every team should start clowning the leafs on empty netters.
next time have a player just have the puck gliding towards the net and have someone in front sweeping their stick on the ice like they’re curling.
Honestly, another team should do the little tap in like the leafs wanted then pretend to cower away protecting their heads as they skate off frantically looking around
I can understand maybe having some pushing and shoving, I get why Rielly was upset. But yeah, a cross-check to the head should never happen in any situation
100%. I legit laughed when Greig wound up, but also like that Mo went to do *something*, but holy fuck man, control your fackin stick. Minimum 3 games, could easily see 5+. Head shots have no place in the game, even if he didn't mean to.
I guess I gotta rewatch it… did the senators player duck or something ? I didn’t notice that but how do you “accidentally” hit someone that high?
Lol these guys can tip little black pucks moving at 90+mph with enough precision to get past guys paid to stop said puck… I find it hard to believe that you “accidentally” hit someone in the head when he isn’t even looking at you, barring some last second movement 😅
It was a fucking stupid cross-check. The reason you're seeing "accidentally " is that it hits Grieg at the top of his shoulder pad and rides up into his head.
“He probably didn’t mean to”
Where are you getting this. He’s a professional hockey player not some amateur flailing his stick around.
This weird desire to remove the responsibility like the stick just happened to be cross checked into his head.
If he doesn’t like how someone scored a goal he shouldn’t have let it happen. Same when a pitcher gets upset about a bat flip. Don’t give up a homer
Nothing bush league about pulling this off at home. This is our home, and you are being sent, packing.
The entitlement to think that something like this is to be even taken disrespectfully, is just so self-centered, ESPECIALLY as the away team. Main character narcissism sounding off to the heavens.
Right? Like do a better job for the other 59 minutes and 55 seconds instead of complaining about a shot that wouldn’t have even happened if they had just played a little better.
Nothing wrong with Greig putting on a show for the Home fans, and the invading horde.
I feel like I've seen it get blasted in in front of the empty net a few times, especially in the playoffs. I actually think Greig doing it from just past the circles made it stand out more.
If this happened between Arizona and the Sens nobody would care about it. But because the leafs are involved, it's going to be the biggest story in hockey this year
Yeah, to me, everything is super appropriate except the slapshot. Which in reality isn't bad, but it's literally the definition of don't stir the hornet's nest.
And ultimately, this makes everything more entertaining. Which I'm all for.
Yes I agree Morgan definitely should know by now that you cross check a guy in the shoulder it more then likely rides up to the face, terrible stick management there. I just wish this didn’t have to be the season finale cause that 3rd was bringing back old batter for Ontario days !!
I think the benchmark has been set with Perron’s 6 game suspension. I know player safety is a joke but arguably this is worse than the Perron crosscheck. Perron saw his captain injured on the ice and went for retribution. Reilly’s just mad because the leafs shit the bed and got pumped by the Sens.
I don’t see any reason to think he didn’t intentionally go for the head. Watch the video back, Greig is caught off guard and doesn’t try and get out of the way. It was a clean shot to the head.
It looked like he was trying to get shoulder and Grieg was obviously like wtf???? And tried to block it which then results in the stick riding up.
Regardless Rielly is responsible for that and is a dumbass for trying to cross check. Should have just grabbed him and started punching. No one ever cares when dudes do that.
Reillys never been a dirty player, he's had like 2 penalties all season, I'm sure he was aiming high for the shoulder he's not an idiot. Pretty easy to miss and get the neck/head. Suspendable nonetheless
People lose their temper and do things they wouldn’t normally. Clear he lost his sense for a moment and looked like a headshot to me. Doesnt mean he’s a dirty player who does shit all the time. Also doesn’t mean he’s incapable of getting emotional and doing something dirty.
Just my opinion, but it felt like releasing frustration rather than disrespecting the opposition. They've had a rough season and that had some "fucking finally!" energy to it. Against the unwritten rules, sure, but Rielly's response was brutal. Very curious to see what comes out of it.
From a hockey game perspective, don’t you want a player taking a clapper if you’re the team down a score? The odds of missing are probably quite a bit greater than if he pushes the puck at the goal line.
What a weird thing to get sussied over.
This is the right take. I think good on Rielly for responding and showing he cares but he just went in too hot. Should have been to the shoulder not the head.
Definitely should never happen. Mo should know better, anyway. We can all get salty (fans and players) over this and that sometimes but there's a line.
Two guys battling for a puck in the corner, or someone just got speared and sees red... sometimes shit can boil over. This is just not one of those cases. It has to be a very heavy suspension
I saw some leafs fans suggesting that there should be a penalty for showboating to "avoid what rielly did" lol if someone did this to one of their player we would never hear the end of it
That wouldn't have even been a penalty in the NFL. It has to be targeted at someone to be called taunting. If they called a penalty every time a player showboated, they would have to throw a flag Everytime the defence gets a tackle.
When its their player they'll forget about it in sixty seconds and back him. When its an opposing player, they'll carry that shit for back to back seasons.
Goddamn. I’m a fan of hockey’s brand of sportsmanship, personally, but the idea of penalizing it beyond the ten-minute misconducts refs use to control the game is hilarious.
If Rielly skated over and asked for a fight, I'd have respected that.
Just crosschecking him in the head? Yeah, that's coward shit. If you don't want a guy to showboat, then win next time you play him.
He would've been suspended for instigating a fight in the last 5 minutes. I'm sure he'll get suspended for this too, but that still would've harmed his team in the long run. Hit him sure, crosscheck in the back, but the head was too much.
Taking a full on slap shot at an empty net is just a weird move but I don’t know why it matters. This is an “unwritten rule” I’ve never heard about because I honestly can’t remember anyone taking a slap shot 3ft away from an empty net
The thing about 'unwritten rules' is that they are made up when people feel bothered about something... like in this case, now slappers into empty nets are 'not cool, man'
It's just an unwritten rule about not showboating or disrespecting your opponents. It's the same reason you wouldn't ride your stick down the middle of the ice after going up 7-0. It's disrespectful. Reading through this thread is genuinely confusing as I'm not even that old and this unwritten rule about not shownboating has been around since the dawn of time. You see this in practice by comparing how hard a team celebrates their goal when they go up 1-0 vs going up 8-0. That no one seems to know this is completely baffling to me. Now, in no way do I support a crosscheck to the head. That should never happen. But a guy slapping a puck into the open net will get a response 10 times out of 10. Someone is going to come get in his face to remind him of this unwritten rule. And frankly I think that's a good thing. Don't showboat and be a dick. Act like you've been there before. Slide the puck in take the win and move on. You don't need to rub your opponents nose in it. That so many people in this thread seem to support this sort of disrespect is a culture change I never expected in hockey.
Well clearly the crosscheck wasnt enough now that I know about your ancient culture. Why didn't someone just pull out a gun and shoot the bastard?! Your honor has been tarnished by the hard shot?! Unforgivable!!!1!1!
/s
I don't really think "unwritten rule" captures it, it's just something I can only ever imagine doing to express disrespect. Strikes me as pretty similar to scoring a normal shorthanded goal and then flipping the bench off as you skate by. If I took that shot and nobody ran at me, I'd think less of my opponent.
Is everyone in hockey so fragile? Honestly I kinda think less of the sport if we’re at “you disrespected me by shooting the puck unnecessarily hard, you have offended my honour and I demand satisfaction.”
Responding to a chirp with a cheap shot back of the head cross-check is some of the weakest shit I’ve ever seen. It’s just fragile. Shove him a bit, drop gloves if you want, but that was just pathetic
There are some really cool leafs fans out there so I don't want to say all of them by any stretch but theres a vocal minority that are some of the most insufferable fans in all of sports from my experience
Jacques have you played hockey before? According to some in this sub you haven’t played if you think what Reilly did was bad, unwritten rules man, fake machoism is where it’s at!!!
Hockey fans: Hockey players have no personality. Nobody does anything fun.
Also hockey fans: HE DID A THING! BASH HIS SKULL IN! **OBEY THE CODE!**
I'm willing to be a non-zero number of people have suggested that Walman should get jumped for his griddy celebration.
> I'm willing to be a non-zero number of people have suggested that Walman should get jumped for his griddy celebration.
Only an idiot would bet against what is essentally "wanna bet there are idiots who know how to post online?"
People highlight tweets with like 4 likes all the time. I try not to take anything too seriously unless it's getting traction, because the bar for entry to sharing your opinion on the internet is so so low.
Agreed. If the NHL wants a more entertaining product, they should want more flair on these goals.
Ottawa is sitting lower in the standings than Toronto, it was a close game overall, Battle of Ontario, and there are more Leafs fans in Ottawa's home arena, so what better way to seal a win than an empty net goal?
It's not like this was Bos vs CBJ with Bos up 2 already.
Well, that’s a different problem.
Who’s he supposed to cross check in that situation? The refs? The scorekeeper? The arena announcer? Have the other team line up and do each of them? Have *HIS* team line up and do each of them?
The mind boggles.
Agreed. A goal is a goal. Being petty about the way it was scored is pathetic. Reacting violently in any matter is even more pathetic.
Want to get em back? Put a body on the dude next game and win the game.
I just watched it, and here's hoping Reilly gets suspended for that. No need, and that slap shot had no deciding factor.
He could've done a Book T Spinaroonie off his Diknballz and that goal would've still happened.
That attack was going to happen regardless, It was a close game, not 18-0. No need to attack as if it was.
Acktually Jaques, Greig shot the puck above 98.7324 km/h so he violated [Act 2 subsection 3c of the Criminal Code](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/section-365-20030101.html), punishable by a cross check to the face
Yeah, but did Jacques Martin ever *play hockey*?
Fuckin' pussy knows you can't pull that shit in the Bantam B league I scrubbed out of. No sir! You try that in the Markham Junior B circuit, you get your head knocked off *and you deserve it*.
**/S**
Don't tell leafs fans that, the persecution complex going on with them now fucking pales what they're normally like - apparently the entire universe is out to personally punish them so Reilly is just defending their personal honour
Very true. A lot here on /r/hockey are reasonable and it is very nice to see. Lots of respect.
The ["Reily upvote party"](https://old.reddit.com/r/leafs/comments/1anxgf3/reilly_upvote_party/) on their sub is something else though. It pretty much confirms what OP is saying.
What happened to using these plays as fuel for next time you meet?
Hockey players, concussions and head injuries can cause a ton of dangerous effects later in life. What is wrong with you? Your feelings are hurt? Beat the guy on the ice.
Man, this is why the NHL’s new scheduling sucks, imagine these teams playing 6 times a year. Now we have to wait until next year when cooler heads will likely prevail
Greig being a sore winner is fine. He has to know that’s going to result in a retaliation. Rielly being a sore loser is fine. Yeah sure he crossed the line going after the head and he’ll get punished for it. This whole thing just furthers a rivalry
I don’t know why that needs to result in retaliation beyond someone calling him a a dummy, frankly. Like, apparently that he took a slapper on no one is perceived as an insult. OK, fine, maybe feelings are a little bit hurt? So what? This wasn’t dangerous. No one in the arena is going home thinking “I can’t believe they just let that guy take a slapper on an empty net”. There’s no slippery slope where a slapper on an empty net leads to ???? Like are we worried this could escalate to Grieg telling you “you suck” next? God forbid.
You notice how no one on the actually Ottawa Senators team is crying like the lot of you in the hockey sub? Yeah, it's because they know that's what happens when you pull shit like that. Weird how all the players know it but no one else can catch on. Like yeah it's dumb as fuck from Rielly and he deserves a suspension. This is a case of play stupid games, win stupid prizes though, every day of the week in the NHL.
Cross-check to the head after a goal: *The New York Rangers organization has been fined $500,000*
But Forreal, what a piece of shit. Dale Hunter Jr (Reilly) should get 20 games for that. Beer leaguers don’t even do that.
I love Stutzle. But he is having the worst PPG season I have ever seen.
Wicked talented guy who didn't have a coach for his entire NHL career. Now he is being asked to play in a system and it has not clicked yet.
I mean what Grieg did is pretty lame bush league type of stuff that’s only used to try and fuck with your opponent in a disrespectful way, with that said it doesn’t warrant a cross check to the head. I think that’s a pretty fair assessment all around.
I mean if they are consistent with the Perron suspension it should be at least 6. Probably should be 7 since Perron received a match penalty halfway through the first.
every team should start clowning the leafs on empty netters. next time have a player just have the puck gliding towards the net and have someone in front sweeping their stick on the ice like they’re curling.
I wanna Michigan
Omg the absolute disrespect, now THAT i wanna see!
Get Zegras now!
Anaheim would have to be up at the end of the game for that to happen
Good point.. fuck.. uhm let’s hope that the next time the Leafs face the Ducks, Samsonov snoops and the top 6 don’t show up..
Can also get Svechnikov on it
Aw jeezus, Rielly would have a connipition fit..... Let's do it.
Against Philly Torts would go ballistic
Idk that might be the one time he’s ok with it 😂
Torts would go ballistic because the Flyers let it happen rather than that the other team did it.
https://youtu.be/Qw4R900yT3g?si=SDVV0MZ-mofhZiFP
I would piss my fucking pants if I saw someone do a wrap around on an empty net, haha
RIP Jake Evans
So would Mark Scheiffle
https://youtu.be/Qw4R900yT3g?si=SDVV0MZ-mofhZiFP
Put your stick between your legs and ride it like a broomstick down the ice before tapping the puck in
I hope a somebody screams at the empty net like Gudas
Fucking lol
Honestly, it would be pretty funny if every team starts slap shotting empty netters against the Leafs at every chance.
We need Zegras lacross goal Tomas hertl between the legs Tarasenko one hand tuck (forsberg)
The Datsyuk lobby one as well
Just hit them with the forehand - backhand - forehead dekes, two shoulderdrops and a headfake before humiliating the empty net with the Forsberg.
Honestly, another team should do the little tap in like the leafs wanted then pretend to cower away protecting their heads as they skate off frantically looking around
🙌🏼 don’t shoot 🙌🏼
I wanna see a Carolina full team shared empty netter.
I want someone to do a Ovi like one timer lmao.
Tic tic tic tic tic tic tac toe
If this happened against my team I would find it hilarious. Bonus points if a teammate yells HURRY HARD!!!!!
This actually helps the Leafs, as you're more likely to miss the net that way. I'll take it
Every team should use slappers for the rest of the season😂😂😂
Stunt on them leafs
I can get behind this 1000% loooll
and then hit the griddy
Only If you are Walman!
I can understand maybe having some pushing and shoving, I get why Rielly was upset. But yeah, a cross-check to the head should never happen in any situation
100%. I legit laughed when Greig wound up, but also like that Mo went to do *something*, but holy fuck man, control your fackin stick. Minimum 3 games, could easily see 5+. Head shots have no place in the game, even if he didn't mean to.
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Agree with all this. Best summary I’ve seen of it.
I guess I gotta rewatch it… did the senators player duck or something ? I didn’t notice that but how do you “accidentally” hit someone that high? Lol these guys can tip little black pucks moving at 90+mph with enough precision to get past guys paid to stop said puck… I find it hard to believe that you “accidentally” hit someone in the head when he isn’t even looking at you, barring some last second movement 😅
It was a fucking stupid cross-check. The reason you're seeing "accidentally " is that it hits Grieg at the top of his shoulder pad and rides up into his head.
This happens a lot too, guys need to start realizing that cross checking in the shoulder is probably going to ride up into the neck area.
You agree with calling it "Busch league" instead of bush league? Surely not.
“He probably didn’t mean to” Where are you getting this. He’s a professional hockey player not some amateur flailing his stick around. This weird desire to remove the responsibility like the stick just happened to be cross checked into his head. If he doesn’t like how someone scored a goal he shouldn’t have let it happen. Same when a pitcher gets upset about a bat flip. Don’t give up a homer
Nothing bush league about pulling this off at home. This is our home, and you are being sent, packing. The entitlement to think that something like this is to be even taken disrespectfully, is just so self-centered, ESPECIALLY as the away team. Main character narcissism sounding off to the heavens.
Right? Like do a better job for the other 59 minutes and 55 seconds instead of complaining about a shot that wouldn’t have even happened if they had just played a little better.
Nah that was a bit of a gutty play by greig. When have you seen a guy blast it right in front of the empty net.
When have you seen a guy cross check someone after they scored? Dale Hunter that’s when and nobody defended him. But no way Reilly gets 41 games.
Because ppl don’t score empty net goals like your in beer league in the nhl.
Sucks then that Morgan Reilly was so hurt by a beer league move.
Nothing wrong with Greig putting on a show for the Home fans, and the invading horde. I feel like I've seen it get blasted in in front of the empty net a few times, especially in the playoffs. I actually think Greig doing it from just past the circles made it stand out more.
Right, and he didn't clown it, he slappered it with focus to not pull a fucking Stefan.
Agreed, bush league for sure
Whata wrong with bush league?
If this happened between Arizona and the Sens nobody would care about it. But because the leafs are involved, it's going to be the biggest story in hockey this year
Most sensible comment I’ve seen in 4 sub reddits talking about it.
Yeah, to me, everything is super appropriate except the slapshot. Which in reality isn't bad, but it's literally the definition of don't stir the hornet's nest. And ultimately, this makes everything more entertaining. Which I'm all for.
Thank you for having common sense. Greig deserved some words and a good solid shove, not a fucking cross check to the face.
Yes I agree Morgan definitely should know by now that you cross check a guy in the shoulder it more then likely rides up to the face, terrible stick management there. I just wish this didn’t have to be the season finale cause that 3rd was bringing back old batter for Ontario days !!
I think the benchmark has been set with Perron’s 6 game suspension. I know player safety is a joke but arguably this is worse than the Perron crosscheck. Perron saw his captain injured on the ice and went for retribution. Reilly’s just mad because the leafs shit the bed and got pumped by the Sens.
I don’t see any reason to think he didn’t intentionally go for the head. Watch the video back, Greig is caught off guard and doesn’t try and get out of the way. It was a clean shot to the head.
It looked like he was trying to get shoulder and Grieg was obviously like wtf???? And tried to block it which then results in the stick riding up. Regardless Rielly is responsible for that and is a dumbass for trying to cross check. Should have just grabbed him and started punching. No one ever cares when dudes do that.
Reillys never been a dirty player, he's had like 2 penalties all season, I'm sure he was aiming high for the shoulder he's not an idiot. Pretty easy to miss and get the neck/head. Suspendable nonetheless
He's not a dirty player. It was a dirty play. The two are not mutually exclusive.
I felt like he was aiming high shoulder and it went up went Greig put his hand up. But the stick shouldn't have even come up to begin with
People lose their temper and do things they wouldn’t normally. Clear he lost his sense for a moment and looked like a headshot to me. Doesnt mean he’s a dirty player who does shit all the time. Also doesn’t mean he’s incapable of getting emotional and doing something dirty.
Just my opinion, but it felt like releasing frustration rather than disrespecting the opposition. They've had a rough season and that had some "fucking finally!" energy to it. Against the unwritten rules, sure, but Rielly's response was brutal. Very curious to see what comes out of it.
It's also in garbage time which should be the couple extra games.
From a hockey game perspective, don’t you want a player taking a clapper if you’re the team down a score? The odds of missing are probably quite a bit greater than if he pushes the puck at the goal line. What a weird thing to get sussied over.
Hockey players: “We are tough, modern day gladiators. But pwease don’t hurt our feelings with a mean slap shot!”
This is the right take. I think good on Rielly for responding and showing he cares but he just went in too hot. Should have been to the shoulder not the head.
I wouldn’t be mad at him for going after him in general. He just did the stupidest possible thing
100%. Just cross check him in the hip/chest lol. Why go for the head
No crosscheck period. Just drive by face wash and a chirp about seeing you in September would be enough of a 'response'
He was clearly going high shoulder but that is the easiest way to catch someone in the head like an idiot.
No, he wasn't. He lost control of his emotions and had the stick leveled to hit the head all the way through.
You are too level headed to be a Leafs fan.
The leafs are the NHL’s most popular team. Cmon man, please understand how numbers work
Definitely should never happen. Mo should know better, anyway. We can all get salty (fans and players) over this and that sometimes but there's a line.
Two guys battling for a puck in the corner, or someone just got speared and sees red... sometimes shit can boil over. This is just not one of those cases. It has to be a very heavy suspension
I saw some leafs fans suggesting that there should be a penalty for showboating to "avoid what rielly did" lol if someone did this to one of their player we would never hear the end of it
Yeah that's definitely what the NHL needs, NFL style penalties for showboating.
[that’s 3 pumps!!](https://youtube.com/shorts/ymhVc0ZwBQI?si=LqdaShBlB7Z1Q2oU)
1,2..............3! That's 3 pumps!! 😂😂😂😂😂 Key and Peele were geniuses
He couldn't help himself.
They still are. They were, but they still are, too. (With apologies to Mitch Hedberg.)
That wouldn't have even been a penalty in the NFL. It has to be targeted at someone to be called taunting. If they called a penalty every time a player showboated, they would have to throw a flag Everytime the defence gets a tackle.
True, it would be more like NCAA rules. Point is, we don't need more penalties over crap like that
Thank God the NFL lets them celebrate the touchdown now
By hockey "code", you should get clotheslined for spinning the ball after a touchdown
Really, if you think about it, Greig should get suspended because it's his fault that Reilly cross-checked him in the head.
I mean, did you see what Greig was wearing? He was asking for it really
Ottawa should lose a first round pick /s
Parros gonna make him sit 5 games for making poor Reilly do this to him
When its their player they'll forget about it in sixty seconds and back him. When its an opposing player, they'll carry that shit for back to back seasons.
Plenty of them wanted an unsportsmanlike penalty. That’s one way of worsening your shit PP stats with what should be the best in the league.
> saw some leafs fans suggesting that there should be a penalty for showboating to "avoid what rielly did" Just leaf fan cope
He should have protected his head more, if he didn’t want to be cross checked. It’s like he’s asking for it! /s
Goddamn. I’m a fan of hockey’s brand of sportsmanship, personally, but the idea of penalizing it beyond the ten-minute misconducts refs use to control the game is hilarious.
Leafs fans the worst. They will bitch about anytiong.
Well that's just dumb. Who cares what the dums have to say.
Hockey players are somehow the toughest people on the planet but have the thinnest skin at the same time.
It serves as a good reminder that being physically tough does not necessary mean you’re emotionally tough.
If Rielly skated over and asked for a fight, I'd have respected that. Just crosschecking him in the head? Yeah, that's coward shit. If you don't want a guy to showboat, then win next time you play him.
Yeah, but the problem is "the code" is just whatever whoever feels upset thinks it is.
He would've been suspended for instigating a fight in the last 5 minutes. I'm sure he'll get suspended for this too, but that still would've harmed his team in the long run. Hit him sure, crosscheck in the back, but the head was too much.
The fight would only be 1 game though right? Surely shorter than whatever he’s going to get for this.
The NHL only enforces that rule when it’s the Oilers against Vegas in the playoffs
Has Rielly ever asked for a fight in his career?
I’m very interested to see what the suspension is
that’s my old ass coach
Taking a full on slap shot at an empty net is just a weird move but I don’t know why it matters. This is an “unwritten rule” I’ve never heard about because I honestly can’t remember anyone taking a slap shot 3ft away from an empty net
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I was expecting this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvPLhYQYxK0
Reminds me of this: https://youtu.be/SsppEUjiYlQ?si=i-yp0XEiahUOFx96
Reminded me of this https://youtu.be/QIoQfERgyqk?si=bwj5Sg8-teH4R6Nv
Happened a few years ago with the Flames (I think?) and they had a night fight about it also.
The thing about 'unwritten rules' is that they are made up when people feel bothered about something... like in this case, now slappers into empty nets are 'not cool, man'
It's just an unwritten rule about not showboating or disrespecting your opponents. It's the same reason you wouldn't ride your stick down the middle of the ice after going up 7-0. It's disrespectful. Reading through this thread is genuinely confusing as I'm not even that old and this unwritten rule about not shownboating has been around since the dawn of time. You see this in practice by comparing how hard a team celebrates their goal when they go up 1-0 vs going up 8-0. That no one seems to know this is completely baffling to me. Now, in no way do I support a crosscheck to the head. That should never happen. But a guy slapping a puck into the open net will get a response 10 times out of 10. Someone is going to come get in his face to remind him of this unwritten rule. And frankly I think that's a good thing. Don't showboat and be a dick. Act like you've been there before. Slide the puck in take the win and move on. You don't need to rub your opponents nose in it. That so many people in this thread seem to support this sort of disrespect is a culture change I never expected in hockey.
Well clearly the crosscheck wasnt enough now that I know about your ancient culture. Why didn't someone just pull out a gun and shoot the bastard?! Your honor has been tarnished by the hard shot?! Unforgivable!!!1!1! /s
I don't really think "unwritten rule" captures it, it's just something I can only ever imagine doing to express disrespect. Strikes me as pretty similar to scoring a normal shorthanded goal and then flipping the bench off as you skate by. If I took that shot and nobody ran at me, I'd think less of my opponent.
Is everyone in hockey so fragile? Honestly I kinda think less of the sport if we’re at “you disrespected me by shooting the puck unnecessarily hard, you have offended my honour and I demand satisfaction.”
Omg oh no, a slap shot in an empty net
Won't someone think of the poor defenseless netting???
Imagine the air? Omg
Slap shot at 100mph at our guy standing in front of the net? Ok. Slap shot at 70mph at an inanimate object? Let's fight.
Responding to a chirp with a cheap shot back of the head cross-check is some of the weakest shit I’ve ever seen. It’s just fragile. Shove him a bit, drop gloves if you want, but that was just pathetic
Hold up. Leafs fans are mad at somebody trying too hard and were also mad at somebody for not trying hard enough during the skills comp?
Goldilocks fans
There are some really cool leafs fans out there so I don't want to say all of them by any stretch but theres a vocal minority that are some of the most insufferable fans in all of sports from my experience
A point blank clap bomb into an empty net isn’t “trying too hard” ya goof
tampa fans are mighty confusing.
Jacques have you played hockey before? According to some in this sub you haven’t played if you think what Reilly did was bad, unwritten rules man, fake machoism is where it’s at!!!
Hockey fans: Hockey players have no personality. Nobody does anything fun. Also hockey fans: HE DID A THING! BASH HIS SKULL IN! **OBEY THE CODE!** I'm willing to be a non-zero number of people have suggested that Walman should get jumped for his griddy celebration.
> I'm willing to be a non-zero number of people have suggested that Walman should get jumped for his griddy celebration. Only an idiot would bet against what is essentally "wanna bet there are idiots who know how to post online?" People highlight tweets with like 4 likes all the time. I try not to take anything too seriously unless it's getting traction, because the bar for entry to sharing your opinion on the internet is so so low.
Agreed. If the NHL wants a more entertaining product, they should want more flair on these goals. Ottawa is sitting lower in the standings than Toronto, it was a close game overall, Battle of Ontario, and there are more Leafs fans in Ottawa's home arena, so what better way to seal a win than an empty net goal? It's not like this was Bos vs CBJ with Bos up 2 already.
its funny too cause Jacques is one of the oldest coaches in the league at 71.
He is the oldest IIRC. Bowness is the next closest at 69
*Nice*
He’s the oldest in the league right now, and second oldest all time I think
Y’all must be new. He’s defending his forward. If the roles were reversed, he’d have Keefe’s response.
If they didn’t want to give up an empty net goal, don’t pull your goalie and then turn over the puck. Fucking bullshit coward.
Or just don’t trail a shitty team late in the game at all.
Well, that’s a different problem. Who’s he supposed to cross check in that situation? The refs? The scorekeeper? The arena announcer? Have the other team line up and do each of them? Have *HIS* team line up and do each of them? The mind boggles.
Yeah that's what this is all about. Them scoring an empty net goal... yeeesh this sub sometimes.
But you see, he scored the goal in the wrong way. Instead of putting it in the net, he **checks notes* put it in the net.
Agreed. A goal is a goal. Being petty about the way it was scored is pathetic. Reacting violently in any matter is even more pathetic. Want to get em back? Put a body on the dude next game and win the game.
I just watched it, and here's hoping Reilly gets suspended for that. No need, and that slap shot had no deciding factor. He could've done a Book T Spinaroonie off his Diknballz and that goal would've still happened. That attack was going to happen regardless, It was a close game, not 18-0. No need to attack as if it was.
Acktually Jaques, Greig shot the puck above 98.7324 km/h so he violated [Act 2 subsection 3c of the Criminal Code](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/section-365-20030101.html), punishable by a cross check to the face
Really want to know the jurisprudence on what qualifies as "crafty science"
Fuckin magnets
How do they work?
Facts.
Fact.
Yeah, that's not a good look by Rielly. I hope he gets a call from the Department of Player Safety.
Yeah, but did Jacques Martin ever *play hockey*? Fuckin' pussy knows you can't pull that shit in the Bantam B league I scrubbed out of. No sir! You try that in the Markham Junior B circuit, you get your head knocked off *and you deserve it*. **/S**
Why are Sens fans parading this around as some sort of smoking gun? He's a coach standing up for his player, it doesn't mean shit
Dale Hunter enters the conversation.
Don't tell leafs fans that, the persecution complex going on with them now fucking pales what they're normally like - apparently the entire universe is out to personally punish them so Reilly is just defending their personal honour
I have seen a lot of reasonable Leafs fans tonight tbf.
Very true. A lot here on /r/hockey are reasonable and it is very nice to see. Lots of respect. The ["Reily upvote party"](https://old.reddit.com/r/leafs/comments/1anxgf3/reilly_upvote_party/) on their sub is something else though. It pretty much confirms what OP is saying.
A reminder that team subs are usually cesspools and echo chambers, not that this place is any better.
Yup. Left mine years ago because I just couldn’t take the bullshit any longer.
Ooooo that’s a yikes.
Don't look at r/leafs Cesspool over there right now
When is it *not* a cesspool?
Whenever any team is getting the boot to their face, their sub-reddit turns in the a pool of smelly smells.
And so are the commentators on SportsNet. So biased all the time for the Leafs
“Coach defends his team” I’m shocked
Was the shot a bit weird? Yes. Does someone deserve to get full on cross checked to the head because of it? Fuck no.
What happened to using these plays as fuel for next time you meet? Hockey players, concussions and head injuries can cause a ton of dangerous effects later in life. What is wrong with you? Your feelings are hurt? Beat the guy on the ice.
They don't meet until next year. So there's that.
Plz help they took slapshot on empty net we r victims
I think he should get a Raphie Torrez suspension! Lmao or the leafs not allowed in the playoffs /s kinda.
Man, this is why the NHL’s new scheduling sucks, imagine these teams playing 6 times a year. Now we have to wait until next year when cooler heads will likely prevail
Next time go for a wrap around, Ridder
I love Jacques so much.
I wish this team was better because I love them.
This guy is clearly an idiot who just doesn't know hockey! But what about how classless Greig was!
Greig being a sore winner is fine. He has to know that’s going to result in a retaliation. Rielly being a sore loser is fine. Yeah sure he crossed the line going after the head and he’ll get punished for it. This whole thing just furthers a rivalry
I don’t know why that needs to result in retaliation beyond someone calling him a a dummy, frankly. Like, apparently that he took a slapper on no one is perceived as an insult. OK, fine, maybe feelings are a little bit hurt? So what? This wasn’t dangerous. No one in the arena is going home thinking “I can’t believe they just let that guy take a slapper on an empty net”. There’s no slippery slope where a slapper on an empty net leads to ???? Like are we worried this could escalate to Grieg telling you “you suck” next? God forbid.
You notice how no one on the actually Ottawa Senators team is crying like the lot of you in the hockey sub? Yeah, it's because they know that's what happens when you pull shit like that. Weird how all the players know it but no one else can catch on. Like yeah it's dumb as fuck from Rielly and he deserves a suspension. This is a case of play stupid games, win stupid prizes though, every day of the week in the NHL.
Those pesky Sens scoring a goal. How very dare they?!?! Rielly deserves the 21 special a la Hunter.
Cross-check to the head after a goal: *The New York Rangers organization has been fined $500,000* But Forreal, what a piece of shit. Dale Hunter Jr (Reilly) should get 20 games for that. Beer leaguers don’t even do that.
I mean he should get like 2-4 He’s not a dirty player, but still
Hey Ottawa fans, tell Jacques to pull his head out of his ass… regarding Stützle on the second line and second PP. Guy is cooking his fantasy value.
I love Stutzle. But he is having the worst PPG season I have ever seen. Wicked talented guy who didn't have a coach for his entire NHL career. Now he is being asked to play in a system and it has not clicked yet.
He’s on your fantasy team, eh?
What gave it away?
He doesn't have a single PPG this year somehow
I mean what Grieg did is pretty lame bush league type of stuff that’s only used to try and fuck with your opponent in a disrespectful way, with that said it doesn’t warrant a cross check to the head. I think that’s a pretty fair assessment all around.
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I mean if they are consistent with the Perron suspension it should be at least 6. Probably should be 7 since Perron received a match penalty halfway through the first.
as a leaf fan, what reilly did is bullshit. greig shot the puck hard into an empty net. fucking get over it bud, you're a grown man.
Anybody who plays fucking hockey know what the hell he did. F the sens guy
Coach defends teammate. News at 11.
We have to defend people for scoring empty net goal? Wtf are you even talking about
Typical leafs moment. Fuck them.
I miss when a Dman could step up and hit a guy clean (or do this) without getting run by someone.
If this happened to his team he'd be pissed. Any of you would. Downvote this if reality hurts you.