you LOVE to see it

Grebenkin post-game media smashcut, excellent vibes only lmao

the shoulder shimmy from Woller 😭

the Leafs when you piss them off

the Pride Tape looks great but how have I never noticed the insane knob on Stolie’s stick

SBA crowd reacts to hearing it was Minten’s first NHL goal ♥️

Rookie lap for Grebenkin

@/markmasters on X

The Leafs: Mitchy is the only Taylor Swift fan, it’s just him

Also the Leafs:

Major NHLers (including former Leaf captains Vaive & Sittler, and current captain Sundin) stood up for this “gay movie” in a way that was just not the norm in sports at the time. It was one of the first times major men’s pro athletes publicly said “being gay in sports is fine.”

This made international news.

Both the NHL head office/Bettman and the Leafs *repeatedly* had to defend just being involved with this movie.

It resulted in MLSE’ president’s email getting doxxed and him being harassed for months. There were calls to boycott the team & league.

This movie came out at a time when hearing the f-slur casually was normalised even in Toronto - the Leafs & NHL endorsing it in 2007 was a groundbreaking thing.

The movie is a rom-com about a gay former NHLer working through his own internalised homophobia from his time in hockey after he and his partner take in a gender-nonconforming little boy. The Leafs faced a ton of backlash for being a part of a “gay movie”, especially from audiences outside Canada.

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Fun Fact: the first men’s pro sports team to approve their logo/name to be featured in an LGBTQ+ themed movie was the Toronto Maple Leafs.

“Breakfast with Scot” is about a closeted former Leafs player. It was released in 2007, during the height of the gay rights debate in North America.

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