#leafs vs lightning

[cuntyqueerleondraisaitl]

So... Steve seems to be doing well

[moonlightdistractions]

ok I know this isn't a hockey blog but omg it's exhausting being a Leafs fan.

from 1-4 at end of 1st period to 5-4 in the midst of the 3rd period. I've got whiplash just watching.

[kristangers]

EDGE?! MR. COPELAND?! HELLO SIR

[sallytwo]

... The poem may be an elegy for childhood losses.

(On Dream Song 29, Thomas Travisano)

[cruentaquevivere]

Hi Bolts Besties. We ready for a second year of first round against the Toronto Maple Leafs during which at least two of us feel bad either way since it’s first and second favorite teams?

[theweirdpersonnextdoor]

SEVEN GOALS AGAINT?????

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[mente-forte-arte-audace]

Noi siamo natura.

Quando te ne rendi conto, che i nostri corpi fanno parte della natura.

Nel senso che sono perfetti,esattamente come sono.

[mypvz2]

[cuntyqueerleondraisaitl]

All this discourse about whether or not we've checked on Steve, but the real question is

Has anyone checked on Leo

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Leafs vs Lightning | 10.21.24

[cyanocoraxx]

i know millipedes have become the more "socially acceptable" myriapod but the pitting of millipedes against centipedes i see all the time is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. ueughhgh. i adore millipedes, i think they're neat little guys, but millipedes are hardly comparable to centipedes and it's unfair to lump them together as the "good animal" vs the "evil animal." i see countless comments online saying how ugly, disgusting, creepy, and evil centipedes are.

so, centipede propaganda:

anecdotal evidence suggests they have good memory capacity, able to remember escape routes and the location of prey. cool

they can learn to tolerate handling by humans and some appear to enjoy being petted by humans. obviously we can't ask them if they like it but if a lightning-fast worm made of knives doesn't like something it's going to tell you. a centipede just won't allow itself to be in a situation it doesn't want to be in. but obvs disclaimer: don't handle a centipede without experience and handle at your own risk. research bite reports. etc. be sensible, bites can be serious

each pede has its own temperament. some are comparatively chill and lazy, earning them the nicknames "lazipedes" while others are reactive and defensive.

they feel safest under rocks and leaves (in their banky…) if mine are stressed sometimes i just plop a leaf over their head and they settle down instantly

not all of them JUST eat other animals. some dabble in fruits too! the fruit enjoyers .

they spend a lot of time grooming their antennae. you think that sleek aesthetic maintains itself? their relaxed side esp when grooming is fascinating to see. the creature you likely only see darting away from you at 1000mph is also capable of Chilling the fuck out.

they have terrible eyesight. imagine a centipede with tiny little glasses. don't you feel better now? anyway the fact that they don't see well is part of why they sometimes react so viscerally to things. you probably would too if you were small and preyed on by big things.

centipede mothers fiercely protect, groom, and nurture their babies. they do so for longer than they "need" to in some cases. in a study a variety of pede species were found sharing nest sites in forest canopies, demonstrating a lack of negative spatial associations. this was unusual because we typically expect these guys to not be keen on sharing.

not all bites are due to "aggression" but more from using their fangs in an exploratory nature. think of them as kids but instead of hands they have fangs. it's slippery on you so i'll grab on gently with my venomous fangs. i don't know what you are yet so i'm gonna reach out and test the Texture. you smell salty, i'm gonna lick you. etc.

they are ouppies.

even if you think they're ugly they come in so many colours so there's gonna be one that suits ur taste. there's baja blast blue. ridiculously bright red. piss yellow. candy corn black & orange. if you can think of a colour combo there's probably one out there.

anyway. our empathy for animals shouldn't only extend to those we find socially acceptable or easy enough to anthropomorphize

[hibiscuslynx]

the ancient scripts.. the history... thank you for this knowledge. the 1D -> kpop always made a lot of sense to me but the 1D -> hockey never really did? the fact that two big blogs were into hockey makes it make a LOT of sense now though.

LMFAOAOA honestly? me n a friend who were rlly into wttt r now rlly into hockey. maybe the wttt to hockey pipeline is already beginning. maybe im going to hockeypill everyone. who knows

you mentioning the 1D to hockey pipeline made me spit out my water, as a hockey fan LDMFGJKDSFL

wioeiudygsuia honestly i was exposing myself as a kpop stan too (although i like to defend myself and say that as i get older i'm becoming more of a kdrama stan. just as long as people ignore the two different emotional support going seventeen episodes i have in my other tabs rn) but it was geniunely so weird. As a Directioner by month two of the "hiatus" people had already gone from One Dream, One Band, One Direction to Leafs Forever. I vaguely recollect two big blogs before the band even broke up were into hockey lightly so I think that was the powder keg. I had already been into kpop by the time One Direction was formed on the xfactor so I juggled the two of them but for most people One Direction was the last great Western boyband and with 5sos on hiatus at the time (and a debate on whether or not they counted as a boyband), the only option to get your boyband fix for us fans of the genre was in kpop.

anyway tldr: if this fandom keeps being dead for a month more, I look forward to seeing everyone's urls and going on their blog to read fanfics about ATEEZ and see their fanarts of the Canucks.

[matthewkniesys]

"i've waited for so long just to say that to you." With Matthew Knies pls

Matthew spaces out, and stares into the stands for a minute. There isn't any way he's seeing this right. His girlfriend who lives in Minnesota and is taking exams right now is here, in Tampa for game six of the leafs vs. the lightning series.

It's impossible, right??

Toronto scores, the buzzer sounds and the leafs have won. And Matthew even had an assist on the game winning goal. The series winning goal. The leafs were off to the second round. Matthew is really excited but he wishes nothing more than for his girlfriend to have been here and seen it. He knows she's probably watching at home on TV but it's not the same.

He's walking down the tunnel, one of the lasts off the ice, when his mind flashbacks to that moment when he thought he saw y/n in the stands. He really wishes it had been you but it wasn't. It couldn't be.

He rounds the corner and his mouth falls open. Their standing, in the flesh is y/n. A thousand thoughts swirl in Matthew's brain at this moment but right now all he wants to do is hug you.

You run over to him and jump into his open arms. Matthew wraps his strong arms around you. At that moment you both feel a sort of safe feeling. A feeling you only get from being around each other.

Matthew pulls back and sets you down. He looks down into your eyes and at that moment you know exactly how you feel about him.

"Matty, I love you. "

He pauses for a moment, a look of shock on his face then says, "I love you too. I've waited for so long to say that to you."

You both grin at each other looking like idiots until Mitch comes waltzing down the tunnel breaking the trance.

"Alright Kniesy, how about you get out of your equipment before you accidentally leave the arena still wearing it. You'll see your girl soon."

I think it's safe to say Matthew changed quicker than he ever had before.

700 follower celebration

[sergeifyodorov]

Hi cody which of the big names (or lesser known guys that are your blorbos) do u think will play for their team for their entire career and who do u think will leave? Tampa bay is on my hit list for dropping stamkos like that

ohoho this one is FUN... everyone is my blorbo im gonna go through every team and See...

the biggest difficulty in making this list is that like inevitably b/c of the Inevitable Passage Of Time the babies grow up and sometimes they grow up into like. diff ppl... like i imagine rn the sharks and hawks respectively want mack and bedsy to be with them for life... but is that Happening? it's too early to say ... bedsy seems like he might though. he's goodcanadianboy enough.

boston bruins: marchand and pasta are 100% lifers... mcavoy seems like they want him to be a lifer but he hasn't made up his mind yet.

buffalo sabres: if they make the playoffs within the next five years (BIG IF) then i can see one of power or dahlin sticking it out. but at this point i'm pretty sure the only thing that can save the sabres is a serious exorcism and i mean a SERIOUS one so i doubt this'll happen in truth

detroit red wings: larkin. duh.

florida panthers: barkov

montreal canadiens: n/a. see buffalo sabres but replace "power" with "caufield" and "dahlin" with "slafkovsky" . i mean i guess you can put arber on that list but mostly because his career isn't gonna be that long probably

ottawa senators: the one and only THOMAS CHABOT

tampa bay lightning: i WOULD have said stamkos until this offseason... fucking crasy... ok anyway here's my juice: vasy's back injury/surgery have meant he is no longer the goalie he was and i doubt he'll command much after this contract is over. i say 50-50 he leaves vs stays as a reasonable backup/tandem guy. kucherov Wants 2 Win and has a much lower tolerance for Bullshit than stamkos, which means if a competitive price is not being paid for him he will Just Leave. victor hedman is going to be a lifer though

toronto maple leafs: morgan rielly is the only one i know in my heart is a lifer, but only because a) jt was already an islander and b) willy and auston will probably play most of their reasonable careers as leafs and then have like 1-3 seasons somewhere else as ancient old men to Cup Chase One Last Time. don't ask about the other guy you know how i feel about jinxes

carolina hurricanes: n/a

columbus blue jackets: n/a

new jersey devils: n/a... they will try to keep at least 1 hughes but i think we have seen so little of the current devils era (hischier/hughes) that it's hard to say anything about their future atm. can you believe nico was only drafted the year after auston like they haven't gotten off the ground at ALL.

new york islanders: [squints in trying to name islanders]... actually a bunch of lifers looking at it. sorokin. anders lee. barzal if you're nasty. brock nelson. etc

new york rangers: chris kreider FER SURE, igor shesterkin FER MAYBE

philadelphia flyers: see devils re: brink of something new. they're going to try and keep tk forever though

pittsburgh penguins: do i REALLY have to say anything here

washington capitals: Do I Really Have To Say Anything Here

chicago blackhawks: was about to make another bad seth jones contract joke here before remembering he's already played on a different team. no further comment

colorado avalanche: natemac has made it pretty damn clear he wants to stay an av forever, because sidcros stayed a penguin forever. do what you will with that information

dallas stars: jamie benn definitely, but everyone else is too young to say something about or has been on other teams already. good luck with your jrob21 contract negotiations stars front office You Will Need It

minnesota wild: ...jared spurgeon...?

nashville predators: did you guys know puckpedia has the preds abbreviated as NAS and they're ahead of the devils. crazy. anyway roman josi and juuse saros are gonna be preds for life, and probably filip forsberg too

st louis blues: vlad tarasenko IN MY HEART...

winnipeg jets: hellebuyck and schiefele fer sure

anaheim ducks: because they've been trying to trade him for a decade and have been unsuccessful yet: john gibson

calgary flames: n/a

edmonton oilers: nuge + mcdrai also

la kings: doughty + kopi

seattle kraken: n/a

san jose sharks: logan couture

vancouver canucks: my hot take is nobody because quinn hughes is going to pull a mark giordano or jason spezza or perhaps even a chris tanev and play the last couple years of his career as a leaf. petey is gonna slut it up somewhere else later, brock is straight up going to leave as a ufa OR sign a short bridge and then leave as a ufa, and jt miller was a ranger

vegas golden knights: n/a

[slowwshoww]

Most Hateable NHL Team FIGHT

okay friends. i've now made two different most hateable nhl team polls and many people are upset that i left out their favorite team so let me introduce you to....

Most Hateable NHL Team Tournament

teams are divided by division and then randomized. the first two rounds will run for a week and the last two will run for a day. track the tag #hate that team to keep up with the proceedings.

Round One:

Flames vs Sharks Oilers vs Kraken Canucks vs Ducks Golden Knights vs Kings Predators vs Stars Wild vs Chicago Blues vs Coyotes Avalanche vs Jets

Red Wings vs Panthers Maple Leafs vs Senators Lightning vs Canadiens Sabres vs Bruins Blue Jackets vs Capitals Islanders vs Hurricanes Penguins vs Rangers Flyers vs Devils

happy voting! now go tear each other apart!