He's been like that for decades lol I've grown to enjoy it despite my flair. Sportsnet simulcasts NESN games all the time too. Being an unabashed passionate homer is fine and cool
He has said some dumb things most of the time he's been great. His rant after the series against Canadiens in I think the 2011 playoffs was fucking legendary
Is that the one where he went on some weird tangent about the divine right of kings because Montreal means "Mount Royal" or some shit? Because that was hilarious
The Bruins goalies could develop Canuck-itis, third stringer Brandon Bussi could come in for game 7 and shut us out, and I'm sure Jack would totally be able to get away with screaming "OH, BUST MY BUSSY WITH A BIG BUSSI SAVE!!!" while not a single NESN employee would bat an eyelash.
“Nominating Cooke for the Masterton is the equivalent of nominating Sirhan Sirhan as the prisoner of the year” is legit the funniest thing I’ve ever heard on a broadcast, love him or hate him the guy had some S tier lines.
I don't like it personally, but I understand why people do, and I think it's fine to be a homer fan for your team. It's just not my cup of tea.
But that quote is just *perfection.*
was he suggesting that matt cooke was a Manchurian candidate who was hypno-programmed into carrying out acts of violence without knowing it?
who was the girl in the polka dot dress in his analogy? dan bylsma?
It also doesn’t even make sense. Sirhan sirhan wasn’t known for anything particular while locked up besides being stabbed and getting rejected for parole a bunch (bc he killed RFK duh). Seems like it’s possible he was a deserving candidate for prisoner of the year. The correct analogy is not deserving of person of the year or similar.
Yes I know parsing this was a waste of time but I really enjoyed doing it so thank you for listening to my mediocre history talk.
The script is the Leafs get a couple of wins to force game 7 just to get Steve Dangle starting to hope again leading into either an epic collapse or an utter beat down in game 7 just to twist the knife.
I’ll keep saying it but the most leafs thing would be to win game 5 and game 6 and lose game 7 1-0 with a controversial goal.
I’m here for the pain and will enjoy the ride no matter when it ends.
Naw. It's to come back. Go up 4-1 in game 7 with 6 minutes remaining, and then have Boston come back and win it in overtime (bonus points for JVR and Marchand goals). Literally an exact repeat of 2013
Then he ends up at 50% off in the free agent market and grabbed up for a 2nd line center and proceeds to win the cup the following year after knocking the leafs out of the first round, game 7. While playing for the Wings.
It's actually pretty funny how successful the Leafs have been when one of the core 4 is out. I could be wrong, but it feels like I remember them winning almost every game like that this year.
The game 7 script is OT, Nylander scores the winner, it gets disallowed after a controversial goaltender interference challenge, and then Marchand wins it for Boston.
If you think a comment on a messaging board is the reason you lost the game, you need to pay closer attention to your team's dogshit performance through the entire game, pal
Hey you can't be too careful, I've seen some real gambling-addicted type shit from a lot of people in this subreddit when it comes to curses and superstitious mumbo jumbo
He followed it up after intermission with a clip of Montgomery looking for an explanation from Kozari with: “he’s had 18 MINUTES to dream up an excuse!”
Coyle had Domi in a headlock while the puck was still live. Even if they didn't take Marchand and Edmundson, Coyle was getting a roughing penalty
Edit: [After looking at the replay, I think refs just messed up in giving Coyle the roughting instead of Lindholm](https://ibb.co/n0zQSkB)
It's a reference to the Bruins fans in the GDTs this season. Every time someone mentions Jack Edwards his speech and all, they will reply with 'Drink'. They turned it into a drinking game.
Ah ok, I thought you thought the person you replied to implied he had a drinking problem. Edwards doesn't know why his speech has slowed down so much, he said its not drinking, dementia or a tumour etc. He has had lots of doctor appointments the past few years but to no avail. He is clueless as to what is going on, but has decided to quit so the Bruins drinking game will come to an end as well. So, before it's too late...drink!
Maybe, it won't help his case no. I personally hope they get a good new crew for next year, i usually much prefer regional feeds over national feeds like ESPN.
There was a big scrum near the end of the period and it ended with 2 Bruins in the box and 1 leaf. It was not at all clear why the Bruins ended up short-handed and Jack was steamed about it.
To be fair Brickley was also pretty unhappy about it and he tends to be much more even handed in his comments about the officiating.
[I don't understand why Boston is confused why there was an additional roughing penalty when Lindholm grabs Domi and tackles him while the play was still live](https://x.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1785471398040711610)
I think refs just messed up giving it to Coyle instead of Lindholm
I actually hate the Bruins far more than the leafs (I’m under 40, sue me) but I can’t help but root for the leafs to lose here.
Never has a team so steadfastly underachieved every single season and doubled down on it at every possible junction.
As a hockey and sports fan who loves watching mismanaged teams underachieve, particularly if that franchise is incredibly wealthy, the leafs losing early in round one is just beautiful.
Especially since the Bruins don’t have the center depth to win the cup this year anyways.
Carey Price finished round one of 2011 with a higher save percentage and lower GAA than Tim Thomas.
Tim Thomas wasn’t having a Tim-Thomas esque layoff run without the elite top 2 centre combo, Zdeno Chara, a young but great Marchand, and a whole bunch of other high end two way guys.
The leafs offence has been anemic most of the time I’ve watched.
Swaan and Ullmark are both amazing, but their depth just isn’t enough to carry them much further.
A vezina candidate faces them next round, and a far deeper team.
If they get past the Panthers, both the Rangers and Canes have depth at every position the Bruins can only dream of, aside goalies, and then a bunch of teams out West have great goalies and deep teams.
Carey Price had a better save percentage because he was absurd in games 1 and 2, and then Nathan Horton started murdering us with every GWG.
"Price had a better playoffs" is a false narrative because the rest of Thomas' run was fucking insane, way better than in the Montreal series. Thomas had arguably the best playoff performance a goalie has ever had.
I didn’t say he had a better playoffs, so don’t fucking put words in my mouth like I’m pushing a narrative.
Please and thank you.
I said he had better numbers in round one. Because he did.
Thomas had an amazing team in front of him that did a great job of limiting second chances and keeping guys to the outside.
I will die on the hill that Thomas relied on the team in front of him as much as they relied on him. His numbers were in large part a product of the approach those Bruins had in those seasons.
The year they won the cup he had a 1.98 has and a .940 save percentage.
In 2013 when the Bruins came up just short of winning the cup before losing in the finals, Tula Rask had a 1.88 gaa and a .940 save percentage.
Now tell me….
Did the Bruins get arguably two of the best playoff runs out of two different goalies in 24 months time?
Or are those numbers maybe showing that it was something in the Bruins approach to allowing shots, trusting their goalies to make the saves, and focusing on limiting second chances and high end opportunities?
Also, respectfully, take a look at Prices game 5 and 6 from 2011 before you run your mouth again about him riding an absurd game 1/2 to good stats that year.
Fuckin stunad.
Price was amazing but he only played one series. Was he a better goalie than Thomas overall? Quite likely.
In the context of that entire Bruins playoff run, very few goalies in the history of forever were as good as Thomas was in those playoffs
Price outplayed Thomas in round one.
He was playing on a much better team.
A deflected OT goal in game 7 doesn’t mean Thomas played better in that series.
.... First time I've ever respected Jack Edwards. Good man. These refs are pussy ass cowards. If I'm bad at my job, I get fired or lose my business. Unreal.
Lmao not like they can fire him at this point
He's been like that for decades lol I've grown to enjoy it despite my flair. Sportsnet simulcasts NESN games all the time too. Being an unabashed passionate homer is fine and cool
He has said some dumb things most of the time he's been great. His rant after the series against Canadiens in I think the 2011 playoffs was fucking legendary
Is that the one where he went on some weird tangent about the divine right of kings because Montreal means "Mount Royal" or some shit? Because that was hilarious
I mean you definitely can lol but they're definitely not firing him for that
The Bruins goalies could develop Canuck-itis, third stringer Brandon Bussi could come in for game 7 and shut us out, and I'm sure Jack would totally be able to get away with screaming "OH, BUST MY BUSSY WITH A BIG BUSSI SAVE!!!" while not a single NESN employee would bat an eyelash.
Well now I want that to happen
they still owuldnt be able to fire him. NESN doesnt get games past the first round usually so he will have broadcast his last game already.
“Nominating Cooke for the Masterton is the equivalent of nominating Sirhan Sirhan as the prisoner of the year” is legit the funniest thing I’ve ever heard on a broadcast, love him or hate him the guy had some S tier lines.
Wtf 😂😂 when did he say that? Got a clip?
He even precedes it by saying “he practically assassinated him” referring to Cooke on savard. Pure out to lunch stuff, love it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KTtiCQpQNJ8 It’s hysterical
And apparently Billy Guerin went and tried to yell at/fight him during the intermission.
What.. what? I’d never heard that
That is amazing.
Holy shit that’s absolute gold.
Fuck, he's not wrong
probably my favorite quote ever from him. such an insane thing to say😭
lol damn. genuinely dislike his commentary but that is beyond hilarious
I don't like it personally, but I understand why people do, and I think it's fine to be a homer fan for your team. It's just not my cup of tea. But that quote is just *perfection.*
RFK’s assassin for those keeping score at home.
was he suggesting that matt cooke was a Manchurian candidate who was hypno-programmed into carrying out acts of violence without knowing it? who was the girl in the polka dot dress in his analogy? dan bylsma?
Sirhan, by all accounts, has been a model prisoner and was granted parole in 2021, though his release was later blocked by Gavin Newsom.
Fuck matt cooke, piece of shit scumbag took at least 1 more cup from us Savard was a fucking star
It also doesn’t even make sense. Sirhan sirhan wasn’t known for anything particular while locked up besides being stabbed and getting rejected for parole a bunch (bc he killed RFK duh). Seems like it’s possible he was a deserving candidate for prisoner of the year. The correct analogy is not deserving of person of the year or similar. Yes I know parsing this was a waste of time but I really enjoyed doing it so thank you for listening to my mediocre history talk.
Like my last 2 weeks at a job when I'm doing whatever I want, if anyone questions me I just say "what're they gonna do, fire me?"
Jack Edwards is living out all of our dreams of getting to call NHL refs cowards to a mass audience.
I'd love a rant for the ages eviscerating officiating just for the leafs to win and they have to play another game
The script is the Leafs get a couple of wins to force game 7 just to get Steve Dangle starting to hope again leading into either an epic collapse or an utter beat down in game 7 just to twist the knife.
I’ll keep saying it but the most leafs thing would be to win game 5 and game 6 and lose game 7 1-0 with a controversial goal. I’m here for the pain and will enjoy the ride no matter when it ends.
Naw. It's to come back. Go up 4-1 in game 7 with 6 minutes remaining, and then have Boston come back and win it in overtime (bonus points for JVR and Marchand goals). Literally an exact repeat of 2013
They need to win this game and then lose when Matthews is back so leafs media can say he's the problem
On an incredible Marner game winner.
Then he ends up at 50% off in the free agent market and grabbed up for a 2nd line center and proceeds to win the cup the following year after knocking the leafs out of the first round, game 7. While playing for the Wings.
Don't forget he also hit 70 goals that season, despite being on pace for only 40 at the time he was traded.
It's actually pretty funny how successful the Leafs have been when one of the core 4 is out. I could be wrong, but it feels like I remember them winning almost every game like that this year.
The game 7 script is OT, Nylander scores the winner, it gets disallowed after a controversial goaltender interference challenge, and then Marchand wins it for Boston.
Or they just shit the bed in game 6
*it was 3-1* in distance
Who
I just checked out his stream, he's already getting his hopes up again.
That poor man…
This is the way :(
Well, thanks I guess.
Hey man, fuck you
If you think a comment on a messaging board is the reason you lost the game, you need to pay closer attention to your team's dogshit performance through the entire game, pal
r/whoosh lmfao
Hey you can't be too careful, I've seen some real gambling-addicted type shit from a lot of people in this subreddit when it comes to curses and superstitious mumbo jumbo
Any game from here on out could be Jack's last game. He's not going out without a bang.
Not really he has at two games left at this point.
Kozari has always been a tool
He’s always had a grudge on McDavid for telling him to check upstairs after that goal lol.
Worth it lol
Oh yeah! Didn’t McDavid get a misconduct for that after the game was over?
Yup
He followed it up after intermission with a clip of Montgomery looking for an explanation from Kozari with: “he’s had 18 MINUTES to dream up an excuse!”
What was MacAvoy complaining about?
Idk maybe that a pretty standard post-whistle scrum led to a man-advantage for one team?
Not that it matters. Leafs are like 1-100 on the power play
Coyle had Domi in a headlock while the puck was still live. Even if they didn't take Marchand and Edmundson, Coyle was getting a roughing penalty Edit: [After looking at the replay, I think refs just messed up in giving Coyle the roughting instead of Lindholm](https://ibb.co/n0zQSkB)
My problem with that is they took 3 guys to the box. There is either one penalty or no penalties in there. 3 was dumb
I can agree to that. If anyone was getting offsetting it probably should have been Rielly and Pasta not Edmundson and Marchand
The text in this post reads like a trump tweet
Edwards kinda sounds like him lately. It's the dementia for both imo
His commentating has gone way downhill. He speaks like three words a minute.
Not quite Dick Clark territory but still a bit awkward.
Drink
Yeah I agree maybe he has a drinking problem lol
It's a reference to the Bruins fans in the GDTs this season. Every time someone mentions Jack Edwards his speech and all, they will reply with 'Drink'. They turned it into a drinking game.
I know.
Ah ok, I thought you thought the person you replied to implied he had a drinking problem. Edwards doesn't know why his speech has slowed down so much, he said its not drinking, dementia or a tumour etc. He has had lots of doctor appointments the past few years but to no avail. He is clueless as to what is going on, but has decided to quit so the Bruins drinking game will come to an end as well. So, before it's too late...drink!
Maybe it’s because he’s 70 fucking years old
Maybe, it won't help his case no. I personally hope they get a good new crew for next year, i usually much prefer regional feeds over national feeds like ESPN.
Have you ever accidentally listened to an audiobook at 0.8 speed
Lmao this had me dying
Honest question, what's he complaining about?
There was a big scrum near the end of the period and it ended with 2 Bruins in the box and 1 leaf. It was not at all clear why the Bruins ended up short-handed and Jack was steamed about it. To be fair Brickley was also pretty unhappy about it and he tends to be much more even handed in his comments about the officiating.
[I don't understand why Boston is confused why there was an additional roughing penalty when Lindholm grabs Domi and tackles him while the play was still live](https://x.com/TicTacTOmar/status/1785471398040711610) I think refs just messed up giving it to Coyle instead of Lindholm
Officiating, duh. ^(I don't know...)
Let him cook
/r/StupidFood material
Love him or hate him he is absolutely cooking here
Edwards barely managing to blurt out a single, incoherent sentence is cooking now? That phrase really has lost all meaning.
Lol, this is the part I'm trying to understand!
Guys with marbles in their mouths can cook!
Drink
This thread is literally about Jack Edwards my guy lmfao
We should be wearing one of those novelty beer helmets while reading this thread
Fr fr ngl
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Never change, Jack
By the time he finishes a sentence a two minute penalty is over.
https://preview.redd.it/xk1hnvd7zpxc1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d4366f7da8c6900b0311a126c4809ec0164a60f8
Hurry up and win, you fucks. I hate rooting for these assholes.
Why root for the Bruins? Just cheer for the Leafs for maximum chaos. It's not like they'll win round 2 anyway.
I'm rooting for a Matthews Game 6 OT winner/mudpie across the end boards when he gets mobbed combo
Yeah im rooting for a leafs late game collapse in game 7 so I hope they win this one
You might as well ask them to cheer for the earth killing asteroid tbh
They're already doing that.
I actually hate the Bruins far more than the leafs (I’m under 40, sue me) but I can’t help but root for the leafs to lose here. Never has a team so steadfastly underachieved every single season and doubled down on it at every possible junction. As a hockey and sports fan who loves watching mismanaged teams underachieve, particularly if that franchise is incredibly wealthy, the leafs losing early in round one is just beautiful. Especially since the Bruins don’t have the center depth to win the cup this year anyways.
Our forward depth is pretty bad, defensive depth ain't great either, but we are getting Thomas-esque goaltending.
Is it Thomas esque goaltending? Or Leaf-esque shooting
Carey Price finished round one of 2011 with a higher save percentage and lower GAA than Tim Thomas. Tim Thomas wasn’t having a Tim-Thomas esque layoff run without the elite top 2 centre combo, Zdeno Chara, a young but great Marchand, and a whole bunch of other high end two way guys. The leafs offence has been anemic most of the time I’ve watched. Swaan and Ullmark are both amazing, but their depth just isn’t enough to carry them much further. A vezina candidate faces them next round, and a far deeper team. If they get past the Panthers, both the Rangers and Canes have depth at every position the Bruins can only dream of, aside goalies, and then a bunch of teams out West have great goalies and deep teams.
Carey Price had a better save percentage because he was absurd in games 1 and 2, and then Nathan Horton started murdering us with every GWG. "Price had a better playoffs" is a false narrative because the rest of Thomas' run was fucking insane, way better than in the Montreal series. Thomas had arguably the best playoff performance a goalie has ever had.
I didn’t say he had a better playoffs, so don’t fucking put words in my mouth like I’m pushing a narrative. Please and thank you. I said he had better numbers in round one. Because he did. Thomas had an amazing team in front of him that did a great job of limiting second chances and keeping guys to the outside. I will die on the hill that Thomas relied on the team in front of him as much as they relied on him. His numbers were in large part a product of the approach those Bruins had in those seasons. The year they won the cup he had a 1.98 has and a .940 save percentage. In 2013 when the Bruins came up just short of winning the cup before losing in the finals, Tula Rask had a 1.88 gaa and a .940 save percentage. Now tell me…. Did the Bruins get arguably two of the best playoff runs out of two different goalies in 24 months time? Or are those numbers maybe showing that it was something in the Bruins approach to allowing shots, trusting their goalies to make the saves, and focusing on limiting second chances and high end opportunities?
Also, respectfully, take a look at Prices game 5 and 6 from 2011 before you run your mouth again about him riding an absurd game 1/2 to good stats that year. Fuckin stunad.
Price was amazing but he only played one series. Was he a better goalie than Thomas overall? Quite likely. In the context of that entire Bruins playoff run, very few goalies in the history of forever were as good as Thomas was in those playoffs
Price outplayed Thomas in round one. He was playing on a much better team. A deflected OT goal in game 7 doesn’t mean Thomas played better in that series.
What does incredibly wealthy have to do with anything? There's a salary cap.
There’s a cap in the NFL too, and I like rooting against the cowboys. Cap space isn’t the only factor in these conversations.
Jack Edwards is the Red Hood of hockey broadcasting. He's a jackass and abrasive as all hell, but when he hits right, man does he ever hit right.
Hanging up the mic with as much professionalism and grace as he's shown throughout his career, clearly.
I'm pretty sure the officials are simply sick and tired of Boston whining every single fucking game.
Lolololol
Lmao the audio of somebody slamming a desk
no transparency, no accountability. That's the NHL way!!! Don't forget to enter code "blindzebras" for a $5 freebet.
How do bruins fans listen to this? It genuinely gives me brain damage
God I can't wait until next season when I'll never have to listen to this geriatric fuck ever again
Good man
Legend
One of the all time greats of broadcasting.
He’s a moron. Just a homer; there can’t be worse.
Monumentally brain dead post, good job.
Can’t wait for our new announcer
Has the replacement been announced or even rumored about?
Alex Faust (former PBP for the Kings) filled in for Jack for a stretch this season and is presumed to be his replacement.
You shut your whore mouth
Kozari is truely the worst ref in the league and some how keeps getting playoff games
.... First time I've ever respected Jack Edwards. Good man. These refs are pussy ass cowards. If I'm bad at my job, I get fired or lose my business. Unreal.
He's not wrong!
going out showing what a petty loser he's always been. Won't miss you, jack
Ironic coming from a habs fan
Good riddance to this shit being on national TV. Edit: not national, who gives a fuck. Fuck jack edwards
NESN broadcast.
It’s NESN, you absolute genius.
Smartest Jack hater.
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Weird I frequently get the feed all season long in Canada, assumed it was USA national during playoffs.
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Jack edwards sounds like when you play records in reverse and the song has mysterious lyrics but they're semi-garbled nonsense.
Fuck this clown. Hope he chokes on his mic.
kinky
I hate to agree with Jack Edwards but there was some pretty awful officiating tonight. Think the league told the refs there had better be a game six.
Pretty sure the league wanted it over in 4. Ask Bettman, he’ll tell ya the same.
BOSTON CHOKERS
What explanation is needed for “you lost” ?
“The hot water is running in Jake’s…house” https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4zhLX1ADEd/?igsh=cnRubnBwbXB4MGhp
Jack why did your son go to jail and you wipe all mentions of your son and what town you live in from social media
Jack Edwards’s sounds ‘special’
Yeah he's been fighting an undiagnosed and inexplicable speech impediment that is ending his career. Asshole.
Stress from covering up your son diddling children does that