Corey Perry denies shooting pucks at the Leafs' empty net at the end of warmups, despite video evidence
Just before the start of Game 2 between the Bolts and the Leafs in Toronto, as warmups were wrapping, Lightning forward Corey Perry did something that was frowned upon by Leafs Nation, firing a puck down the ice and into the empty Toronto net.
Perry must have been playing a little mind game with the Leafs and it worked. The Lightning handled the Leafs with relative ease, knotting the series up at 1-1 with a 5-3 victory. On Sunday, ahead of Game 4 with the Leafs now up 2-1 in the series, Perry was asked about the incident point blank. Straight-faced, Perry said the following.
-Perry's response to why he shot the puck into the Leafs' net at the end of warmups
Corey Perry has been in the league a long time. He has had some deep playoff runs and even won a Stanley Cup with the Anaheim Ducks back in 2006-07. He was a member of a Montreal Canadiens team of misfits who grinded their way to the Stanley Cup Finals last season. He was also a Cup Finalist one year prior as a member of the Dallas Stars. At this point, we should probably just trust that Perry knows what he's doing.
Still, as a Leafs fan, I'd like to see Jake Muzzin line Perry up for a massive hit along the boards at some point in this series. I guess that means that Perry is doing his job, much to the dismay of the Leafs' faithful.
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MAI 8 | 505 ANSWERS Corey Perry denies shooting pucks at the Leafs' empty net at the end of warmups, despite video evidence Is Corey Perry still the best pest in the game? | ||
| Brad Marchand holds the title | 365 | 72.3 % |
| Brendan Gallagher holds the title | 34 | 6.7 % |
| Michael Bunting has emerged as the best pest | 38 | 7.5 % |
| Perry is definitely still the best pest | 68 | 13.5 % |
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