On Tuesday, the Toronto Maple Leafs participated within the fourth installment of BarDown’s common YouTube collection, “Name out different groups for enjoyable.” 9 members of the Maple Leafs appeared in a YouTube video practically every week in the past for the channel which showcased the gamers trying to determine their very own objective horn – hilariously failing.
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Within the latest video, the BarDown workforce received the solutions to questions on a spread of subjects, from the workforce’s metropolis with their favourite eating places to solutions that highlighted their most vital rivalries.
Although New York and Chicago have been the standout selections when requested about cities with nice eating choices, the Leafs largely agreed that the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens have been the groups that topped the checklist for opponents they dislike shedding to probably the most.
“These two groups (Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens). There’s a lengthy custom right here in Toronto, and we had a very robust loss to 1 workforce particularly final spring,” mentioned John Tavares, reflecting on the 2023-24 postseason.
The gamers have been additionally tasked with guessing which group they’d scored probably the most targets in opposition to. Those that had spent extra time in Toronto have been in a position to guess based mostly on divisional matchups. Amongst those that answered accurately have been Tavares (Carolina), Matthew Knies (Tampa and Pittsburgh), Max Domi (Edmonton), Auston Matthews (Montreal), and William Nylander (Montreal).
When requested if he had any explicit objective that was his favourite, Matthews mentioned, “All of them,” to which Nylander humorously added, “16? That could be a lot to recollect,” referring to his complete objective rely in opposition to the Canadiens.
The sit down additionally highlighted a participant who caught their shock by complimenting them following a sport, with Knies mentioning that Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy praised him following their hard-fought collection final spring.
“I met with (Charlie) McAvoy, he mentioned some good issues. It was a reasonably laborious battle with one another, so, yeah, it was good to listen to that,” Knies mentioned, recalling the membership’s opening-round collection in opposition to the Bruins.
Different nods of appreciation, discussing probably the most memorable compliments, got to Pittsburgh Penguins ahead Sidney Crosby (to Marner and Domi), Henrik Lundqvist (to Joseph Woll), Carey Worth (to Anthony Stolarz), and Mike Modano (to Tavares) – who all acquired reward from the lineup of NHL stars.
Because the group mentioned which workforce they accrued probably the most penalty minutes in opposition to, Knies had a witty comment upon discovering it was the Florida Panthers. “I hated them, so I feel I’ve gotten a couple of penalties in opposition to them,” he mentioned. That is comprehensible, provided that Knies had his first style of playoff hockey within the 2022-23 season, the place he suffered a concussion after Sam Bennett cross-checked him into the boards throughout the second-round collection.
Knies additionally talked about that he “would by no means allow them to know if it’s an excellent chirp,” referring to the trash speak between him and the Panthers.
Different subjects to guess included which gamers they’d wish to swap jerseys with, the workforce with the perfect golfer, the objective horn they like listening to the least (with the Columbus Blue Jackets taking that title), and which groups have the least intimidating followers.
One query, as highlighted by Knies, was about which workforce had the perfect ‘chirper’ (trash talker) within the league. Matthews named former teammate and shut good friend, Michael Bunting.
“I performed with this man, so I’m going to go together with Michael Bunting. There’s been a few good ones and a few actually unhealthy ones. Final yr, I feel he was going at it with Domi or one thing, and it was good to only sit there and watch all of it go down.”
Marner additionally praised teammate and enforcer Ryan Reaves, saying, “I’ll give Ryan some love, he’s received some fairly good one-liners in there that he throws out.”
Collectively, the video had an excellent mixture of some robust, however trustworthy solutions and it’ll be attention-grabbing to see how each particular person and workforce rivalries unfold because the 2024-25 season approaches.
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