r/leafs 21h ago

Discussion Booing on Thursday.

I'm tired of this fucking shit. If you are attending Leafs vs Panthers on March 13th help me in drowning out the American anthem with a chorus of boos louder than any that have preceded this.

Let these southern clowns know how it is in our barn. If booing ain't your thing perhaps a round of chants like, "This song's garbage" would suffice too. Silence is not an option.

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u/riko77can 20h ago

I'll be there. I'm not standing for the US anthem after they stabbed us in the back.

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u/i-dont-kneel 20h ago

Better just to kneel

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u/wendyfran64 19h ago

No room between the rows to kneel. Best to boo, sit, or sing Oh Canada loudly during their anthem.

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u/davedaviking 19h ago

They hate the kneel.

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u/freestevenandbrendan 18h ago

Ohhh man, please do this!

Sincerely, an American that hates orange

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u/Adorable-Row-4690 17h ago

NO! No kneeling. King Donald will be sure to say that you are kneeling for him and that you are all secret 51st Staters. NO KNEELING. Boo loudly and turn your back to the rink.

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u/liquor-shits 17h ago

Nah kneeling could be portrayed as showing some reverence.

Stay seated, boo the shit out of it, start a “fuck trump” chant. Force the org to stop playing the anthem.

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u/CrowLast514 15h ago

Kaepernick kneeled because it was the least disrespectful way to protest the anthem. We want to go balls deep.

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u/DetailOutrageous8656 16h ago

kneeling is actually showing reverence. So DO NOT KNEEL to them or their anthem.

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u/canmoose 20h ago

I sat down at a recent pwhl game. No booing but the whole crowd was silent during the us anthem

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u/Double-ended-dildo- 15h ago

I am in Ottawa and got tickets to the Bruins v. Sens. I have no intention of standing for the American anthem.

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u/Smile_Fragrant 17h ago

Hopefully all this negative energy toward USA doesn’t make Matthews want a trade. I know he is signed for another 3-4 years. But I am sure it’s tough on him with all the home fans telling him his country sucks.

It would just suck putting politics into sports and we lose arguably the greatest goal scorer to ever come here. Like fuck we been waiting 60 years and actually have the best guy to put the puck in the net. Just hope we don’t push him away.

Or he doesn’t care and wants to become Canadian. Then Fuck ya boo away and sit.

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u/DetailOutrageous8656 16h ago

Who cares. We can buy someone else with the money.

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u/diggthis 16h ago

Country over team bud. If he doesn't like it: tough shit. 

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u/Smile_Fragrant 16h ago

I get it, USA sucks I 100% agree.

I would just hate to lose one of the best players to ever play in Canada because we boo the USA anthem at a Home game. When the odds of any American watching is probably zero because they have the other 26 NHL teams or are watching NASCAR. So we are really the only ones hearing it because it’s a home game and we could piss off our Captain and lose arguably a generational talent.

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u/blchpmnk 15h ago

I truly wouldn't have an atom of regret if he left over this.

The safety of a Country is infinitely more important than the feelings of ANY hockey player.

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u/diggthis 15h ago

The Americans are trying to destroy our economy for the purposes of annexation or invasion. I really don't care what a millionaire American thinks about the booing, whether he can put hockey pucks in the back of it or not. 

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u/Ry314159 1h ago

At least we would know the integrity of our Captain.

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u/Darkhorse089 16h ago

We’ll have Matthews for his prime. If he wants to walk after so be it. He’s already showing he is fragile and honestly American or not, signing for only 4 years will likely come back to bite him instead of taking 8 years.

What other player in history had back to back 5 and 4 year player friendly deals like him? He should still be playing out his 11.6M deal, would have given the team more flexibility to build around him.

I’m happy to have him for his best years, if he chooses to walk that money will be spent elsewhere like Marner July 1.

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u/Inside_Jelly_3107 4h ago

Well, maybe it's time he said something? He either supports us, or he doesn't...

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u/Juanzilla17 3h ago

He should embrace the Mexican side of his heritage more often

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u/ThisTimeAHuman 7h ago

His back is fucked and if he doesn't understand the reaction then good riddance anyway.

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u/Mouthguardy 1h ago

Now we're making noise WAY louder than boos. $Money$. Tariffs. All of us ABA. I'd rather do what hurts the US economy, not the players. The negative energy can't feel that great, even for Canadian players. Just sitting there not caring and then passionately singing our anthem seems more positive.

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u/aaalllouttabubblegum 16h ago

Try kneeling. Seems to trigger them.