ago +5

    It’s never been the coaches, the GM, the fans, the media or the pressure! It’s always been the soft core 4! Get rid in the offseason!

  • @DarrenShaw-ev5tb
    @DarrenShaw-ev5tb Month ago

    Steves Rants are the Freakin Best on U-Tube !

  • @mysharks
    @mysharks Month ago +22

    Sharks fan here. Watching the Leafs is giving me PTSD for all those years Sharks choked in the playoffs.

    • @OuZi9891
      @OuZi9891 Month ago +2

      Now add 1967 and you'd be postal lol

    • @willyupshaw
      @willyupshaw Month ago +6

      I'm pretty sure the sharks made it out of the second round.

    • @Clydedog96
      @Clydedog96 Month ago

      ​@@willyupshawsharks always choked in the WCF finally made out in 2016 but I think lost in 5?

    • @dustinrhodes4793
      @dustinrhodes4793 Month ago

      ​@@Clydedog966

    • @dustinrhodes4793
      @dustinrhodes4793 Month ago

      ​@@OuZi9891eh, at least you can buy a shirt with a Cup on it

  • @johnbrowne2170
    @johnbrowne2170 Month ago +2

    I love it when Steve goes hard on the Leafs.

  • @paulpetrozza204
    @paulpetrozza204 Month ago +4

    Someone should genuinely tell Matthews and Marner that Soo story. That shit’s tough

  • @NickKoutoulas
    @NickKoutoulas Month ago +2

    You guys are the best

  • @herowesley1804
    @herowesley1804 Month ago +4

    run it back! run it back! run it back! run it back!

  • @zachlewis6504
    @zachlewis6504 Month ago

    This brings me great joy

  • @LogisticsWorldz
    @LogisticsWorldz Month ago +24

    Real hockey club 6 - fake corporation business 1

  • @StewartCB
    @StewartCB Month ago +7

    Shout out the Victoria Stewart and her humble but excellent Leafs RUclips channel. If things went according to plan she flew in from Britain to attend the game tonight. Poor girl!!

  • @turkeykaiser
    @turkeykaiser Month ago +27

    "People mortgaged their house for tickets to this game."
    Toronto fans definitely have the team they deserve.

    • @jgzero18
      @jgzero18 Month ago +2

      Every season the whole fanbase act like it’s their inherent right to win the cup and every year it’s a total meltdown at the end. They have 5 players making dumb money and the get shutout basically two games. They deserve what they get.

    • @robertk1834
      @robertk1834 Month ago +1

      I agree. The metropolitan, high minded attitude isn't working and it shows. The Leafs want to win 'their way' instead of just 'win'. And the fans eat it up year after year, paying more and more exorbitant prices for the next promise. 7 hours driving and two tickets for that hockey club??? Even IF they played well that's not worth it. Nevermind the spoiled manchildren occupying the Toronto bench. What a disaster. Next!!!

    • @jacquelineheimburg9600
      @jacquelineheimburg9600 Month ago

      @@robertk1834Meh even in the boondocks they act superior in their low mindedness. See Edmonton.

  • @vancouver8129
    @vancouver8129 Month ago +1

    This is the content I came here for…the sweet taste of leaf nation tears:)❤

  • @D_TedHitchcock
    @D_TedHitchcock Month ago +6

    As a Minnesota hockey fan watching the Northstars leave when I was was playing peewee hockey. Then trying to be a Wild fan for about 20, I've got a few words of advice. Find a different team to cheer for! I became a Panthers fan a few years ago when Mathew Ktachuk arrived and its great!

  • @jimdraven2432
    @jimdraven2432 Month ago

    "It's not hard to rebuild a sand castle." That may be the best line all season lol

  • @muchorelaxo5580
    @muchorelaxo5580 Month ago +4

    It’s been 57 yrs of pain , what’s another few years.

  • @JamesHousego-x4u
    @JamesHousego-x4u Month ago +2

    Steve, you can’t eat your sadness away.

  • @jrhunt414
    @jrhunt414 Month ago +4

    It was a beautiful goal though. One single beautiful goal at 59 minutes.

  • @Orr28
    @Orr28 Month ago +2

    You know this team better than anyone. Wow. You know them so well once again you justified them running this back

    • @Christhegreatbro
      @Christhegreatbro Month ago

      He didint actually , SDPN was very done with Marner as far back as 2020

  • @PeterDixon734
    @PeterDixon734 Month ago +23

    Toronto would probably be up in this series had they gotten Rantanen for Marner.
    That's gonna hurt for a LONG TIME!!
    He's public enemy no.1 as far as I'm concerned. He's gonna walk for nothing.

    • @wizzerwiser2056
      @wizzerwiser2056 Month ago +7

      Actually it's Dubas for handing out NTCs like cheap Halloween candy.

    • @Mike-r5u
      @Mike-r5u Month ago

      Thank goodness puts 12 mill back in the free agent pool

    • @PeterDixon734
      @PeterDixon734 Month ago +1

      @@Mike-r5u he was the 4th O/A pick in 2015. So basically, TOR is just 'throwing away' a top 4 draft selection, for absolutely nothing.
      That is what you call monumental loss.
      I think Mitch knows he's generally not liked by not only most TOR fans, but he knows mgmt. doesn't want him either. They asked him to waive his NTC for a Rantanen swap and he declined. This is like some oblivious loser staying in a place he's NOT WELCOME AT. And it's going to cost the Leafs BIG TIME.
      How big, no one really knows yet. All I know is that, AM34 does not have that dog in him to put the team on his back and go to war. I'm thinking you gotta get rid of both of them and build around Nylander/Knies.
      This is really, REALLY bad for Leafs Nation. Their quest for a Cup is probably set back five to ten years.

  • @yoyo50515
    @yoyo50515 Month ago +2

    ThIs is theguy who told us to calm down 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @LetsplayLMG
    @LetsplayLMG Month ago +3

    I'm from the sault and I will tell you this. I didn't watch game 4, or 5 because I saw what was coming... and I am glad I didn't. I know they will win game 6 and give us hope just to lose game 7 in OT.

    • @VDawg555
      @VDawg555 Month ago +1

      Oh trust me my dude, there will be no game 7

  • @barstar888
    @barstar888 Month ago +1

    Byfield, Clarke, multiple 1st rounders sound like the type of return the Leafs could get from LA for Matthews

  • @MeargleSchmeargle
    @MeargleSchmeargle Month ago +4

    Steve, at this point y'all need to organize protests/boycotts outside the Leafs building until Shanahan and literally everyone else associated with this organization are gone. If nothing changes in the organization next year, organize boycotts.

  • @tysonwarkentin8191
    @tysonwarkentin8191 Month ago +2

    I have said that if the leafs ever make a cup final that I would fly from Calgary to Toronto for a finals game and put it all on my credit card. Thank goodness I don’t have to worry about that with this core

  • @GeeAitch-r1r
    @GeeAitch-r1r Month ago +3

    Rantanen was a blown opportunity... no way should they re-sign Marner

    • @joeferguson4174
      @joeferguson4174 Month ago

      They didn't blow anything, Marner wouldn't waive his no trade.