Gif Request: McLaren waving the white flag

[Derp Kassian]

Found this on twitter

 

[dukeofjive]

Thanks, i love it

 

[bsjezz]

You guys understand he was waving the towel towards the refs right? Probably going to get fined for it too...

understand it? we invented it

 

[HockeyHobo73]

Lupul should get suspended for the head shot on his own teammate... That would be awesome.

 

[Jay Cee]

Found this on twitter

That is pro trolling right there.

 

[vanuck]

Love Burr's trolling.

understand it? we invented it

They merely adopted the towel... we were born to wave it.

Lupul should get suspended for the head shot on his own teammate... That would be awesome.

This.

 

[Wolfhard]

Saw this on reddit, sad Phil

Aww, poor Phil. Someone get him a cupcake.

 

[Wolfhard]

Found this on twitter

This is gold! I was laughing hysterically when he did that! Haha. And then kessel goes after him later and gets thrown to the ice like a child. The look on his face when Burr popped his helmet a few times was pretty good as well.

 

[SpecialK139]

more like Gino Odjick night amirite?

 

[Master Radishes]

So far we have every gif in here except the one originally requested.

Love the Burr trolling Kessel one.

 

[Master Radishes]

Also, just to conveniently locate them all in this thread, I'll steal this one from the PGT.

 

[NoRaise4Brackett]

What an embarrassing game by the Leafs. The JVR embellishment set the standard on how the game would be called, then McLaren is the one to wave the towel? Canucks were penalized 10 times in the game, and the Leafs want to blame officiating for not scoring 5 goals for them? Love the Lupul hit on Kadri - priceless. The difference was 3 penalties - so 6 mins is apparently the reason for losing by 4 goals, being shut out, and being outshot by 26 shots.

Any more Leafs fans want to come in here and make foolish comments?

 

[Ryp37]

I know we're not supposed to talk about fan bases but I've never seen so many cry babies after a regular season loss it's insane

 

[Betamax*]

Found this on twitter

I gotta respect Kessel for "answering the bell" when later challenged by Burrows:



Coach Torts' infamously talked about the Sedins' "inspiring" their teammates when they shot-block. LOL.

I mean come on!

A shift of Sedinery or a Daniel dropping the mitts the next time a Marchand tries to use him as a human punching bag will be a Hell of a lot more "inspiring" ... well, as long as he doesn't get KTFO, but just hanging on for dear life and falling down after throwing a couple of punches would be sufficient to prove a point like what Kessel did with Burrows.

re:



What say you?

 

[TacitEndorsement]

I missed this during the game.

Is it just me or is that a blatant, head-hunting elbow?

 

[skyo]

What say you?

Yeah *daniel should have fought back, but swedes are not really renowned for getting into fights especially elite scorer types, in the olden days if a player did that to Gretzky a goon would rip the **** out of Marchand, Gretzky wouldn't be expected to fight back.
*haha yes an extreme comparison.

 

[Divine]

Of course we understand it. We just find it hilarious that he thought the refs were screwing his team. Hopefully (for the leafs and their fans) the team takes responsibility for completely unravelling and doesn't decide that this game was lost because of the refs. Because I hate to break it to you guys, hitting players from behind is a penalty and if he doesn't understand that he will have a very tough season.

He didn't do it because he hit the player from behind though. He did it because AFTER he hit the player from behind, the entire Van bench got up and started chirping him (as expected) so he chirped back (as is done in every game by every player) and got an additional two minute penalty to put us two men shorthanded for the entire two minutes. Which I agree is a BS call.

 

[Rotting Corpse*]

What say you?

If Daniel Sedin had dropped the gloves, the story of the series would be about how Marchand "got to him," about how he "lost his composure" and let Marchand "get under his skin." Idiot analysts on CBC and everywhere would point to that incident as evidence that Boston had gotten to the Sedins and "gotten them off their game."

It's literally an impossible situation for the Daniel. Fight back and have everyone say you got off your game, or keep your cool and have people say you don't stand up for yourself.

 

[Betamax*]

If Daniel Sedin had dropped the gloves, the story of the series would be about how Marchand "got to him," about how he "lost his composure" and let Marchand "get under his skin." Idiot analysts on CBC and everywhere would point to that incident as evidence that Boston had gotten to the Sedins and "gotten them off their game."

It's literally an impossible situation for the Daniel. Fight back and have everyone say you got off your game, or keep your cool and have people say you don't stand up for yourself.

Or the story could have been Daniel stood up for himself and didn't back down. What was the post-game analysis from the "Idiot analysts" on CBC and Leafs fans re: Kessel dropping the gloves with Burrows yesterday?

 

[anothercanucklehead]

He didn't do it because he hit the player from behind though. He did it because AFTER he hit the player from behind, the entire Van bench got up and started chirping him (as expected) so he chirped back (as is done in every game by every player) and got an additional two minute penalty to put us two men shorthanded for the entire two minutes. Which I agree is a BS call.

I thought the Leafs got that additional penalty because Carlyle was beaking off? Either way, if it had been a Canuck player that was whining about the officiating you Leaf fans would be calling for his head. And be honest. If a Canuck had tried to do to Kessel what Lupul attempted on Hank, you'd probably be on the phone to Shanny yourself.

 

[CpatainCanuck]

Or the story could have been Daniel stood up for himself and didn't back down. What was the post-game analysis from the "Idiot analysts" on CBC and Leafs fans re: Kessel dropping the gloves with Burrows yesterday?

The CBC and the Eastern Media is completely biased in favour of the Leafs and against the Canucks though. Kessel is lionized while being 10 times softer than the Sedins and way more 1 dimensional.

 

[Rotting Corpse*]

Or the story could have been Daniel stood up for himself and didn't back down. What was the post-game analysis from the "Idiot analysts" and Leafs fans re: Kessel dropping the gloves with Burrows yesterday?

It wouldn't be though. It's a different situation because:

1) It's not a playoff series.
2) Phil Kessell doesn't have quite the same reputation. Hell, he's even fought before.
3) Most importantly, The Leafs are not the Canucks.

I've seen it a dozen times. Team is antagonizing another team throughout a playoff series; one of the top players drops the gloves, and the narrative becomes about how that fight was proof that he had been knocked off his game. It's a no-win situation. Unless you're a Leaf, probably.

By the way, sure was cool to see the Sedins throw their weight around last night. That shift where Lupul tried to pay homage to Bure v. Churla was a perfect demonstration of how "soft" the Sedins are; completely out-muscled and out powered several leafs, and created a scoring chance from nothing through their strength and skill. They'll never get credit for that though. Not while we're busy sucking Kessel's dick for falling down against heavyweight Alex Burrows.

 

[Divine]

I thought the Leafs got that additional penalty because Carlyle was beaking off? Either way, if it had been a Canuck player that was whining about the officiating you Leaf fans would be calling for his head. And be honest. If a Canuck had tried to do to Kessel what Lupul attempted on Hank, you'd probably be on the phone to Shanny yourself.

You don't think that was a bad penalty to call to put a team down shorthanded two men for an entire two minutes? If a Canucks fan argues about the officiating while getting most of the calls, obviously their reputation would be tarnished. We felt we got screwed. Not one of those boarding calls will be reviewed by the league, because the player turned when he saw a Leaf arriving, and favourable went down when he felt any contact. Also, in regards to the Lupul 'headshot attempt', if he had hit Sedin where he had, it would have been shoulder to shoulder. His arm wasn't high enough for the head. His arm came up further after anticipating contact and missing because he was leaning in with his shoulder.

 

[Rotting Corpse*]

You don't think that was a bad penalty to call to put a team down shorthanded two men for an entire two minutes? If a Canucks fan argues about the officiating while getting most of the calls, obviously their reputation would be tarnished. We felt we got screwed. Not one of those boarding calls will be reviewed by the league, because the player turned when he saw a Leaf arriving, and favourable went down when he felt any contact. Also, in regards to the Lupul 'headshot attempt', if he had hit Sedin where he had, it would have been shoulder to shoulder. His arm wasn't high enough for the head. His arm came up further after anticipating contact and missing because he was leaning in with his shoulder.

I think we're done here. He's skating along and blatantly sticks out his elbow (not his shoulder) in an attempt to clip Sedin. There is no other way to spin it. It was by far the dirtiest play by either team last night.

 

[Taelin]

You don't think that was a bad penalty to call to put a team down shorthanded two men for an entire two minutes? If a Canucks fan argues about the officiating while getting most of the calls, obviously their reputation would be tarnished. We felt we got screwed. Not one of those boarding calls will be reviewed by the league, because the player turned when he saw a Leaf arriving, and favourable went down when he felt any contact. Also, in regards to the Lupul 'headshot attempt', if he had hit Sedin where he had, it would have been shoulder to shoulder. His arm wasn't high enough for the head. His arm came up further after anticipating contact and missing because he was leaning in with his shoulder.

Wow, Torts really needs to talk to the players then, because it's completely stupid of them to draw a penalty by driving their head into the boards and risk injury.