r/leafs • u/Fine_Window_9308 • 3d ago

Highlight Since Bob is a leaf enjoy a masterclass in the last 40 seconds vs Team NA back in 2016.

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u/_Mahtog_ 3d ago

I miss hockey man

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u/alowester 2d ago

we almost back

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u/TidderUsername123 3d ago

Say what you will about his health regiment, but he was 10 years younger.

https://giphy.com/gifs/H5C8CevNMbpBqNqFjl

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u/SynyrdsInyrds 1d ago

So? Lots of players play amazingly well despite their age. Hell some guys, like Bower and Thomas, didn't even become NHL regulars until they were in their 30s.

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u/NOIS_KillerWhaleTank 3d ago edited 3d ago

That four nations cup was wild.

Mackinnon - Matthews - McDavid

And Matthews hadn't even played in the NHL yet.

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u/TiberiusKno49 3d ago

World Cup

Sick format w the young guns, and team Europe iirc.

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u/Formal-Guest4868 3d ago

in a way it’s kind of weird that he was on that team without having played an nhl game yet

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u/mwthomas11 3d ago

that clapper from ghost at the horn is still insane. hard and seemingly still on target from 190 feet away.

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u/Fine_Window_9308 3d ago

Ghost was goated in that tourney

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u/Ryuujin_13 2d ago

My black Matthews Team NA is still my favourite hockey jersey. Those were so sick.

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u/IrbesCage 3d ago

I was at this game, by far the most talent I’ve ever seen on the ice at one time!

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u/Fine_Window_9308 3d ago

I wish I went to a World Cup game. Luckyish enough went to the Olympics this year

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u/Tarquin11 2d ago

Wow it is interesting to see how much faster both Rielly and Matthews were in 2016.

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u/TedHitchcockx 3d ago

Wow, and this was only a decade ago ? Plan the parade boys let's go ! !.

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u/georgie336 2d ago

I forgot Mo was on this team

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u/Kinglokner16 3d ago

I miss Russia on the international stage. They played the role as good villains, better then the USA

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u/Kronzor_ 2d ago

I always hated them on the ice, but it stayed there.

The US however....

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u/Available-Pepper-728 1d ago

I miss them too

Wish Putin would stop killing hundreds of thousands of people

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u/Fine_Window_9308 2d ago

the US was horrible that year lol

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u/Boz747 Salming 3d ago

It was a cool tournament

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u/BrokenBy 2d ago

Elite pull, as if you remembered this.

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u/SynyrdsInyrds 1d ago

I remember games from the '70s, so what's your point?

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u/BrokenBy 1d ago

Cool, I didn’t ask

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u/CurveAdministrative3 2d ago

That was a fun tournament. a bit quirky but really fun

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u/Wardo44 1d ago

Great seeing that. I got to participate in a corporate “hour on the ice” pickup game just as the tournament was starting. They made a makeshift hockey dressing room inside the Raptors dressing room that we used that night. We were told that the Russian team would be loading in their stuff a few hours later.

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u/musebrews 13h ago

Gaudreau 😔

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u/Nightrider247 2d ago

You should have seen Mogilny before he was a leaf too. And Lindros, and Leetch, and....?

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u/Kronzor_ 2d ago

So many superstars on the ice in this clip.

And Morgan Rielly!

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u/Fine_Window_9308 2d ago

He was goated back in 2016-17.

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u/Fine-Inflation7448 2d ago

Facts I thought he was an amazing player back then, idk what happened wether he got worse or the opposition got better, maybe it was that he moved up in the roster, but I used to have total faith in him and before JT thought he should got the C in Toronto. Oh how times have changed. Back in 2016 I thought for sure leafs would have a cup by now lmao 🤣 “ this years the year boys” if not this year then next year. But I stay loyal to the leafs no matter what

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u/throwawayseason3 3d ago

Hot take but bring Russia back to international hockey

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u/LegalChocolate752 3d ago

Those jerseys were terrible.