never liked the crashing the net.
IMHO
McKinnon didnāt intend to contact the goalie
Why would he?
Nurse bumped him
Goalie is the weakest position on that Oilers team
If he wanted to take an Oiler out of the game
It would be McDavid or Draisaitl
oh I dont say he had any intention of hitting the goalie, just that he didnt do enough to avoid it
In his defense itās kind of hard not to hit him when you are pushed and propelled into him from behind .
Leafs captain gets kneecapped
Zero response from his teamates
Radko Gudas with a hard knee-on-knee on Auston Matthews. Matthews eventually got up on his own.
ā Spittin' Chiclets (@spittinchiclets) March 13, 2026
pic.twitter.com/RTh3FlE03U
TSN panel (mainly O Neil and McLennan) sure did point this out.

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even if the other leaves did ārespondā theyād get their asses kicked and more embarrassment. plus i think fights only happen after clean hits nowadays lol
Maybe so. But at least they gave it the old college try.
jfc heās gonna get over 100 pts next season if he stays with the wild
Not a Leaves fan but if i was iād be embarrassed by the response from the other TO players. The fact it was their Captain and best player makes it worse than that, not one player even looked at Gudas with a stink eye let alone make a move to do anything. The funny thing is their coach Berube was a tough guy in his playing days, likely couldnāt believe what he was watching or maybe he could because his team is as soft as Charmin.
KHL but this is ridiculous
https://x.com/spittinchiclets/status/2032502910181835182?s=20
This Leaf team of the last 10 years have always been a bunch of wimps. Thereās always been talent with their core players, but they play with a complete absence of snarl in their game.
Their lack of response to the Mathews injury is even more embarrassing considering the fact that Ratko Gudas has been a thorn in their side for many years now. Yet, they still let him antogonize them. Some funny photos from previous years.
I actually thought it was a slow-motion replay at first. ![]()
Matthews done for the season.
no matter what one thinks of matthews or the leafs, the fact Gudas only got 5 games for this dirty hit is absurd.
I actually thought Gooner Malkin wouldnāt get more than a pair of games. So, WOW - good on the violence-laden NHL for nailing hate-monger Malkin for 5. In prior no-helmet age he prolly would have killed his prey.
Leafs did the right thing. That team is mostly faerie queens and dancers. If Morgan Reilly is your enforcement agent you got problems!

