Toronto Maple Leafs Now Locked Out From Making Reservation at Toronto Sports Bar Owned by Team

In a since-deleted Tweet, Toronto Maple Leafs forward Joffrey Lupul shared the gory details:

“@realsports is not allowed to take reservations from Leafs players during the lockout but will continue selling our jerseys for $300 a pop.”

Real Sports Bar & Grill is owned and operated by MLSE – Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. From the National Post:

Leafs forward James van Riemsdyk, who was acquired in a trade with Philadelphia in June, initially tweeted in support of Lupul — writing “same thing happened to me a month ago #amateurhour” — before that response was removed from his feed.

Hockey players can’t play hockey. Hockey players can’t get reservations at a sports bar. Hockey players can’t tweet whatever they want. It sucks being a hockey player. [via the National Post]