Sportsnet being Toronto biased? I thought I’d never see the day.
cyclingnutla
Yeah, go figure. You think they’d be ok with the whistle because it involved Matthews.
PositivePrimary8773
As if they never gave us enough reason to hate everything Toronto
EAmicrotransaction
1 minute before this Crosby got chopped in the face and the call was revoked. The leafs announcers drive me nuts.
Environmental-Meat36
Looks like the leafs are trying to take Crosby out.
Defiant_West6287
Compare this with Owen Power yesterday who took a puck to the face and was laying on the ice bleeding for an extended time while the refs refused to blow the whistle. Not sure which is worse but it’s time for some accountability from the referees, who are showing bias in the gambling age.
hellodbone
It was incidental contact.
I don’t know if that whistle was for Crosby, but that was a VERY quick whistle for a play that really didnt even require a whistle.
southpaw04
Here’s the thing sportsnet is dogshit so who cares.
VegitoFusion
They’re not wrong. There shouldn’t have been a whistle
Plane-Buyer
Thought it was weird when he said that
spenwallce
I tried watching the sports net broadcast for this first time and now all of the times leafs fans bitched about jack Edwards are soooo much funnier
SilkyBowner
Simpson is a fucking moron. This is not new
He says dumb shit like this every broadcast
LionBig1760
Sid would have gotten up if a gold medal or Stanley Cup was on the line, and so would Matthews.
The whistle was so quick that the ref didn’t even give them an option to try and get up.
That being said, the commentary was fucking cringe hearing them try to pin that quick whistle on Crisby being the one on the ice. They were both down, and right now, Matthews is more valuable to the NHL than Sid. Toronto fans and commentators acting as if they’re a victim of Crosby favoritism here is laughable.
Gahockey3
Is everyone forgetting that literally last pens game accidental contact happened that led to ERs taking a ref off the ice? It makes complete sense when you see how Mathews goes down face first. I’m all for full contact hard hockey but common sense tells the ref right there “hey this may have been bad.” And blows it dead since either team touching the puck means possession is had.
Mrdean2013
That color guy for these leafs SN games has always been trash. Nevermind his bias, his analysis is worse than that of John Madden’s. At least John had personality and charisma. This dude has nothing.
-super-hans
They had just blown the whistle for Crosby on the previous play too on another play where they wouldn’t normally blow it dead, thats why he said it
Collapse2038
Duck off Simpson, you hack
ClassicChrisstopher
Craig Simpson is insufferable
johnnyehgiver
Perhaps because both teams appeared to have an injured player and thought possible head injuries?
Mash709
Simpson is the worst.
SmokyRoach
Kraken fan here so wtf do I know but it looks clean to me. It looks like Matthew’s didn’t even see him until he was on the way down to the ice. It looks like Matthew’s view of Crosby is blocked until the last second.
Oldredeye2
Why didn’t any Leaf crosscheck Crosby after that cheap shot?!?!?
/s
___whatis___
Oh how things change
jfriedrich
Two players collide hard in front of the net and don’t get up immediately, Matthews with his head down on the ice.
Craig Simpson, for some reason: “why do the refs like Crosby so much?”
RooblinDooblin
Chris and Craig suck. Chris tries to make missed shots sound like the Henderson goal, and Craig never saw a call he liked.
Butane_
OK but…can we talk about how Matthews fell for a minute?
LOL
uhcayR
Judging just by that clip, I can see how depending on the angle the red who blew it down was at, it could definitely appear both players made head contact in which case I think it was probably best to blow it down.
In hindsight with how it went after it was probably unnecessary, but I’d rather the refs consistently blow shit down where players could be seriously injured or in danger vs let shit play out.
Its a game at the end of the day and lives are worth more than anything else.
BadInfluenceGuy
To be fair, he jammed his/leg, took a » puck to the face », not a stick, the puck first, then runs into a wall. Mans old you gotta give him a whistle.
Wolf1771
I think Crosby kind of falling after starting to get up makes it look like he may have been hit in the head?
kingofmankind
That was the correct call to stop play. Both players looked like their bells got rung. The comment wasn’t the right call by the broadcaster. League should revise the high stick play as the humans face is actually a bit more meaningful than a puck that is teetering on the height line of high sticking. So what is the call if I smack puck out of the air where connection is above shoulder height and through the act of my follow through my stick then connects with a face. Play just blown down as I hit the puck first? Or a penalty?.
Smart-Breath-1450
Commentator biasness in the NHL is just out of this world cringy.
Low_Warning13
Dumb comment by the commentator. They both looked to be shaken up pretty bad. Good call to blow it dead incase someone needed medical.
Zealousideal_Total50
It was true in his 20s he was a baby but he grew up I like him now
Negative_Eli
I’m surprised nobody has brought this up yet but If a team has pressure the refs let the play continue. They do this so when a team has pressure on, the defending team can’t have players fake injuries to get a whistle. If there’s no pressure/ possession on the play and someone could be injured they blow the whistle immediately. That’s why they blew the whistle here and why you sometimes see dudes laying on the ice and they let the play continue. However If the player isn’t moving and looks seriously inured or they see them smack their head on the ice or see blood they’ll blow the whistle.
smashed_potato91
Sportsnet has always had garbage commentary. Nothing new. There’s been days i question if they’re even watching the same game I am.
Alfeaux
They got up like a video game animation
Competitive-Strain-7
There were three whistles in a few minutes that involved Crosby. He got held rushing to the net which dislodged. He took what looked like a high stick to the face then the leafs gained possession on the delayed penalty (which there was no arm for but was rescinded after review). There was then this collision between Crosby and Matthew’s which arguably neither player caused, whom the panel blamed Matthew’s for, so it seemed he was into the mix. None of this was Crosbys fault but Simpson decided to call the refs out and it was pretty weird.
CANUSA130
They just don’t want to hear him blubber for the next 10 minutes.
Jean_Guy_Rubberboots
Matthews laid face down on the ice, that’s probably why they stopped the play.
M0D_0F_MODS
Refs blow Crosby? What?
Daverr86
Off topic but switching between feeds watching the game last night. Sports net is far better than the American feed.. it’s insane.
TheLeafyGreen
In my opinion, it was likely blown dead more so due to the way Matthews fell. He legitimately looked like he could’ve been unconscious for a split second. Long enough for the ref to blow the whistle out of caution.
That said, the commentary is clearly out of frustration with the play being blown dead for Crosby twice before for legitimate reasons. The comment was pretty biased and unprofessional in my opinion. I don’t think that whistle was unwarranted.
Grand_Practice_2790
I don’t think that was shoulder on shoulder….
smokeater12
Ads before videos play now? Thats ridiculous.
schwad69
Such a heavy, solid collision. Glad they’re both alright.
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Sportsnet being Toronto biased? I thought I’d never see the day.
Yeah, go figure. You think they’d be ok with the whistle because it involved Matthews.
As if they never gave us enough reason to hate everything Toronto
1 minute before this Crosby got chopped in the face and the call was revoked. The leafs announcers drive me nuts.
Looks like the leafs are trying to take Crosby out.
Compare this with Owen Power yesterday who took a puck to the face and was laying on the ice bleeding for an extended time while the refs refused to blow the whistle. Not sure which is worse but it’s time for some accountability from the referees, who are showing bias in the gambling age.
It was incidental contact.
I don’t know if that whistle was for Crosby, but that was a VERY quick whistle for a play that really didnt even require a whistle.
Here’s the thing sportsnet is dogshit so who cares.
They’re not wrong. There shouldn’t have been a whistle
Thought it was weird when he said that
I tried watching the sports net broadcast for this first time and now all of the times leafs fans bitched about jack Edwards are soooo much funnier
Simpson is a fucking moron. This is not new
He says dumb shit like this every broadcast
Sid would have gotten up if a gold medal or Stanley Cup was on the line, and so would Matthews.
The whistle was so quick that the ref didn’t even give them an option to try and get up.
That being said, the commentary was fucking cringe hearing them try to pin that quick whistle on Crisby being the one on the ice. They were both down, and right now, Matthews is more valuable to the NHL than Sid. Toronto fans and commentators acting as if they’re a victim of Crosby favoritism here is laughable.
Is everyone forgetting that literally last pens game accidental contact happened that led to ERs taking a ref off the ice? It makes complete sense when you see how Mathews goes down face first. I’m all for full contact hard hockey but common sense tells the ref right there “hey this may have been bad.” And blows it dead since either team touching the puck means possession is had.
That color guy for these leafs SN games has always been trash. Nevermind his bias, his analysis is worse than that of John Madden’s. At least John had personality and charisma. This dude has nothing.
They had just blown the whistle for Crosby on the previous play too on another play where they wouldn’t normally blow it dead, thats why he said it
Duck off Simpson, you hack
Craig Simpson is insufferable
Perhaps because both teams appeared to have an injured player and thought possible head injuries?
Simpson is the worst.
Kraken fan here so wtf do I know but it looks clean to me. It looks like Matthew’s didn’t even see him until he was on the way down to the ice. It looks like Matthew’s view of Crosby is blocked until the last second.
Why didn’t any Leaf crosscheck Crosby after that cheap shot?!?!?
/s
Oh how things change
Two players collide hard in front of the net and don’t get up immediately, Matthews with his head down on the ice.
Craig Simpson, for some reason: “why do the refs like Crosby so much?”
Chris and Craig suck. Chris tries to make missed shots sound like the Henderson goal, and Craig never saw a call he liked.
OK but…can we talk about how Matthews fell for a minute?
LOL
Judging just by that clip, I can see how depending on the angle the red who blew it down was at, it could definitely appear both players made head contact in which case I think it was probably best to blow it down.
In hindsight with how it went after it was probably unnecessary, but I’d rather the refs consistently blow shit down where players could be seriously injured or in danger vs let shit play out.
Its a game at the end of the day and lives are worth more than anything else.
To be fair, he jammed his/leg, took a » puck to the face », not a stick, the puck first, then runs into a wall. Mans old you gotta give him a whistle.
I think Crosby kind of falling after starting to get up makes it look like he may have been hit in the head?
That was the correct call to stop play. Both players looked like their bells got rung. The comment wasn’t the right call by the broadcaster. League should revise the high stick play as the humans face is actually a bit more meaningful than a puck that is teetering on the height line of high sticking. So what is the call if I smack puck out of the air where connection is above shoulder height and through the act of my follow through my stick then connects with a face. Play just blown down as I hit the puck first? Or a penalty?.
Commentator biasness in the NHL is just out of this world cringy.
Dumb comment by the commentator. They both looked to be shaken up pretty bad. Good call to blow it dead incase someone needed medical.
It was true in his 20s he was a baby but he grew up I like him now
I’m surprised nobody has brought this up yet but If a team has pressure the refs let the play continue. They do this so when a team has pressure on, the defending team can’t have players fake injuries to get a whistle. If there’s no pressure/ possession on the play and someone could be injured they blow the whistle immediately. That’s why they blew the whistle here and why you sometimes see dudes laying on the ice and they let the play continue. However If the player isn’t moving and looks seriously inured or they see them smack their head on the ice or see blood they’ll blow the whistle.
Sportsnet has always had garbage commentary. Nothing new. There’s been days i question if they’re even watching the same game I am.
They got up like a video game animation
There were three whistles in a few minutes that involved Crosby. He got held rushing to the net which dislodged. He took what looked like a high stick to the face then the leafs gained possession on the delayed penalty (which there was no arm for but was rescinded after review). There was then this collision between Crosby and Matthew’s which arguably neither player caused, whom the panel blamed Matthew’s for, so it seemed he was into the mix. None of this was Crosbys fault but Simpson decided to call the refs out and it was pretty weird.
They just don’t want to hear him blubber for the next 10 minutes.
Matthews laid face down on the ice, that’s probably why they stopped the play.
Refs blow Crosby? What?
Off topic but switching between feeds watching the game last night. Sports net is far better than the American feed.. it’s insane.
In my opinion, it was likely blown dead more so due to the way Matthews fell. He legitimately looked like he could’ve been unconscious for a split second. Long enough for the ref to blow the whistle out of caution.
That said, the commentary is clearly out of frustration with the play being blown dead for Crosby twice before for legitimate reasons. The comment was pretty biased and unprofessional in my opinion. I don’t think that whistle was unwarranted.
I don’t think that was shoulder on shoulder….
Ads before videos play now? Thats ridiculous.
Such a heavy, solid collision. Glad they’re both alright.
Both were trying to sell a call.
$35 million on the ice warrants a whistle call.
That’s bullshit!
Yes they will…until he retires…please retire!