Hardo Maple Leafs Fan Has Nothing On Flyers Fans, Clearly Doesn't Want The Cup Enough
You may have seen this jabroni in the yellow sweatshirt getting a little too big for his britches (and clearly too big for that sweatshirt) around the penalty box in Toronto last night. Buddy must have had a couple too many Big Deal Brews, and the beer muscles started to overtake the beer gut.
Now it's pretty easy to act tough when there's a 5/8" pane of glass separating you from the guy you're screaming at. It's the ultimate "hold me back" hack, because you don't even need anybody to hold you back. You get to say and do anything you want without any actual threat of getting your ass kicked. You get to feel tough while actually being a coward.
But these are the Stanley Cup Playoffs we're talking about here. The season is on the line. We don't have time for cowards. And while I would never condone such behavior, this dude has to want it more. If he actually cared at all about doing whatever it takes to get the Leafs to the next round, then he would have shown it in this moment. He would have gone full Philly fan legend Chris Falcone on Tanner Jeannot's ass.
Again, I would never advocate for fans to jump into the penalty box to fight a player. I feel like legally I need to make that abundantly clear here. But that was just a regular season game in Philly, and that's the level of fandom a guy like Chris Falcone was willing to go. This yellow teletubby was all bark, no bite. What a goof.
Sidenote: The "Perry Sucks" chants were solid. I mean he's a Stanley Cup Champion, a Hart Trophy winner, a 2x Olympic gold medalist for Team Canada, and a part of quite possibly the greatest World Juniors team ever on that 2005 Canadian team. But still a good chant either way.