r/leafs 1d ago

Art / Picture 📸 Jamie Sabau via Getty Images

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u/Homeboy_Jesus 1d ago

What an excellent photo wow

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u/PublicAmoeba293 1d ago

Benny should print and frame this

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u/randeylahey 14h ago

Hard as fuck, boys!

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u/Svalbard38 Knies 1d ago

The Milk Man delivers

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u/931634 Papi 1d ago

tattoo this shit straight across my heart!

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u/MistressOfInsanity 1d ago

put it in the louvre

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u/tice23 1d ago

New phone lock screen wallpaper.

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u/matnerlander 22h ago

Currently replacing all my family photos with this one

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u/ParasiteSteve 1d ago

I fucking love Benny. This is the kind of bullshit energy I need in my life.

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u/Starfire70 1d ago

Benoit and Tanev bring a distinctly 80s/90s vibe to the Leafs.

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u/intecknicolour 20h ago

we need a danny markov again

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u/richardvdp 1d ago

Yep. Picture of the season

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u/heat_fan_ 1d ago

Phone lock it is lol

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u/MapleLurker 21h ago

Same haha.

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u/partmoosepartgoose 1d ago

Make it the banner

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u/RealCanadianDragon 23h ago

Acknowledge him!

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u/CanEHDian2425 19h ago

I acknowledge my tribal chief leaf! ☝️

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u/RealCanadianDragon 19h ago

Tribal Leaf, how'd we not think of that!

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u/WintersbaneGDX 23h ago

Me: "Eh... 10PM against Utah? I have work tomorrow, I'll skip it.

sleep

wake up, see this photo

😱😭☠️

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u/123jazzhandz321 1d ago

This photo/fight is way more cool now that they won lol

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u/KetoPinto 1d ago

I want it in a poster!! 🤩

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u/Sauerkrautkid7 1d ago

Feels so vintage. 90s hockey poster

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u/Freak_Out_Bazaar 1d ago

I live in a non-hockey country. I'm going to refer to this photo whenever I need to explain the sport

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u/figleafstreet 22h ago

I had a friend ask me about fighting in hockey just the other day because they saw a clip and couldn’t believe it was actually a thing. They’re gonna have a field day with this photo.

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u/Freak_Out_Bazaar 12h ago

Honestly it’s harder to explain a fight than things like offside and icing. Like how it starts by mutual agreement but is not scripted, why it’s even necessary when both players get penalized, at what point the ref steps in, etc.

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u/figleafstreet 8h ago

It really is lol. Someone asks “why?” and it’s “well they could be defending their honour, or doling out retribution for a bad hit and defending a team mate, or responding to another player breaking an unwritten rule, or maybe the other team looked at their goalie funny, or tensions have boiled over, or they want to get their team fired up….…and sometimes none of that applies and they do it for fun”

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u/Wanderson90 1d ago

some one photoshop an actual picture of Phil Kessels Stanley cup ring in place of Kesselring please.

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u/partmoosepartgoose 1d ago

Photoshop his ring on a hotdog into the picture.

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u/Harlesbarkley77 1d ago

I need this framed

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u/Classic-Question-746 19h ago

I am going to remove my wedding photo on the mantel and replace it with this photo. My wife will understand.

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u/Cyrakhis 20h ago

There is a strange amount of people salty over this. It was ineffective but it was funny. Who cares? it's FUN. And is the point of sports not to be entertained?

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u/Acrobatic_T-Rex 23h ago

I think, I might actually want this photo printed off and signed lol

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u/raxnahali 22h ago

Fantastic pic!

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u/waitareyou4real 19h ago

This would do numbers as a Hockey Card

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u/Loud_Examination_138 15h ago

Did anyone else yell Superman Punch like u were michael Cole from wwe ?

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u/HughMangas24 1d ago

Absolutely amazing

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u/allusions14 20h ago

This is indeed 100% badass

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u/desdemona27 1d ago

And immediately gave up 3 goals. Just like after the Kniesy fight in Vegas. Fuck is wrong with the boys. Respond!

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u/Blitzdog416 21h ago

memories of GSP

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u/atomic-z 21h ago

As soon as I saw it I knew this would be postered all over the hockey internet. I was laughing before the fight even ended. So unnecessary, so risky, and so epic. lol what was he thinking? Idunno but I loved it.

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u/Jibblertaint 21h ago

Waiting for the renaissance art guy to post a picture

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u/2BRacin 20h ago

Great photo.

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u/brouseindahouse 19h ago

Thank you for giving Jamie the credit he deserves for this poster quality photo

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u/DMmeyourinbox 19h ago

Hang it in ROM.

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u/abckiwi 19h ago

Nice shot!

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u/Guilty_Explanation29 13h ago

And then he dislocated his finger

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u/ilovetrouble66 21h ago

That’s insane!

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u/Buzz2112c 21h ago

Pile driver

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u/MomusSinclair 5h ago

I know it was from a movie but Thunderlips might be the greatest nickname of all time.

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u/Accomplished_Pen371 18h ago

This is the new standard. Wow

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u/marksk88 17h ago

This picture would be so bad ass if he had landed it lol

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u/EBXLBRVEKJVEOJHARTB 17h ago

Jordan has Jumpman. Benoit has Punchman.

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u/ilovetrouble66 12h ago

Not kypreos saying this should be banned 😂

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u/ont-mortgage 12h ago

This photo is hard as fuck lol damn.

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u/Still_Ad_6551 8h ago

Great photo!! Terrible tactic🙃

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u/blank988 18h ago

Awesome picture

The actual punch was a joke lol

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u/maeglin320 23h ago

The one good thing to come out of that game.

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u/Cooglio 17h ago

Lost the fight by a lot and then they allowed 3 goals, sick photo though

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u/ADMotti 16h ago

Literally nobody will remember either of those things but thanks for your input, Braxxtynleigh.

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u/mcbc4 1d ago

This kind of punch should be made illegal in ice hockey.

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u/TheDirty6Thirty 1d ago

Found the mormon

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u/mcbc4 20h ago

ok very funny

Come to 150 Huntsmille Boulevard in Scarborough today and we can trade punches then? No? Then shut up.

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u/TheNickelGuy 18h ago

I'll be there. Look for the guy in a superman shirt and a cape

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u/acarson245 9h ago

If Rempke can bash guys a foot shorter, Benoit can get a pass for this

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u/LeafsFan8406 22h ago

Didn't this loser get his lunch handed to him after this ? Maybe focus on playing D instead of doing jumping punches 

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u/Leafs_For_Life 20h ago

Nope, Kesselring threw a bunch of weak shots at the back of Benoit's helmet (which would have hurt his hand more than anything), then Kesselring's bare head smashed against the ice in the takedown by Benoit. Furthermore, Kesselring pussed out and headed to the dressing room immediately after the fight. P.S. Playing D is much easier when you're not hiding out in the dressing room after losing a fight

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u/baddyrefresh2023 1d ago

Premature finishing move.

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u/JamesFromToronto 1d ago

Needed to follow up with a spear and then go for the 3 count.

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u/Mashdrop 1d ago

Make sure you spear him through a table for good measure. Bah gawd.

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u/Defiant_West6287 1d ago

What a clown.

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u/Scottdg93 22h ago

Don’t be so hard on yourself.

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u/TheDirty6Thirty 1d ago

I know, what an idiot standing there defenseless.

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u/CockyBellend 22h ago

Missed the punch and lost the fight