katie

this team is like an etch-a-sketch that every period break gets shaken and you never known what team is coming back on the ice

you LOVE to see it

Grebenkin post-game media smashcut, excellent vibes only lmao

Good morning to Joseph Woll, Fraser Minten, and the Toronto Maple Marlies. And leafsky too.

The kid stays

the shoulder shimmy from Woller 😭

the Leafs when you piss them off

John Tavares has reached the point in any good magic amulet a story when it inevitably turns the wearer evil

Head is the main point of contact. No penalty on the play. Great job 👍

BEGGING FOR A SHRED OF CONSISTENCY

Grebenkin get back to stop the pass

pride night at SBA

Tavares is the oldest Leafs’ forward in this game by over 6 years lmao

The average age of the forwards excluding Tavares is 24, and the average age of the blue line is 30 😅

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 ♥️

three of the forwards on the Leafs roster tonight (Steeves, Minten, Grebenkin) have a combined total 12 NHL games

EXACTLY

Rookie lap for Grebenkin

@/markmasters on X

what do you mean the game is at 7:30, what am I supposed to do for thirty minutes

not to be annoying, but if I follow you on twitter but not on here (and you care enough about that to want me to fix it) - can you just message me on BlueSky saying your twitter handle, and I will sort it out!

seems totally reasonable

a man in a suit and tie says i just feel like my heart is going to burst because it 's full of rainbow ALT: a man in a suit and tie says i just feel like my heart is going to burst because it 's full of rainbow

GREB NHL DEBUT! GREB NHL DEBUT! THIS IS NOT A DRILL! I REPEAT: THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

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

Also the Leafs:

The NHL & the Leafs took a stand about LGBT families at a time when it was not popular or profitable to do so. They had no incentive to do this, and the backlash was predictable, but they did it anyway. Hopefully we can see that type of allyship again in future.

Happy Pride (Game) everyone! 🏳️‍🌈♥️

Throwback review: 'Breakfast with Scot,' a sweet, sporty and queer family film Breakfast With Scot is a 2007 romantic comedy slash family drama slash sports movie that is all too often overlooked when people are discussing older queer films with happy endings.

It’s a sweet Christmasy movie. You can rent it for $4 on YouTube or watch free on CBC Gem in Canada.

(cw: 2000s-typical attitudes. the f-slur is used x5, mostly by kids. some minor adult characters are homophobic)

A very spoiler heavy review:
subjectifymedia.com/breakfast-wi...

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.

🧵🪡

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.