TSN: Auston Matthews goal celebration, yes or no?

[TootooTrain]

Who gives a flying ****!

I concur.

 

[BM14]

No. Act like you've been there before.

 

[Blufreezy]

It was great on both ends.

 

[DarkKnight]

And the media wonder why players are robots these days, geezus. Yes!!!!!!!

 

[Cotton]

Wasnt much of a debate, all three on Leafs Lunch said they loved it.

 

[Mr Hockey]

.......

 

[leburn98]

 

[ponder]

Loved it!

 

[disgruntleddave]

The game and everything to go with it was great. Matthews is not so emotive so when he shows it it means something. Gimme that once in a while and I'm happy.

 

[EXPECT THE LEAFS]

In the heat of the moment... dude was completely fired up... what were you expecting? There will always be critics. "Matthews doesn't show emotion." "Matthews is showing too much emotion." etc etc. People just like to nitpick. Anyway I thought it was legit. Just glad we pulled out the win because it wouldn't of been a good look if we lost.

 

[MattySnipes]

Yes. Dont care what others or Don says. Doesn't matter. Auston is his own man.

 

[Tie Domi Esquire]

when he did it, i knew the blackhawks would score.

 

[Field of Dreams]

The cele is fine but let's talk about AM34 looking more like AMXXXIV in his recent photo shoot

 

[HellasLEAF]

I thought it was just enough. Not over the top. The moment called for it.

Yay for me. Normally he is composed to the point of nonchalance.

 

[WTFMAN99]

I liked it, and the Kane thing was fine too. Big goals at big points in the game, allow for some personality.

 

[Raym11]

I think its fine the way he does it. He's not a player known for being an asshole. It's just like banter through goal celebrations. Kane probably loved it as much as Matthews enjoyed seeing it back. These guys gotta have fun some ways

 

[WilliamNylander]

If Sparks wasn’t complete garbage it would’ve been even more epic. But I love it, Matthews can do whatever he wants. He’ll be the poster boy of the NHL soon.

 

[frog]

I definitely cringed while reading this

Good for you.... I think over-the top celebrations are disrespectful and if you dont good for you... Thats how I feel and couldnt care less if you dont think so

 

[KyleSeaBass]

I'm not a old-school hockey purist by any metric, but it was a bit much for the third regular season game of the season.

Save the theatrics for the playoffs.

Is the guy comparing this to the Bautista bat flip being serious? That was the deciding game in a playoff series, at home and one of the biggest games in Blue Jays history.

If you want the players to show more emotion tell the media to stop being such hard asses and looking for controversy all the time. Then maybe you'd get more players being themselves. Going overboard with celebrations gets old fast.

Don't need players being robots, but remember, right place, right time.

 

[ottomaddox]

Makes me wonder if on the next Coaches Corner will Don Cherry say how Matthews was dumb for doing that since Kane tied the game.

Any thread about goal celebrations: No.

Ovi: No.

 

[Nithoniniel]

I have absolutely nothing against celebrations as long as they are not purposefully directed towards the opposing team. This was a "silencing the crowds"-thing that backfired, and to Matthews' credit he took that with a laugh.

It's ridiculous to me that something like is a controversy, meanwhile someone cruising by the opposition bench screaming out his satisfaction directly in the face of the players the other night garnered no reaction at all. I have no idea how Matthews' move is disrespectful but that wasn't.

I do agree with @KyleSeaBass that the timing was quite weird. A quiet game against a non-rival team in the third game of the season isn't exactly when I would have guessed that this would happen.

Kane probably loved it as much as Matthews enjoyed seeing it back. These guys gotta have fun some ways

He did mention afterwards that he disliked it and wanted payback, or something like that. However, my interpretation of that seemed very different from how media portrayed it. It didn't come across as Kane thinking that Matthews' showboated and disrespected the sport. It was more "don't come talking trash before the game is done"-dislike, and I think the way he wanted (and did) respond indicate that too. He just wanted to put Auston in his place a bit.

 

[TOGuy14]

Loved it when AM did it and got a good chuckle when Kane responded with the same

I think it’s great to see players get pumped up and show a bit of personality out there

 

[Strangle]

This was amazing. Would have been appropriate if it was the game winner, butKane coming back with his own, plus the insane finish to the game made it extra special.

Like was said earlier, this is great for the game. Matthews and Kane giving it to each other to the delight of the fans and both players rising to the occasion on the ice is what sports are all about.

 

[The Legend]

I'm not a old-school hockey purist by any metric, but it was a bit much for the third regular season game of the season.

Save the theatrics for the playoffs.

If you want the players to show more emotion tell the media to stop being such hard asses and looking for controversy all the time.

Do you realize the irony here?

 

[Anthrax442]

Unless he skates by the opposing team and moons them, I am okay with pretty much anything.