Watch as things get chippy between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Buffalo Sabres, as Jake McCabe blasts Bowen Byram with a huge hit, prompting Alex Tuch to drop the gloves only to get slapped with a penalty for instigating.
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46 Comments
Good call. The league is filled fights started by a teammate after a clean hit. This defending his honor crap has to stop. A clean body check is not the end of the world.
That is the most one sided drop iv seen in a long time
Sick of seeing our best players who can't fight stick up for rest of team. It's always Thompson and tuch.
Embarrassing 😂
Leafs fans say they never get calls hahahaha
Stay in your lane Puss
Dude gets sucker punched.
Then, gets a 2 minute penalty for it.
Then, gets thrown out of the game why not?
You gotta love the NHL.
hit is fine, easy W for McCabe on the fight, but that’s no instigator.
say basically Alex Tuch went 0 for 2 lmao
Raffi Torres gets 75 games for this hit
Man that fall looked scary, could've cracked his skull open
Touch can take a punch cause he got fed with that one lol
This is literally all any Leaf had to do when Stolarz got run against Seattle. Of course, Carlo is huge and could’ve done a lot more if he’d done anything at all
I mean, Tuch has never really been known for his 'fighting' ability… At least he stuck up for his team mate who he thought was head-shoted 👍 🏒
Buddy got flatlined 😂😂😂
McCabe put his right hand through homies mouth … saw nothing but stars and lights
First time seeing McCabe win a fight
Tuch had to jump in there given Bryams history. Harshhhh instigator tho, let the boys play stripes
boom
Refs fvcked that up I’d say !! Worse than Tuch
And they still could not get a regulation win. Toronto is awful. Garbage franchise.
Tough play. the puck was at Byram's feet when he got hit. A bit of an Opportunistic hit by McCabe Imo. Bad judgement call on the instigator as both started throwing hands before gloves came off. Tuch's a pretty solid player, but I think he may have taken one ballet lesson too many.
Egregiously bad call I won't lie.
2 of buffalo best players just lil bro'd by a 3rd pairing dman at best. Sums up buffalo for ya
"instigator" after a check to the head? 😂 Hockey is so dead.
Correct call. Clean hit. It's about time refs to end this bs of teamates with hurt feelings or suferring for the pain from another go around atacking some oponent who dished a hard clean hit. Instigator it's about right in my book.
I SEE A SUCKER PUNCH!! McCabe is a wuss!
Easy win for Tucker😅
My dad grew up with Jake, they saw each other 2 years ago, my dad was a left winger on jakes college team !
That’s an instigator for Tuch? BS
I think he got the extra penalty because he got coldcocked so hard he literally got sat the hell down
Not a fan of either teams, but that's 2 drops by one guy in like 10 seconds. Impressive!
I'm just glad Tuch's head didn't hit the ice like I thought it did. 😱
I hate the state of fighting in hockey right now
Gets a long time to digest that knuckle sandwich.
It’s about time they call the instigator penalty after a clean hit.
Fight was awkward from the get go… Tuch has decent fighting skills for todays gsme but man he didn’t use them here. Lucky he didn’t get seriously hurt !
Refs need to keep Toronto in the playoff picture.
Finally wins one
scary stuff spinning around with no helmet and no gloves, sharp skates and hard ice, not fun.
pro leafs rigged leeeg
3rd in rule is good but instigator rule needs to be abolished.
Refs working overtime
Flashback to ovi on sve
Booooo screw the refs
And the crowd goes mild