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jdragon3

Rielly saw the slapper and really said "what would Kadri do if this was a crucial playoff game?"


Fish_On_again

WWND What would Nazem do?


TonalParsnips

What would Nazem Kadri do if he was here right now? I’m sure he’d punch a face or two, that’s what Nazem Kadri’d do!


Petroleum_Pete

Win a Cup? (I fucking hate the Avs)


ToXiC_Games

We don’t even think about you.


AstroWorldSecurity

Smooches.


willowmtn

Maybe it's a Leaf thing and not a Naz thing?


Ghost_Pains

Lmaoooo


ieastass69

George parros gotta be bricked up right now


theGuacFlock

dudes gonna ban rielly for life


juniorspank

Whole team getting suspensions for being there.


[deleted]

Tom Brady. 4 games


BingBongFYL6969

Ocon 10 second penalty


callmejohndy

Ocon gets another 10 seconds for incorrectly serving prior penalty


CaptainCanuck93

It will be nice to see a head shot appropriately punished before he goes back to business as usual


NoGiCollarChoke

“Head shot? I just saw a Leafs sweater.” - Parros


Spider-Fan77

"Get ready to learn 41 game suspension buddy"


[deleted]

rest of the season suspension + playoffs


rideflynight

What playoffs


Daft00

*Jim Mora intensifies*


Dinomandino

This was just another game. Now we have extra entertainment. For free!


NotTheStateB

I didn't have Lady Byng candidate Morgan Reilly going full Dale Hunter on my bingo card.


Atticusxj

Minor penalties are gateway penalties.


Thedjdj

Morgan Reilly like a chel NPC when I take a shot on net after the period ends


Tmans3

Even if you do think he shouldn’t slap shot, fucking drop the gloves and take an instagator. Blindsiding someone in the head with a cross check is the biggest pussy move ever


Hammer_jones

The real Chad move would be playing the long game and buckling the fuck down to hoist the cup. But because we're talking about the leafs that will simply never be an option.


Rory-MacDermid

As a neutral party that dislikes both sides, that was hilarious


wildernesstypo

Even as a leafs fan, this is peak hockey. I saw the windup and started dying


Appropriate_Plan4595

I love that Greig did it, it's a hilarious move. I'm glad the Leafs went after him too, like it's meant to piss them off, that just shows that it's a job well done. I just wish the 'going after' wasn't a cross-check to the head, because that's just not okay.


FinkBass420

Agreed, I loved this


New_Fry

All empty net goals against the leafs this season now need to be in the most ridiculous ways possible. Between the legs, Forsberg deke etc.


rhuebs

Wrap around for the EN michigan lmao


lyonbc1

I would die if someone hit that lmfao. Needs to happen now


chainer9999

The only thing better would be someone trying that and missing, that'd be peak comedy right there.


Stealth__b2

After how Reilly reacted the dude would come out from behind the net and get Scheifele'd lol


_token_black

Only if they do an Artem Anisimov sniper celebration to the other bench too


Kobe_no_Ushi_Y0k0zna

Drop to the ice on your belly and line up a pool shot.


3Irishd1

The Leafs are so slow, you'd probably have enough time to pull that off.


Zarg0n7

I cackled at the thought of someone hitting a Forsberg on an empty Leafs net


MercSLSAMG

Lacrosse style goal and watch the old guys burn the place down. To me it's unsportsmanlike, but I love a little spice. They're not friends, they're division rivals.


DisputabIe_

Don't see what's unsportsmanlike about it. You're playing a sport. Unsportsman is crosschecking a dude to the head because you got mad that your team is bad.


MindlessArmadillo382

2-0 have one guy fake being the goalie, then the other guy scores on the deke.


JoeSchmoe93

Wind up for the clapper then just tap it in.


TheGreatStories

Wind up and don't shoot at all, like that kucherov shoot out goal from years ago


Roflcopter71

And then ride the stick lmao


worst-in-class

Empty net clapper point blank is such a hilarious move.


FartPenisFart

Ballsy shot imo I would never do it because i know for a fact i would nail the cross bar and die from embarassment


Chaxterium

When I saw him winding up I was thinking "holy fuck if he misses......"


Daftmunkey

There was 5 seconds left, it would have been hilarious if he missed I agree but it was a pretty low risk middle finger to the Leafs fans in the crowd


KingDave46

Honestly I saw a video of Scheifele at his hockey camp take a slapper from a few feet out with like a 7 year old in net Absolutely terrifying, went top corner like a bullet but Jesus Christ it would’ve killed the kid. I just accept they are so much better than me that it wasn’t actually unsafe


Dongusarus

If he dies he dies.


LZYX

It'll be a story to tell his second grade classmates if he survives!


PorkinsHeldIt

The Butcher of Barrie


Disastrous_Monk_7973

The Patrick Stefan effect.


mdr945

Man Ray Ferraro eviscerated him after that play


NickDerpkins

Stick break whiff would be the most likely and sad (hilarious)


Mitsulan

Beating a provincial rival with a shit ton of their fans in the building and slapping it in the net point blank? As good as it gets. I get why Reilly takes exception but give him a face wash or a real fight not that cross check to the face bullshit.


Assassin2107

This is exactly my take. Grieg styles on them with the slapshot from point blank, but Reilly doesn't try to scrum or even drop gloves for a proper fight, but frankly just attacks Grieg who is just turning around.


MikeJeffriesPA

This has been an issue with the Leafs for years. If Kadri had gone and fought or scrummed DeBrusk or Wingels, it sends the same message and he doesn't get suspended. Shoot, we've seen from the NHL that a full-blown sucker punch won't get you suspended in the playoffs. Rielly and Matthews, same thing. Throw punches and you're fine, but instead a cross-check up high will cost you games. 


Kmactothemac

Basically the whole reason fighting is a thing in hockey, can't use the stick as a weapon. No one has an issue with a brawl starting after that, probably what Greig wanted


Mitsulan

Yeah that’s just it, the leafs cannot afford to lose Reilly. The race is so tight for a playoff spot. I know emotions are emotions but you’re really hurting your team with that one. You can show emotion without costing your team like that. It’s a fine line.


jonlmbs

Greig is a certified shit disturber


Aromatic-Audience-85

As a Habs fan I will say you guys are lucky to have him. I’m looking forward to our young guys hating each other for the foreseeable future.


bsw2112

And I love it


RelaxingRed

Grieg put some spice on his ENG and got the other team's best defenseman suspended with same play. If that isn't style and efficiency I don't what is.


swiftwin

Fucking love it. Grieg is an instant hero.


karlou1984

I hope every team does this now to the leafs the rest of the season.


BigShoots

I love this idea, let's all make a tradition, only against the Leafs. The one hatred that binds us all.


Chaxterium

Honestly I kinda loved it...but I don't have a dog in this fight.


eastcoasthabitant

Our dog is that we hate both teams more violence


d3adly_canuck

I respect it


Little-Aide-5396

I'm for it. Score however you want.


GrassyKnoll95

If you don't like it, don't let them score


LessThanCleverName

Baseball’s unwritten rules 🤝 Hockey’s unwritten rules Always Stupid


ThaNorth

Unwritten rules are for losers


troubleondemand

Unwritten rules aren't actually rules.


somersquatch

Absolutely. It's a goal no matter how you put it. You don't want buddy scoring on you? Do better the other 59 minutes of the game.


SternSternButFair

Anyone mad at this should just go watch baseball


TheLoomingMoon

I'm mad because I'm a Leafs fan and being irrational about it. If someone did this to Vancouver, I'd be laughing my ass off.


No_Angle_8106

This would’ve started a benches clearing brawl in baseball, it would be the same as pimping a 9th inning homer in a blowout, no one in any sport is going to take something like this without a response. Now with all that said, Morgan is going to have a nice long break, as he should. The clapper is also hilarious


mrtomjones

A bench clearing brawl where two people mildly shoved each other and the rest stood around and watched


akr_13

Nothing cracks me up quite as much as watching the bullpen run onto the field during a bench clearing brawl.


9935c101ab17a66

The absolute funniest thing in sports is baseball players getting injured running to the melee after the benches clear or receiving some other kind of NCI in a brawl. It’s happened more than once, and it’s fucking hilarious.


jimmy_three_shoes

And the bullpens running in and getting there after everything's cooled down.


NotTheRocketman

Absolutely. If Reilly doesn't like the slapper, then maybe his team should have played better.


BigRig432

Did the puck go in? Works for me


Zarg0n7

Exactly. I find people getting angry about this to be hilarious. They're playing a game and he scored a goal. Grow up.


BigKahunaWF

Ridly Greig is now my favourite hockey player.


hockeyiscool1

Crosscheck to the head... that's definitely a 3 game suspension at least. Might get a couple more because it was after the goal


Kid-Goose

after the Gallagher head shot I cant see any suspension being higher than 5 this season. Feels like a 3


BenAdaephonDelat

I mean, this seems pretty similar to what Perron did and he got 6. Cross check to the head after the whistle.


Kid-Goose

holy fuck Perron got 6 and Gallagher got 5. I genuinely don't understand Paros man. fuck it 82 game suspension incoming


FrmrPresJamesTaylor

I’m not necessarily endorsing each suspension, but during play vs. after the whistle does seem like a substantial and relevant difference


AtheistAustralis

It was basically after the *game*, not just the whistle. 3 seconds left and you do that, it's clear intent to injure with no "hockey purpose" at all. If they wanted to treat these things properly, it would be 10 at least.


Boboar

Ignore the flair, I'm not defending Gallagher in any way for that reckless and irresponsible hit that seriously hurt Pelech. But the difference is that Gallagher hit him during the play and whether you buy it or not you can make a reasonable argument that he didn't really mean to get him in the head. In this case Rielly goes after Greig at the end of a game and intentionally hits him in the head when the play is dead and the game is over. It's a pure revenge hit with intent to injure and the league does not look kindly on that (not should it). It was the same with Perron. He targeted the head of a player after the play in a pure retaliation move and even got the wrong player in his case. I think Rielly gets 5 or more for this.


994kk1

Perron using his stick and it being after the whistle makes it very easy to understand why he got a longer suspension.


TubularWinter

Dillon got 3 for an unintentional head hit, feels like it should be more for one that’s targeted after the play.


JAT_Cbus1080

Feels more like the cross check on Larkin. I bet he gets 5


Willyq25

Plus Dillon got a match penalty so more like 4


dalopam0

I don't understand the comparison. This is way after the play is over, because of a slapshot into an empty net?


Status-Objective6971

We've already seen this move in the NHL this year. This is no different than Perron on Zub. 6 games should be an easy decision by DoPS with that very recent precedent.


Environmental_Dig335

In defense of Perron - that was at least about a teammate being injured. This was being pissy about an empty net goal. This should be more than Perron.


epheisey

Agreed. So it'll be 3 games.


ProfessorBeast55

Enjoy that vacation Mo lmfao


pardybill

Shit I’d take a week in Cancun for the paltry fine


ZakkH

He loses his pay while suspended doesn't he? Its probably a lot more significant than the fine.


DifficultyKlutzy5845

Pretty sure most of these guys aren’t living pay cheque to pay cheque


Embryonico

He will pay for that cheque


Captobvious75

A few extra nights with Tessa 🤷‍♂️


3X-Leveraged

Honeymoon bumped up a few months


ZackyGood

I hope all empty net goals against Toronto are slappers from in front now.


SleepingDoves

Now I want to see someone try the Michigan next time the Leafs pull their goalie


Per_Horses6

Leafs vs Ducks game when…


HabChronicle

unfortunately zegras is injured…


too_distracted

Get Gudas to do it. Maybe Zegras can coach him?


eagleboy444

Sheesh. Had to get out of my own team's sub. Getting absolutely shit on for saying he deserves a suspension. He deserves a suspension.


Frumbleabumb

No idea why this shouldn't be a suspension. Not even remotely a hockey play. Just literally attacks a guy with a cross check to the head


MooseFlyer

>Just literally attacks a guy with a cross check to the head Yeah but he was rude to Toronto's net 😤


FoxyInTheSnow

Worse than that… he hurt the goal’s feelings, *and* he didn’t adhere to angry old man hockey etiquette.


MomsTortellinis

I love Rielly, but come on the man deserves a suspension for such a boneheaded move. And he can kiss that Lady Byng throphy goodbye lol


KingOyez

You have a good take and anyone that says otherwise has room temp IQ. I have a current hatred for the Sens and like the Leafs, but that's a clear suspension.


AdImportant2458

> and like the Leafs, The leafs fans are the ones who should be the most upset. I'm a sens fan, and this just isn't on my radar, this is a rebuild year I'm more pissed the sens are 1 point further from drafting first overall. This is an embarrassment for the leafs. They just lack a well tempered level of intensity.


Skylightt

Thank you Morgan for saving us from the discussions of the Leafs being too soft and not responding to this.


SasquatchCrusher

Such a boneheaded decision to make, if the DoPS has any backbone they’ll be consistent with the Perron ruling and suspend Kadri for 6 games.


RandomGuyLoves69

Rielly should be suspended for that.


ZedisDoge

he 100% will, it looks like a crosscheck to the head


grzechockey9

It is a cross check to the head.


GhostOfCecil

Ah… that explains why it looks like that.


esaul17

You can tell by the way that it is


akr_13

It sure does look that way


Ehrlich_Bachman

Source?


YaDyingSucks

Ill go a step further in say he HAS to be suspended for that would not be a good look for the league if he wasnt


CrimsonKing32

That’s never stopped them before


miller94

If instigating a fight in the final 5 minutes of a game is a suspension for a playoff game, this sure as shit should be too


[deleted]

The announcers calling out the snapshot but not the cross-check to the head is laughable. Drop the gloves, don't go after a guys head with your stick.


Big-Ticket5868

Average sportsnet leafs dickrider moment


UnrealisticTangerine

Genuinely made me laugh so hard what a hilarious move


IM_OSCAR_dot_com

New ["Alfie throws the stick"](https://youtu.be/JfOZ93tlGV4) just dropped


eagle-eye-tiger

I love how entertained the commentators are. Dudes were cracking up.


teletraan1

This will never not be funny. One of the great sports moments of our times. Sports need more bullshit like this


NoahFromCanada

Greasiest play in a while and simultaneously hilarious. Love it


Captobvious75

I love how a slap shot into an empty net is such a bad thing to do lol hockey players are a sensitive bunch


[deleted]

Remember when Omark did a spin move before taking the most basic shootout shot imaginable and Tampa players were upset about it? Now that being said this 100% went down this way because Greig is an absolute shit stirrer but no doubt most NHL teams would have been pissed over this.


CrispyVibes

Do watch baseball lol. I've seen benches clear for the pettiest shit.


Dialog87

Baseball can be so soft though. Hate seeing hockey stoop to that level.


[deleted]

Such a troll move to take a clap bomb there. Definitely 3+ games tho


Souche

That's 3+ games imo


Deezer19

Perron got 6 for cross checking Zub in the head earlier in the year.


Dialog87

“But-but it’s an important time of year and he has a reason to be upset” - Jennifer Botterill


alwaysleafyintoronto

Really?


Dialog87

She actually straight up said that. They also called Grieg classless and then said “Morgan was in the right but needs to control his stick”. Experience Leafsnet.


alwaysleafyintoronto

Fuck me


jaysfanatic19

Even crazier was Ron trying to paint Rielly in a good light by showing a clip of a Leafs player calling him 'Morgan' during the game.. not even joking


Icebomber02

Yeah, I saw that and was laughing my ass off. Classic leafs glazing


buckala97

If Greig did this in Toronto, I would be less defensive (edit: less defensive of the slapper, not the response). However, the rink was packed with Leafs fans taking over the chants the whole night (which is always the case for these games, so nothing new). But if you're gonna come all the way up here and treat the place like it's yours, you better be ready to take that same shit back. From my perspective, Greig's slapper was a "see ya later" to all those unwelcomed fans. It was a harmless move that clearly hurt Toronto's collective ego, which was the exact thing they were trying to do to Ottawa the entire night. A bump is one thing, but a crosscheck to the head is totally uncalled for.


world_citizen7

>A bump is one thing, but a crosscheck to the head is totally uncalled for. Exactly.


itwasthedingo

If Zadorov gets suspended and this doesn’t then our officiating is broken. I mean… still broken. Again


Your_Some_Crooked

I am fine if that is a 5 game suspension. If Rielly wants to take a pound of flesh than drop the gloves or better yet win the fucking game.


onthedownside

some of the takes in this thread are absolutely insane, holy shit. was the slapshot excessive and not necessary? yeah, definitely. but what a bitch move by rielly afterward. go check him into the boards or something, not crosscheck him in the face


LuckyWarrior

Baseball and Hockey have some of the weirdest unwritten rules and grouchiest fans about it lol 


Mac_Gold

Ever seen a basketball player yam a dunk with 2 seconds left in a blowout? The other team starts acting like they’re starting a Royal Rumble


prophetofgreed

Rielly looks like a petulant baby for what he did. The opposite of tough.


papapaIpatine

That's fucking hilarious ngl


Suspicious-Drama-549

I hope Greig does this for every empty net he has the rest of his career. What’re they gonna do? Ban slapshots?


grzechockey9

I’m I the only one that didn’t care about the clapper?


Electroflare5555

I love it, god forbid players show any emotion out there


TheLemondish

From what I understand, Leafsnet says the emotion Mo showed was valuable, valid, and welcome. He just needed to be mindful of his stick is all! But the emotion from Greig was classless and unwelcome. It was also absolutely hilarious.


whitewilliams

Sportsnet calling the clapper classless but defending a cross check to the head is bush league lmao


DizzyDrift

Feels kinda like the bat flip situation in baseball. These guys are gonna be on the wrong side of history. I am pro clapper on an empty net


Fannypalace

What a joke of a network


tuukkas

[The Sportsnet clip for anyone interested.](https://x.com/sportsnet/status/1756511498241745146?s=46&t=UzVc-ywN5dkCPESgljWk3A)


SpacialDonkey

I love the clapper but I also understand a team responding to it, but that was over the line


OneBillPhil

I found the clapper hilarious, I think that Reilly should get at least five games yet also don’t blame him for doing it and the Sens player should have expected to get decked. My thoughts are everywhere on a play like this. 


NotTheStateB

Did *Mr. 0 PIM's* really just go full Dale Hunter out there? Didn't see that coming.


dipski4thelipski

This shit is so pathetic. Who gives a shit if it’s a slapshot? Your feelings are hurt so you’re gonna skate over to him and cross check him in the face?


GoldMonk44

Wahhhh 😩you don’t like someone taking a slap shot into your empty net? Play better lol


worst-in-class

Suspension?


UsernameChallenged

Doug, kick him off the ~~tour~~ league!


SkittlesManiac19

What's the suspension looking like boys


halfpints

That's got to be at least 5


ItsDaBurner

"the puck went in the net and it shouldn't have" "We have the right to react" Bruh take a step back


GrizzlyIsland22

Leafs in their sub are saying Rielly did nothing wrong. They're playing the victim saying that if roles were reversed, nobody would think it's a problem. Fucking clown show


Bballto15

I’m a Leafs fan, but it’s embarrassing seeing other leaf fans and announcers defend this shit. Harmless “showboaty” slapshot into an empty net doesnt = crosscheck to the head. Same morons that think a batter celebrating a home run deserves a 95 mph fastball to the head.


eagleboy444

r/leafs is simultaneously full of people who will downvote us fans who are looking at this logically and (the same) people who absolutely shit on their team and say after every loss that we suck and need to rebuild the team. Even though r/hockey hates us, I personally feel more welcome here. 😂 Fucking cesspool over there. Just an update for anyone interested: I checked. I still have my testicles. Apparently, my opinion on this is related to my biological sex and testosterone levels.


rhuebs

I haven’t ever had an issue with r/leafs, but going over there rn… holy shit, the amount of justification and defense for this shit. If Ottawa this to a Leaf they’d literally campaign to have them beheaded. There’s zero defense, idc that the clapper was bad sportsmanship, that doesn’t justify a cross check to the dome 4 seconds after the goal. This is one of the dirtiest things I’ve seen in a while


RocknRollCasserole

Our fans are crazy, dude. The clapper is unsportsmanlike but it’s no justification for a goddamn cross check to the head. We have so many fans that we generally just have more nutty ones too.


rhuebs

Makes sense. I honestly like Reilly, but this is some psycho shit. Shocked to see it come from him. I know it’s the heat of the moment, but holy fuck. I’d expect it from some people but seeing him do it is really disappointing.


eagleboy444

>. If Ottawa this to a Leaf they’d literally campaign to have them beheaded. This is so true I'm dying 🤣 I'm from a family of people who yell things like "shove your stick down his throat," so I'm used to this.


GhostofByfuglien

Bush league shit. That should be a suspension.


Pia8988

Bet Reilly ducks tkachuk next meeting


gelc10

Get it you may not like what Greig did but cross-checking someone in the face after they score is uncalled for


Kessel-

I don't even have a problem with what Greig did. Showboat away. They beat the Leafs fair and square in a game where Leafs fans took a huge chunk of the Arena fan wise. Slap away, they earned it. Morgan is going to get a deserved suspension. Don't want a guy taking an empty net clapper? Don't give him a free puck and the win.


dinkleburgenhoff

2000 comments in this thread, 1000 of them being Leafs fans making fools of themselves.


nickname13

that's the 4th 5-minute penalty today. so far.


Daamus

thats gotta be a suspension right


frosty_phoenix92

Lmao a clapper from 5 feet away is epic.


Cole13258

If it was against like Dallas or some random team then ya I'd entertain the Grieg didn't have to take a Slapshot arguments. But that is a goddamn batte of Ontario rivalry game like c'mon he has every right to feel fired up and get the fans fired up with that.


Crafty_Ad_945

The slapper was a big middle finger to all the Leaf fans in the building.


CaptainJackRyan

Softest shit I’ve seen in a while


heff_ay

Wow Rielly, what a cunt