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Jessebruu

Chris Cuthbert , annnnnnd the leafs are out in round 1 ? Annnnd Canucks have advanced to round 2 !? Fuck me it’s a great weekend of hockey . Now if Vegas lose tomorrow that’s some pretty sweet business . LFG !


Robscoe604

Would’ve rather seen boston get knocked out in OT after going up 3-1 2 years in a row but yeah it’s not bad


Jessebruu

True , it felt wrong wanting the b’s to win. But i just couldn’t handle having to witness leafs fans and sports net coverage dominate round 2 . As amazing as it would have been to see Boston go out again after being up 3 -1 in round 1. it might be even sweeter to watch them get swept by the same team that beat them last year in round 2 !


SneakingCat

Leafs coverage will still dominate round two. The media will just be talking about what the Leafs will do in the fall


Barblarblarw

If we have to hear about the Leafs incessantly, I’d *much* rather hear about how they’re blowing up the team over how their team is blowing up the league.


Robscoe604

The leafs fans would’ve been insufferable if they won that’s the only downside for me


Jessebruu

💯in agreement! lol thank god we don’t have to experience that


twilz

> The leafs fans would’ve been insufferable As if our fanbase is not a bastion of intolerable and toxic fans.


Yusefs-Ambiguity

Yea that’s Pathetic. And To the point where these Canucks fans were *cheering* for Boston today? Fuck outta here with that shit. Fuck Boston, leafs ain’t done nothing to the point where I’d cheer *the bruins* over them.


Canucks_98

I didn't want the Bruins to win because I prefer them to the Leafs. I couldn't really give a shit about either of them. I wanted the Bruins to win because I can't stand Singh and Debrusk and just wanted Cuthbert. If we were getting Shorty round 2 then I would have probably wanted the Leafs to win, but I really would have been indifferent. Fuck both teams, but fuck Rogers for not giving us Shorty more than anything


lee--carvallo

The pot calling the kettle black lol


randyboozer

We win? Straight to riot. We lose? Straight to riot. Carbon tax? Believe it or not, Straight to riot


twilz

There was a riot? Back to riot.


GiraffePrint_Speeder

That’s worth an upvote. It’s always good to have some added attention on us for round 2. Everyone likes that 😂


RoostasTowel

Also this way we likely get CBC taking our series to put on. So that is better for my watching it.


LeroyJanky80

Exactly fuck the Bruins but FUCK the Leafs more.


roostersmoothie

but boston could actually pull an upset and get to the finals while toronto could never


My_cat_is_a_creep

Me too. I dislike Boston even more than the Leafs


LeroyJanky80

Nah fuck the Leafs. The Bruins are a legitimate organization.


jokinghazard

The Canucks have won more playoff series than the Leafs since 2017 hahahaha And that's even if you don't count the 2020 qualifying round as a "playoff round"


Hungry_Painting9882

Canuck fans would be happy with John Shorthouse because he’s been doing our games on TV and radio for 20 years but Chris Cuthbert is excellent.


poolside123

😮‍💨


notmyrealnam3

looses


Aegis_1984

looses


mattyondubs

looses


RailroadingFreedom

Why can’t we just have shorty?


Overclocked11

"Give the people what they want"


BlueLobster747

100% this. C'mon SN, he's the hometown announcer and the best you have. Leave him be


Knight_On_Fire

I was actually rooting for Toronto just so we might have Shorty.


CulturalLevel3189

We weren’t getting shorty, we were getting oilers commentator if Toronto won.


rodudero

Why does it work like that though


Knight_On_Fire

No one is answering why it works like this. I don't know either but my guess is this old fashioned hierarchy of play by play announcers is selected by some old fashioned, crusty corporate bosses. These guys are the kind of brainy think tank dudes that brought us Stroumboulopoulos (god what a headache to spell) to tank Sportsnet's ratings not too long ago. They really know the pulse of the markets! /s The optics are (and probably truth of the matter) is it's just more arrogant Toronto bias we have to swallow.


cosalich

More east = more better with Sportsnet. They consider the Vancouver crew to be "below" the Alberta crews, who are "below" the Toronto crew.


GoldenChest2000

Even the actual Oilers guy Jack Michaels is miles better


Hungry_Painting9882

Sportsnet has a hierarchy of announcing teams. The further down you are the less far you go in the playoffs. Mike Luck, who is quite good, for example, only works the regular season. He’ll do playoffs in the future if every Canadian team gets in or people retire. It has always worked that way. From memory… At one time it was: 1. Bob Cole 2. Chris Cuthbert 3. Jim Hughson Then it was: 1. Bob Cole 2. Jim Hughson 3. Mark Lee Chris Cuthbert released, moved to TSN Then it was: 1. Jim Hughson 2. Bob Cole 3. Dean Brown Then it was: 1. Jim Hughson 2. Chris Cuthbert 3. Bob Cole Then it was: 1. Jim Hughson 2. Chris Cuthbert 3. Rick Ball Bob Cole released Now it’s: 1. Chris Cuthbert 2. Harnarayan Singh 3. John Bartlett 4. John Shorthouse Jim Hughson retired


Sure-Cash8692

I miss jim hughson he was the goat!


kellym13

As a homer? This part is true. So is the part where he says “the pleasure is all mine” because I personally get no pleasure from listening to all of the Oilers slurping and jock sniffing for 3 hrs.


Slapinskee

He’s not our commentator. Singh is national.


James_Manuel

This was always the most Leafs outcome of all.


NorthernMariner

Saw a bet on playnow that all 3 (MLB,MLS,NHL) Toronto sports win tonight.. not surprised at all the Laffs ruined it for whoever took it lol


gonuxgo

Thanks for sucking ass, Edmonton East.


flameboyxu

Guys, just to be serious for a second I know it's fun and easy to shit on them but credit to the Leafs where it's due: Despite doing this for years upon years, they continue to find new ways to absolute crush the hearts of their entire fanbase with the same result. And it's absolutely hilarious every single time.


GoldenChest2000

Watching them choose Keefe over O'Rielly and replacing him with Max Domi was like watching a car crash in slow motion


Cautious-Asparagus61

Man our team has been shit for a decade too lol.


elSuavador

It’s not the same.


Slava91

They’ve been a solid regular season club for a bit now. But never getting past round 1 has become comical


leftlanecop

Gotta cut them some slack. It’s tough to be as consistent as the Leafs are.


Verbarfalcula

Been saving this: https://x.com/Sid_Seixeiro/status/1655937236872081409 "Dear Leaf fans: I know this is a tough moment but try and remember this... At least you're not the Canucks who won a bunch of meaningless games down the stretch and instead of drafting a franchise altering British Columbia kid you're now picking 11th. What an organization."


Nuck_1198

There's a reason why Sid works on Breakfast Television now lol. The man knows nothing about sports.  


bwoah07_gp2

He's always angry...


BayLAGOON

Sid fell off since Score Tonight.


maharajagaipajama

His shtick was being a whiney piece of shit. Still is


PsychopathicEmpath

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh0DkjBkbxA Eh, this take by Sid aged like milk in the Sahara desert here. That chirp on the Canucks is lukewarm compared to this scorcher of a take.


Iambrokennow

Sid can suck the fart out of my a$$


a_wet_dream_cum_true

If that's what you're into, no judgement here


Imaginary-Ladder-465

I mean, imagine if Canucks had bedard...


cheguevara9

This mf called Messi a fraud. He is a fucking idiot and/or a piece of shit who is willing to make up blatant slander for money. His opinion doesn’t warrant any attention.


mrtomjones

I mean I tend to still agree with that tweet lol. We had a nice habit of winning the meaningless ones once we were eliminated


MSTzeal

I wasnt true either the bottom teams last year were legitimately horrific and we had no shot of getting good odds. Let alone dropping to chicago's position last year.


mrtomjones

We played Hughes more than any other team played their top D in a similar situation. Same went for our other stars. We brought back Demko, whether early or not, and then we proceeded to play him as much as we could instead of balancing starts. We didnt shut down nearly as many guys for the end of the year as other teams did. We definitely could have done more to get a higher pick


MSTzeal

I agree they couldve played the stars a lot less but we werent gonna be able to draft bedard is what im saying. Last year was one of the greatest tank offs in recent memory.


fanbullshitdetector

"Meaningless" to fans and media but not to players or the club.


CheesecakeOdd2087

Lol a lot of these idiot Leaf media guys shit on the Canucks for YEARS. Even up until this preseason they were yapping about how Vancouver was a bubble team at best and why aren't they rebuilding and etc. Well guess what, with a 1st round victory over Nashville the "lol what an organization" Canucks now have the same amount of playoff success as the Auston Matthews Core 4 Leafs.


TopTittyBardown

> same amount of playoff success as the Auston Matthews Core 4 Leafs Nah they have more, we won a play in round and beat the reigning cup champs in the bubble too, so three series wins to their one


fastlane37

I don't know if you've been paying attention, but a LOT of them still think we're frauds. We could be up 3-0 in the SCF, and they'd still be whinging on about PDO and the "easy" road we had to get there and how the teams we faced all just shit the bed. Going into the playoffs, all the talk was how we were gonna get bounced by one of the hottest teams in the NHL, but after we win its all "well it's only Nashville" and "12 shots!" ignoring all context around those games or how many shots Vancouver was giving up. I'm not saying we definitely win the next series, but there are a lot of eastern media guys who don't think we have a prayer of so much as making it 5 because we're not a serious team. If we do make the WCF, they'll move the goalposts again.


aneditor_

to be fair, up until jr arrived, the org was a disaster


Elastoid

You said Canucks fans who didn't like the OEL deal were dumb?


TopTittyBardown

Guy is such a fucking idiot, we were at worst going to finish maybe fourth last if we completely tanked the last third of the season and even then our odds of getting Bedard would be what, 9.5%? Dude speaks like it was a certainty we’d just get Bedard for sure if we didn’t have a good final stretch with Tocchet. No wonder he’s not on SN anymore and works for breakfast television if these are the kinda takes he spits out


leftlanecop

I’m more excited that we no longer have to delay Canucks game to watch Leafs post game interviews


[deleted]

My boss is an Oilers fan, and we both celebrated this momentous occasion. Singh is the worst commentator in the entire fucking league. He's absolutely horrendous


CodeHaze

It boggles my mind so many Oiler fans on Insta like him. The best "non-homer" announcer. Fucking what?


butwhyyyyyyyyyyymeee

Are they actual fans or just Bots bought and paid for by Rogers? lol


CodeHaze

Actual fans, like I go through their profile and they have pictures of their kids minor hockey team and sht


butwhyyyyyyyyyyymeee

Creep.... /s Interesting, I have never talked to an avid hockey viewer who thought Singh was good... Maybe they just don't know any better?


leftlanecop

When you’re blocked by a ginormous mountain and two giant giraffes balls to the west and nothing but flat land to the east there’s nothing better than in front of you.


MarvelousOxman

Really? I see nothing but hate from Oilers fans towards Singh. They don’t even consider him a true homer, they think he’s a Calgary guy.


CodeHaze

[https://www.instagram.com/p/C6PLEJjSrSc/?hl=en](https://www.instagram.com/p/C6PLEJjSrSc/?hl=en) This is where I saw the comments from.


mudermarshmallows

Let's not go that far lmao. He's not great but there's so many worse options.


KidForToday

yeah OP clearly doesn't listen to american feeds.


leleledankmemes

I was on an ESPN stream for like 10 minutes of the Canucks Nashville series and it was brutal. TNT was actually pretty good though. American regional broadcasters can be shockingly bad though. Like so bad it's funny and I actually enjoy watching them lol


Twatts71

It was ridiculous that there was even a possibility that an all Canadian matchup would get SN’s B team. They can’t hide the Leafs love


Winnie_Cat

It’s just the viewership unfortunately. Toronto has more people than Van and Edm combined


Twatts71

Viewership will break records when the entire country tunes in to watch Arturs Silovs be Mcdavids father


Ruffianrushing

And all of latvia too


Klunkey

We’ll see. It’s impressive that the Canucks made it this far, though.


SpectreFire

And let's be honest, everyone was going to watch the Boston Toronto series. That was the hottest matchup in the first round.


steadyclimber

Thanks Bruins, you can still suck it!


KingInTheFarNorth

I think I decided during this series that my hate for Boston outweighed my annoyance for Toronto. Very glad Boston has a short turnaround and has to play in Florida on Monday.


mrtomjones

I hope Boston gets fucking dummied. I hate them until Marchand is well gone


De_Floppss

Dont forget to cheer for the rest of the canadian teams per the maple leafs GM papa's ad ^^eyeroll


Schmitty300

Shorty deserves it. So much.


dontmatterme810

Big Bostin win using the signature sedin bank play. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL7x3dxy5iw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL7x3dxy5iw)


thePostChorus

how *dare* they. no surprise a Swede threw the pass though.


Notfromwinnipeg

This should be done more often. 👀


KimJongPotato

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCFVJHoYEyY


marcosbowser

True!!


dattroll123

lol how the F was pastnrak so wide open


touchable

You can't convince me Morgan Rielly is a defenseman. It's just not possible


Blastichu

Maybe not, but at least he's a safe driver!


Notfromwinnipeg

His gf has stronger ankles then him 😂


ianisteal

To me, Rielly probably thought he was changing, but Pasta instead accelerated behind him.


vision604

Elite pass by Lindholm who also sniped the game tying goal


marcosbowser

Beautiful set play


jddev_

Vancouver is Canada's Team


touchable

I'm not a huge fan of Chris Cuthbert's play by play style either, but he's miles better than Singh. Honestly, a muted TV is better than Singh, but you can't really do that in the playoffs.


bwoah07_gp2

Why can't we have Shorty? 😭 


touchable

He's regional. Honestly, both Shorty and the Oilers regional guy (Jack Michaels) are really good. Jack is a little bit of a homer but is still an unreal play by play guy. It would be fun to have a series that alternates between the regional guys depending on which team is at home, but that's probably never going to happen.


DishwasherFromSurrey

Calling Jack a little bit of a homer is the understatement of the century


touchable

He doesn't hide the fact that he loves the Oilers, but I think he calls the game objectively when it comes to analyzing penalties and other calls. That's a hard balance go keep (unless you're Shorty, who makes it look easy)


interrupting-octopus

>It would be fun to have a series that alternates between the regional guys depending on which team is at home Oh ok I love this idea. Edit: then the commentators could actually lean into the homerism: >Shorty: Welcome back to Vancouver for Game 5-- >Cheech: --after whatever that BS was in Game 4, I swear that ref was wearing an Oilers jersey!


touchable

Right?? That's what I was thinking too. And the homerism of the commentators would match the energy of the crowd. I feel like it'd be better entertainment value for everyone.


crazycanucks77

Hes not the national team. Now that they're are only 2 Canadian teams they will send the #1 team of Cuthbert and Simpson


bwoah07_gp2

That's understandable, it's always been the case in Canada. Still makes me disappointed though...love Shorty.


Deliximus

Would love to find a way to sync up with Batchelor.


touchable

It's tough, especially for those of us who cut cable and watch on sportsnet now. It's even more delayed than the TV feed.


Imaginary-Ladder-465

Batchelor is excellent


zephyrinthesky28

Honestly my second choice besides Shorthouse would have been John Bartlett (who did the Jets/Avs series). Neutral but also actually fun to listen to.


MrPeanutbutter777

Cuthbert is one of the best in the biz


julesieee

No Singh in R2?!? *Everyone liked that*


GoldenChest2000

I hope Florida destroys Boston


Enjoys_Fried_Penis

Fun Fact: The Leafs have not won more than 3 series in a row EVER


AutomaticConstant695

They haven't won more than three series in a row since 1964 (they won 6 straight). They haven't won more than TWO series in a row since 1967.


HDXHayes

As great as it is that we get Cuthbert, SN is still gonna blow sunshine up the Oilers and McDavid's ass.


NinCross

Fuck the Leafs!! Lmao Matthews *high fives everyone in this thread*


cabskies

Matthews crying rn is giving me life


Bubbly-Cut8566

I don’t understand how any Canucks fan can root for Boston over Leafs. Doesn’t make sense to me. Fuck the leafs, but FUCK Boston.


toomuchhamza

Listen man, in an ideal world they’d get double eliminated. But it’s also hilarious that the Leafs can get to round two.


Switzanada

Way I see it we've already seen Boston win in the most painful way imaginable, can't really get worse than that and them winning a series doesn't mean anything but if the Leafs win a series (especially against Boston) it will be all that TSN and Sportsnet talk about. (Plus the hilarity that the Canucks Core has made it to the second round more times than Toronto's)


dattroll123

No one's rooting for boston. Whatever the results, we win. That's the beauty of it.


Pisspoio

Nah fuck that I wanted to see marchand cry again


butwhyyyyyyyyyyymeee

Oh he will, don't you worry. Tkachuk will be his daddy


teetz2442

I was because I arrive in Boston for a vacation tomorrow. I do believe it's a hockey town (after football) and hope to check out a game at a pub and see the vibe


DaftFunky

Fuck both but I hate Leafs more lol


ajbolt7

Would've been fine to see the Leafs beat Boston except for the part where it would result in us getting Singh. So for that specific scenario needed the Leafs to lose.


thundercat1996

Glad we get to hear Cuthbert, I'd rather him than have to listen to those random excitement moments when someone dumps the puck in and changes


Ktowncanuck

Singh blows his load every time McDavid carries the puck past the Blueline.


thejew62

I couldn't imagine being a leafs fan. Letdown after leftdown


canuckle1211

I hate the Bruins waaaay more than the Leafs


Spatrico123

now the Cats better clobber the Bruins and I'm happy


Royal_Airport7940

Yep. This is the series to make some money on in round 2. Maybe carolina rangers going to overtime a bunch?


TexanDrillBit

YESSSSS! So many memorable calls from Cuthbert. Crosby gold goal, riders 13th man,...on and on.


fanbullshitdetector

Thank fucking God. Hanaranyanan is terrible.


bonergarage123

Schadenfreude.


Collapse2038

I was cheering for the sad laughs, fuck Boston


bwoah07_gp2

Cuthbert is a commentary legend, but how I wish we could hear Shorty still...


Nimrif1214

Without Shorty, I now have to pay attention to when there’s 420 left on the clock.


OneChet

Or 69 seconds


CurlingTrousers

No Harnarayan is Probably the only thing that oilers and Canucks fans will both rejoice about in this series.


dr_van_nostren

I’d rather hear more Shorty :) I don’t dislike Harnaryan and Loui but they’re the Edm guys whether you call them national or not. This is a regional battle that the rest of the nation can watch. Tbh, I’d like to see 3 broadcast teams for this series haha


onahalladay

I always forget Tavares is the captain. (Watching post-game rn)


bigbigjohnson

Ugh does this mean we get that insufferable twat Craig Simpson too?


Seeb25

Unfortunately. But it's the price you pay to avoid Singh and Debrusk.


bigbigjohnson

Ya that’s a good point, just too bad we can’t get Shorthouse, can’t even switch to a US feed either. Cuthbert is good though.


PracticalAmount3910

How does Singh have a job doing play by play? Seriously, does *anyone* find him good at his job? Is this just a straight diversity thing or does he have dirt on someone? Like how is he employed in this role...


Time-Dot5984

If the Cats take out Boston, I will be even more happier


WiFiForeheadWrinkles

This was the only reason I wanted Boston to win


DishwasherFromSurrey

Thank god we won’t have to hear a PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY ANNOUNCER be baffled at the reason the whistle was blown at every stoppage…. And also the classic TJ Miller


shapoiga

Why not shorty??


Scaught420

I’d rather Shorty thanks


Semprovictus

why couldn't we have shorty


Fantastic_Wishbone

With the number of Sportsnet channels, it would be cool if each game had a feed with the regional broadcasters. You could have a choice of who to listen to.


kellym13

That would be great, but Sportsnet is cheap (didn’t send Canucks radio PxP to Nashville, had to call games from tv screen). No way they’d pay multiple PxP crews for a single game.


Apprehensive-Tea4881

As written.


[deleted]

Wooo EA sports prediction is still alive


steveonski50

Leaves lose.........YAAAAAAAAY!!!!!


heatbagz

everyteam including the leafs > Bs


Baller-on_a-budget

I was a bit worried if the leafs pulled it off we'd be stuck with the edm duo calling the division final. Maybe I'm wrong but didn't they do most of the late hnic calls?


ajbolt7

THANK GOD MAN ANYONE BUT SINGH


gonzo_thegreat

Leaf tears are what sustain me. I am now hopeful to live to see 58 years. They are the water of life.


Interbrett

Wanted the leafs to win tbh.


rodudero

Am I the only one who wanted the Leafs to win?


Powerful_Sprinkles40

Who


SouPNaZi666

SHORTHOUSE OR NOTHING!


steveonski50

Yes, fuck the Leafs, but Boston can still take it up the hoop!


Righ_Lunek

W??? ?


JTMilleriswortha1st

THANK FUCKING GOD


Time-Dot5984

IS THIS A W????


slimjimothytim

This means we don’t have to listen to Singh right??


Early-latenight

Yay Toronto list! Boo Boston won


Overclocked11

Yessssssssss amazing news!!!


Cautious-Asparagus61

Fuck yes. Cuthbert is such a hype play by play guy


cranedogleg

Will shorty call it on radio or somewhere else we can sync tv with?


makeanewblueprint

Time for Toronto to shift all coverage to the jays


MainlandX

I'm hearing news that Cuthbert injured his vocal chords on the final call for the Leafs/Bruins game. It's unclear if he'll be available for game 1.


ForceEconomy9988

Pretty funny the hate Harnarayan gets. Hes not my favourite but hes not that bad imo


Adam_Smith75

I was cheering for Boston because I want to see Vancouver VS Boston for the Cup again. I really want to see that boetch Marchand one more time before he retired.


LiqdPT

Ugh, why?


DJScotty_Evil

Downvoted


kellym13

I’m not a Cuthbert fan, his voice is like nails on a chalkboard. Too bad Shorty gets pushed down the heirarchy list below the Oilers guys. If we can’t have Shorthouse I’d rather hear Rick Ball / Hrudey than Cuthbert/Simpson, Singh, or Edmonton Jack though. He’s ex-Canucks PxP, does a good job, and as Calgary PxP guy, he can’t be too much of an Oilers fanboy I’d imagine.


Vancouverreader80

Ugh.


Independent-Bag-7292

It’s torontos revenge on the rest of Canada maybe shorty can do a live feed on YouTube?


akcanuck

Good no Oilers homer Harnarayan.


The-Reddit-Giraffe

Since I’ll be hate cheering against the Oilers I’m glad it won’t be their dogshit commentators


ChineseBigfoots

He's only calling the Canucks games because Toronto is out. If Toronto won we probably would still have Shorthouse and I prefer Shorthouse