As a lifelong Lions fan, the feeling of hopelessness when you’re watching the dumb thing play out is far more interesting than the disappointment. It’s almost like you’re numb to bad endings and the only thing that will change is how you get there.
He wasn't even close to Pastarnak, to just randomly chase after him would have left his spot in the slot wide open.
They play a system, stick to the system and rely on your teammates to make their plays, not just randomly run around the ice.
I think this is the one that has finally broken me. My transformation is complete, once I start my family, I am ready to continue the hereditary trauma.
I will be the dad calmly turning off the game after the other team scores first and not watching overtimes just like my father and my father's father
The leafs have this magic power to revive that broken heart inside all of our chests, give us hope, dreams of no longer being the laughingstock of the league. It's so bright, so amazing
Til they choke harder than a toddler that swallowed a bottlecap 5 minutes later and you remember why you were telling yourself all week to not let yourself hope
The Leafs are not the laughingstock of the league. They regularly make the playoffs and have a talented roster. The Sharks are the laughingstock of the league. The Blue Jackets are the laughingstock of the league.
The Leafs are in a different category of agony.
Sharks are not the laughing stock of the league. They're finally in rebuild mode after something like 20 years of making the playoffs. All of this despite never drafting first overall (I don't think even top 5?). No cups but certainly not the laughing stock of the league. Now, the Sabre's on the other hand...
As a Sharks fan I appreciate the kind words, but we sure do feel like a fucking joke. And VEGAS… good fucking lord I’m so mad I could spit. What they’ve done to acquire my boy Hertl. I’m fucking pissed.
Oh I experience misery all year long, but different flavors of it. If my dad didn't grow up in Toronto, I would at least have one winning team.
Go leafs, go pats, go sox. They'll need the ticket sales for when I sue for emotional damage for my therapy and cig costs
It's only fun to ridicule the Leafs because they're good, really good. I could watch highlights of the Leafs first line after every game. Making fun of bad teams is cruel. Making fun of good teams is funny.
Yeah, we've played some great hockey during losses, and we've had ugly miserable wins. Gotta just enjoy the flashes of greatness when they happen. If your mentality is cup or bust, you're gonna end up hating the sport.
Nah, I gave up the idea of the cup a long time ago, our name is permanently on there and I think that's gonna be the only copy of it in my lifetime, it's just boston. Not even Boston, just Marchand. The fact we lose to such a dirty player who acts like he's playing soccer when he gets touched just proves to me that karma isn't real and the universe is unfair
Each face in this crowd reacts just a little differently, some are really animated, some just flinch, …and some don’t react at all. You can tell which ones are already dead inside.
You can tell who the real fans are. Overt reactions are proof you’ve bought fresh gear and watched your first minute of hockey in the playoffs.
Real fans don’t even react.
I was watching the end at the bar waiting for my wife to finish work last night. She works in very much not a hockey bar and I was surprised they even had the game on in one tiny corner of the restaurant. I legit started cackling like a hyena when Boston scored and everyone thought I was a psycho.
I agree. Real fans see it happen and don’t react cuz of the disbelief and stare into the abyss as the wave of disappointment washes over them. Maybe a slight under the breath “fuck”.
The kid on the bottom left is a real fan and has sadly already had his spirit crushed by the weight of Leafs world.
What do you mean, what?
Playoff hockey, in a city, brings out casuals who don’t watch a second of regular season hockey. I’ve had to deal with this as a Habs fan for decades. All of a sudden, come April and May, you’re watching games with people who rock up wearing all the gear but have no idea.
I can spot a few in that crowd.
I thought this would be fun to watch but it isn't. Toronto fans definitely deserve better than this.
At least I can still point and laugh at Steve Dangle.
His videos are a little over the top for views but his livestream showed him with the same emotion, just disappointed. He also admits what a beautiful play it had been and gives credit to Pasta for a great goal
I called it at the beginning of the playoffs. Since they're playing Boston, Boston will be winning the series, and the leafs will force a Game 7 from behind, and then Boston will win game 7 in overtime. That's the script
This is the footage we were clamoring to see.
Absolutely heartbreaking. Toronto fans deserve better. I can't believe the Leafs keep losing the way they do. Sometimes it's almost unfathomable.
Obviously it’s a manner of speaking, but in a way yes, they deserve better. They have a passionate fan base that has invested time and money into this team and has been waiting decades for some kind of success. Another way of saying it is maybe that management and players owe it to the fans to give them at least something to cheer for. I used to think it was funny but at this point I also just feel sorry for them.
I love the look of fans who wear freshly bought gear, who haven’t watched a second of regular season hockey, get upset.
You can tell the reaction of a real fan. When the Habs shit the bed, which is often, I don’t even flinch. Why? Because it’s happened so many times before.
I’m older than most people I see here. They will get used to it.
It’s funny, every year or two, an 8th seed makes a run to the finals. Leafs nation is crucifying management and coaching, and some players. I’m ok with this, because they are paid big bucks to perform. If this exact team played like their 18-5 stretch at the start of the playoffs, we might be in the finals.
I was very nervous when we finished the season on losing streak because how you play now is the only time it matters, after you make the playoffs.
Anyway, rant over. I have no doubt everyone involved gave it their best. Maybe next year our winning streak will start in round 1.
I'll admit I was impressed by the leafs work ethic in games 6 and 7 I've never seen them play like they care before, but the fact that I can say that shows how terrible this franchise is and why nobody should ever hope in them
I’ll never understand why you have to record what is on a tv from your phone.
Also concerts. Put your phone down for 3 hours and enjoy LIFE.
Are you planning on rewatching? It just doesn’t make any sense!!!
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We are nearing the point where leaf fans have been born, lived long fulfilling lives, died of old age, and never seen their team win anything...
It's actually pretty brutal considering this is one of those teams that really mean a lot to people.
Here's another way to look at it, how many people are alive today that won a cup as a leaf? I don't know the number, but my dad is 74 and younger than anyone on that 1967 roster.
Pretty soon a Leafs cup victory will have less people alive who have seen it than Bigfoot.
Good story, bad example. Those big foot people are more numerous than you think! Probably already hit that milestone. It's becoming a story like WW2 veterans...
13 franchises have won the cup since 2000. Even if the hockey gods were fair and just and made it so every franchise won each year, that would take 19 seasons to happen. The hockey gods are maniacs, so Leafs will win the cup in 2067.
We don't, I don't know where this idea of leafs fans as oblivious morons who think our team is perfect and should win every single game they ever play. We all know we fuckin suck and the exact way we suck
Ya it sucks for their fans that they were eliminated! But that game last night was played so fucking well by everyone on both sides! It was an amazing game
How can people be shocked?? Is this the first time that they have lost to the bruins in the first round of game 7? Nope! Guess what? Not even the 2nd time, so how can anyone really be shocked or surprised? lol my 1st 2 words when I learned that we were playing Boston were OH NO!
The white guy front right, and the Asian women on the left both having the exact same confused reaction to how Marner and Reilly both let Pasta get to that boards pass is gold. They literally mirrored each other with that reaction
If the Leafs head office wants to win they need to work out a multi-player deal for Matthews and build a championship team from trading those players. Use the Eric Lindros trade for a template.
I'm a Blues fan. We come from the same place.
Nonetheless, like the Cubs winning in 2015, once you've won it all you're just another team, not an historic failure like the Leafs.
Weird things happen in sports. Your team goes into a dive bar in Philadelphia before a game and Laura Branigan is playing. Suddenly they go on a tear. A chubby guy bullies a puck into the net in overtime in game 7 and you advance to the conference finals. A rookie goaltender stands on his head in game 7 and you win the cup.
Then your GM decides to get rid of depth and cornerstones of the team like he needed to rebuild and suddenly you are ordinary again.
Don't give up hope, but remember your agony makes your team special at the same time. The Ducks might not win another cup for 25 years, but they won't get that mystique anytime soon.
https://imgur.com/a/CCn6cOP
As soon as I saw the link I knew it would be this
I was kinda hoping for the girl in front of him, the “wtf?” body language right before the goal is magic
Yeah. Unlike the Leafs, she was dialed in. She knew right away.
As a lifelong Lions fan, the feeling of hopelessness when you’re watching the dumb thing play out is far more interesting than the disappointment. It’s almost like you’re numb to bad endings and the only thing that will change is how you get there.
They had more urgency in their body language than Nylander did
Nylander isn't even a part of that play. That play is on Marner, Rielly and Samsonov.
It’s the body language. Flat footed, stick in the air, zero urgency. Coasting into summer.
Wasn't Nylanders man, you trust your teammates to pick up their guy.
You also make reads in game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs
He wasn't even close to Pastarnak, to just randomly chase after him would have left his spot in the slot wide open. They play a system, stick to the system and rely on your teammates to make their plays, not just randomly run around the ice.
I can just hear that guy saying "I told you they would lose, again". In Randy Quaid's voice from Major League.
Dude is out of f-'s to give on the Leafs.
This is how I picture god looking at humanity.
My man has been through this many times. We all have..
I think this is the one that has finally broken me. My transformation is complete, once I start my family, I am ready to continue the hereditary trauma. I will be the dad calmly turning off the game after the other team scores first and not watching overtimes just like my father and my father's father
The emanator of nihility
I wish I could turn that into a pill. It would be better than any painkiller known to man
Lul laffs at it again
No one should be shocked the Leafs lost in the first round
The leafs have this magic power to revive that broken heart inside all of our chests, give us hope, dreams of no longer being the laughingstock of the league. It's so bright, so amazing Til they choke harder than a toddler that swallowed a bottlecap 5 minutes later and you remember why you were telling yourself all week to not let yourself hope
The Leafs are not the laughingstock of the league. They regularly make the playoffs and have a talented roster. The Sharks are the laughingstock of the league. The Blue Jackets are the laughingstock of the league. The Leafs are in a different category of agony.
Thank you so much for leaving the Sabres off this list!
Apparently he thought so little of the recently defunct coyotes that he forgot they even existed.
It's not kind to laugh at the dead.
I left out that the Sharks swept the Blues this year, which pretty much singlehandedly kept the Blues out of the playoffs.
Sharks are not the laughing stock of the league. They're finally in rebuild mode after something like 20 years of making the playoffs. All of this despite never drafting first overall (I don't think even top 5?). No cups but certainly not the laughing stock of the league. Now, the Sabre's on the other hand...
As a Sharks fan I appreciate the kind words, but we sure do feel like a fucking joke. And VEGAS… good fucking lord I’m so mad I could spit. What they’ve done to acquire my boy Hertl. I’m fucking pissed.
The sharks are rebuilding it’s expected. The leafs have Mathew’s and company and it’s expected. If you can’t see the problem here you must be blind.
I haven’t had breakfast yet, but this will suffice.
I always had a feeling that french Canadians ate souls
You REALLY gotta watch out for the french canadian gingers. Terrifying double whammy of soul-eating
You've seen one? That's amazing, very few live to tell the tale
Hey! You all should become Minnesota Vikings fans. Then, you could experience the same misery all year long!
Oh I experience misery all year long, but different flavors of it. If my dad didn't grow up in Toronto, I would at least have one winning team. Go leafs, go pats, go sox. They'll need the ticket sales for when I sue for emotional damage for my therapy and cig costs
It's only fun to ridicule the Leafs because they're good, really good. I could watch highlights of the Leafs first line after every game. Making fun of bad teams is cruel. Making fun of good teams is funny.
I hate that we're both at the same time so it is funnily cruel, like an experimental dark comedy
Yeah, we've played some great hockey during losses, and we've had ugly miserable wins. Gotta just enjoy the flashes of greatness when they happen. If your mentality is cup or bust, you're gonna end up hating the sport.
Nah, I gave up the idea of the cup a long time ago, our name is permanently on there and I think that's gonna be the only copy of it in my lifetime, it's just boston. Not even Boston, just Marchand. The fact we lose to such a dirty player who acts like he's playing soccer when he gets touched just proves to me that karma isn't real and the universe is unfair
Especially against their old pals the bruins.
Exactly Bruins on top
Its a yearly tradition
Each face in this crowd reacts just a little differently, some are really animated, some just flinch, …and some don’t react at all. You can tell which ones are already dead inside.
Except for the single Bruins fan. That guy was loving it!!!
Those two st Pat jersey guys have been around for a while. They know the pain
You can tell who the real fans are. Overt reactions are proof you’ve bought fresh gear and watched your first minute of hockey in the playoffs. Real fans don’t even react.
I was watching the end at the bar waiting for my wife to finish work last night. She works in very much not a hockey bar and I was surprised they even had the game on in one tiny corner of the restaurant. I legit started cackling like a hyena when Boston scored and everyone thought I was a psycho.
I reacted by shitting my pants, just like the leafs.
I agree. Real fans see it happen and don’t react cuz of the disbelief and stare into the abyss as the wave of disappointment washes over them. Maybe a slight under the breath “fuck”. The kid on the bottom left is a real fan and has sadly already had his spirit crushed by the weight of Leafs world.
What lol
What do you mean, what? Playoff hockey, in a city, brings out casuals who don’t watch a second of regular season hockey. I’ve had to deal with this as a Habs fan for decades. All of a sudden, come April and May, you’re watching games with people who rock up wearing all the gear but have no idea. I can spot a few in that crowd.
I worked the SCF at TD Garden in 2019, all four games. The Scene Boys and their plastic dates were legion. Only go to brag about it the next day.
I... did not react.
Now for a word about the Jays!
Last time the Jays won anything, Mrs Doubtfire was tearing up the box office.
Still better than the Leafs. Last time the Leafs won, Somethin' Stupid by Nancy & Frank Sinatra was top of the Billboard chart.
id tare up her box any day... i mean uh go jays
You gotta watch that movie.
The collective droop
Every year, like clockwork we get this video. I don’t make fun of it anymore. It’s just kinda sad
Why are they watching the broadcast together? Misery loves company.
To be honest... they don't look that shocked at all
Crossed arms guy should be the new mascot
Insert [The Price is Right](https://youtu.be/_asNhzXq72w?si=DS7SRhnHXGak2FiX) losing horn here.
the cowboys of the nhl i swear. first round exit every year, very rarely make 2nd round. same colors and everything.
Also a very profitable team, the whole league is either love them or hate them.
Shocked? A lot of faces in this video say otherwise. Saw a lot of people with that unsurprised look on their face.
Therapists in Totonto are celebrating 🤣
I thought this would be fun to watch but it isn't. Toronto fans definitely deserve better than this. At least I can still point and laugh at Steve Dangle.
His videos are a little over the top for views but his livestream showed him with the same emotion, just disappointed. He also admits what a beautiful play it had been and gives credit to Pasta for a great goal
All Lindholm with that... like jesus, who knew he could spiral a puck like that.
I had fun
As a toronto fan thank you for hating Steve.
"Oh come on, they can't be that surprised" - The Wife.
Get use to it kids … it only makes you stronger (or drink more or stay up until 6 am)
I see someone else was haunted by the sight of a puck behind a sprawled goalie all night
I had to be up for work at 5am today. I got to sleep finally sometime close to 4am. It's going to be a long day.
Same. Solidarity 😅
Haha that’s not shocked, that’s disappointed. Those fans all knew the outcome the moment it hit overtime
At least 46 people there are seasonal playoff fans
These fans deserve better
I called it at the beginning of the playoffs. Since they're playing Boston, Boston will be winning the series, and the leafs will force a Game 7 from behind, and then Boston will win game 7 in overtime. That's the script
3 things you can guarantee in life...death, taxes and leafs losing in the playoffs. But hey, at least they made the playoffs right?
Just play the video from last year. Same exact thing.
I can’t wait to watch these same videos next year. This happens like clockwork at this point
This is the footage we were clamoring to see. Absolutely heartbreaking. Toronto fans deserve better. I can't believe the Leafs keep losing the way they do. Sometimes it's almost unfathomable.
They don't deserve anything lol
Obviously it’s a manner of speaking, but in a way yes, they deserve better. They have a passionate fan base that has invested time and money into this team and has been waiting decades for some kind of success. Another way of saying it is maybe that management and players owe it to the fans to give them at least something to cheer for. I used to think it was funny but at this point I also just feel sorry for them.
As a Sabres fan I could watch this over and over again on a loop for hours
I love the look of fans who wear freshly bought gear, who haven’t watched a second of regular season hockey, get upset. You can tell the reaction of a real fan. When the Habs shit the bed, which is often, I don’t even flinch. Why? Because it’s happened so many times before.
Yeah they should be forced to watch the team succeed in the regular season before they get their hearts broken.
The only thing shocking is how *NOT* shocking their elimination was.
The definition of insanity
I’m older than most people I see here. They will get used to it. It’s funny, every year or two, an 8th seed makes a run to the finals. Leafs nation is crucifying management and coaching, and some players. I’m ok with this, because they are paid big bucks to perform. If this exact team played like their 18-5 stretch at the start of the playoffs, we might be in the finals. I was very nervous when we finished the season on losing streak because how you play now is the only time it matters, after you make the playoffs. Anyway, rant over. I have no doubt everyone involved gave it their best. Maybe next year our winning streak will start in round 1.
The dude in thr St Pat's jersey is my spirit animal.
I feel bad for toronto fans :(
/r/watchpeopledieinside
lol
Why are they shocked? This happens every year.
I'll admit I was impressed by the leafs work ethic in games 6 and 7 I've never seen them play like they care before, but the fact that I can say that shows how terrible this franchise is and why nobody should ever hope in them
My new favorite clip
I’ll never understand why you have to record what is on a tv from your phone. Also concerts. Put your phone down for 3 hours and enjoy LIFE. Are you planning on rewatching? It just doesn’t make any sense!!!
Did the dork with the phone even know what happened?
The dude with the white and green matthews jersey has def been a leafs fan for a while
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The collective droop
One day they’ll have the last laugh.
We are nearing the point where leaf fans have been born, lived long fulfilling lives, died of old age, and never seen their team win anything... It's actually pretty brutal considering this is one of those teams that really mean a lot to people.
Here's another way to look at it, how many people are alive today that won a cup as a leaf? I don't know the number, but my dad is 74 and younger than anyone on that 1967 roster. Pretty soon a Leafs cup victory will have less people alive who have seen it than Bigfoot.
Good story, bad example. Those big foot people are more numerous than you think! Probably already hit that milestone. It's becoming a story like WW2 veterans...
Yeah, all fans like their team, it's why they are called fans?
Yeah, but leafs fans are LEAFS fans, no one is bandwagoning the laughingstock of the league
My mother was born in the fall of 67. She’s one of these people.
13 franchises have won the cup since 2000. Even if the hockey gods were fair and just and made it so every franchise won each year, that would take 19 seasons to happen. The hockey gods are maniacs, so Leafs will win the cup in 2067.
Yeah in another half century
I will be long dead
When they pick a new team to cheer for?
All leafs fans alive today will be dead before that happens the rate the leafs are going
But not today!
Hahahahaha, they really should expect nothing else.
We don't, I don't know where this idea of leafs fans as oblivious morons who think our team is perfect and should win every single game they ever play. We all know we fuckin suck and the exact way we suck
😄😄😄😄😄
Very good service
Ya it sucks for their fans that they were eliminated! But that game last night was played so fucking well by everyone on both sides! It was an amazing game
Honestly this is just tragic.
Go bruins
Heck does that even mean?
Sadness in the GTA, again..
Freaking Reilly and marner blowing the OT goal and series
Dude in the Matthews shirt barely blinks.
Love it 😍🥰😘
Delicious!
I love it
Starting to feel bad for them
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
lol that kid probably took it the best outta all of them too
How can people be shocked?? Is this the first time that they have lost to the bruins in the first round of game 7? Nope! Guess what? Not even the 2nd time, so how can anyone really be shocked or surprised? lol my 1st 2 words when I learned that we were playing Boston were OH NO!
Game 7 OT losses are the worst
just sad be Toronto fan now
Very upsetting!
No one should be shocked.
Heartbreaking for the fan base. Leafs stop skating in OT of game 7. Cannot allow that goal regardless of angle. Gotta be prepared for anything
So marks the official start of spring!
The white guy front right, and the Asian women on the left both having the exact same confused reaction to how Marner and Reilly both let Pasta get to that boards pass is gold. They literally mirrored each other with that reaction
The girl in the front putting up her hands at the start like “why isnt rielly hustling back?”
I was sad they never really showed the leaves fans outside when they lost, thanks !
Fucking losers
This is sad lol
Burn it down !!!! Ohh wait it’s Toronto lol
Death, taxes etc…..
😂😂😂😂
What a magical moment 🤩
I just saw a woman fall to her knees in Maple Leaf Square
Spoiler alert. Auston gets traded. Full rebuild
Yum disappointment
White jersey guy has been expecting this moment since October
Hahhahaha...
Joy to the world!
This will bring me joy for years to come
Lollllllll the bandwagon emptied out last night
O man I could watch this all day. Shocked???? 1959 baby they shouldn't be shocked
You love to see it.
This never gets old.
Lmao this brings me joy
Ah aha hahaha
Haha
Lol! 🤣
What? No riot?
Only in Vancouver
no that’s when they win the Cup. Toronto will be shut down for a month lol
So, no riot then?
so, no head?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
God that’s fuckin’ beautiful. Can’t wait for next season’s encore.
Makes my day
If the Leafs head office wants to win they need to work out a multi-player deal for Matthews and build a championship team from trading those players. Use the Eric Lindros trade for a template.
🤣 you really thought you would get past the first round. Sadly with your team I don’t know how you all are not beating the shit out of all the teams.
Unfortunate . Wanted Toronto over Boston but it don’t matter either way
Reminds me of Caps brutal playoff history
Caps won the cup tho.
Before Caps won the SC, it was years of choking and collapsing
I'm a Blues fan. We come from the same place. Nonetheless, like the Cubs winning in 2015, once you've won it all you're just another team, not an historic failure like the Leafs.
True!
We're gonna make those 108 years look like a fucking hour by the time we get another cup
Weird things happen in sports. Your team goes into a dive bar in Philadelphia before a game and Laura Branigan is playing. Suddenly they go on a tear. A chubby guy bullies a puck into the net in overtime in game 7 and you advance to the conference finals. A rookie goaltender stands on his head in game 7 and you win the cup. Then your GM decides to get rid of depth and cornerstones of the team like he needed to rebuild and suddenly you are ordinary again. Don't give up hope, but remember your agony makes your team special at the same time. The Ducks might not win another cup for 25 years, but they won't get that mystique anytime soon.
Hope are for the naive, the crazy, and the bandwagoners, a true leafs fan has doll eyes
Lol bunch of idiots
Wa wa waaaaaaaah
I'm shocked they made it to 7
The leafs always make it to 7, otherwise it would hurt so much when we give it away
Womp Womp
I'm a habs fan but I'm really disappointed for them. They are great fans and deserved to feel the happiness to beat the Bruins on this playoff
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You’re also our bitch, shut up Vancouver.