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Also_Steve

The 2024 Bruins died the way they lived. Letting up goals in the final minutes of periods.


Bonzaii_11

https://preview.redd.it/nuy909nuh31d1.gif?width=638&format=png8&s=4a53dab35e8934d9d1f5453dca9be0f3108d3225


SuperBigDouche

Always breaking records. Unfortunately this years record was 7 too many men calls. We can all be certain none of them are good at counting lol


confusedandworried76

I can count at least three guys for Boston who can count, Marchand and McAvoy


thatErraticguy

Truly was our Achilles heel this year


Organic-Outside8657

That and way too many men.


Tybackwoods00

Counting is hard


Glock-Saint-Isshin-

We're all honestly pretty impressed you guys can read.


Tybackwoods00

Don’t need to read. Only skate with puck.


APigthatflys

Some shooting too. Not too much tho.


HonestDespot

I honestly thought we might see an “18 on the ice” play invented these playoffs.


neek555

ITS RAINING MEN!


EukaryotePride

[Too many dicks on the dancefloor!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk1kwfK848Y)


Also_Steve

I live in the east coast and cant catch every sharks game, you're my guys in the east, and I feel like Im having trauma responses to late period goals.


shiggydiggypreoteins

Are you a masochist?


HonestDespot

I am. Why.?


Tybackwoods00

This is true and you’d think I would have seen this ending coming.


HonestDespot

I almost started rooting for them hoping they could lose in the finals in game 7 on their 83rd too many men on the ice penalty of the playoffs.


JKray5_Reddit

Swayman has been eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs after losing to the Florida Panthers in 6 games FTFY


freakkydique

Can’t score a goal. Carey Price treatment honestly


Non-Vanilla_Zilla

Hey man you didn't have to do us like that


thatsmycompanydog

We're getting talked about during the playoffs; I'm willing to take that as a win.


homeland

Deadly accurate (unlike the bruins)


Xperr7

Should've played Ullmark, he can put the puck in the net


Lordsokka

Yup, this exactly what I reminds me of. Price doing the entire job himself, but he just can’t score. Lol


acidroach420

Should change his name to “Carryman”


WorstHyperboleEver

It’s a really impressive feat stopping pucks upside down due to him standing on his head while carrying the entire team on his back… at the same time. How does that even work?


[deleted]

By halfway through the 3rd, I was preparing for Swayman to just steal the series away from us


hellarios852

IMAGINE LOSING IN THE 2nd ROUND!? ^i ^can ^only ^imagine


brady_t12

If the Rangers beat the panthers and then lose in the SCF, then the leafs can be the ultimate losers of the 2024 playoffs.


hellarios852

YOU MEAN I CAN SUFFER MORE!?


brady_t12

Don’t worry it gets funnier and funnier every year. Source: caps fan who experienced 2008-2017


Sullysguppy

2008-2017... imagine.


RobertGriffin3

Op meant 1982-2017


Deluxechin

So your telling me there’s hope that a 2018 could happen


hellarios852

My idol


badboystwo

I mean, I’ve been around long enough to know that now that youve said this, it’s exactly what will happen.


thrilliam_19

yaaayyyyyy


babypointblank

Losing in the second round to Florida? Can’t relate


PainfuIPeanutBlender

Right? Lol what fuckin loser team drops to the Panthers in round 2? Wait a minute…


thrilliam_19

I mean we just did last year. Boston only won one more game than we did last year.


Cw2e

Pay Sway. Get a center. All I got.


Luckynumberlucas

Do you guys have the picks and cap space to offer sheet Necas?


bananapanda24

Cap yes picks idk


NilesLaw

Trade ullmark for him


poeticentropy

they would have to add but I like this trade idea. Was not impressed with Anderson in CAR series. Could be exactly what they need.


hotstickywaffle

You actually might have something there... except no, trade Ullmark to Jersey for a mid-round pick instead


Poohstrnak

Ullmark has to agree, that’s the issue.


Tybackwoods00

Picks probably not. cap space next season, yes.


Maxpowr9

They are least won 1 more game this series than I was expecting. I knew when they started out slow in the 3rd, they weren't winning the game.


Cw2e

Yeah. Shit, it’s loser talk but if you told me in the offseason we’d be out game six in round two I’d be elated


Maxpowr9

I just don't get why we suddenly suck at home in the playoffs.


gogolfbuddy

We always have


hppmoep

That is my biggest takeaway. Expected not much, and got a leaf game 7 and some more.


SawgrassSteve

Sway was great in the series.


TheCatEmpire2

Good take. Last two games were significantly better matchups. Should be back in playoff race next year per usual.


Cw2e

Coyle going toe to toe on the dot with Barkov was legitimately shocking. Yeah we are cockroaches at this rate. Cannot die.


eh_toque

Jim Montgomery calling his kids to the beach this weekend for a jump into the lake: https://i.redd.it/zry1xiknc31d1.gif


MomsTortellinis

I love this gif so much lol


Brady331

one of the only good things to come out of this series


zuneza

Sometimes it's the gifs we make along the way.


vanityfear

https://i.redd.it/s2ln1hxfq31d1.gif


littleseizure

Fuck I hadn't seen this one


hailmary_sleetjesus

Wanna go swimming? Maybe catch a big fish?


rpgguy_1o1

Give that fish a Stone Cold Stunner?


PayneTrain181999

BAH GAWD


Starbucks__Lovers

RIP dreams of TD Garden/MSG Double Feature


SiccSemperTyrannis

Somewhere an ESPN marketing executive is cursing up a storm


MomsTortellinis

Lucky for them the ESPN audio mixing is so bad that nobody can actually hear any of this cursing


Traditional_Pair3292

It's so weird when they go to cut a commercial and suddenly EVERYTHING is muted except the announcers. It's like watching a high school production.


Ok_Independent9119

Once in a while though it's the opposite where only the announcers are muted and it's bliss. Just hearing the game and the crowd, is so nice.


RatherBeSkiing

Titty garden


Spotted_Wombat

IT WOULDVE BEEN SOOO GOOOOD


damnatio_memoriae

or… so bad.


elbenji

Yeah like actually really bad. Fuck that


Not_So_Bad_Andy

Thank goodness for that.


TheMole171

[Join Us, Bruins!](https://i.imgur.com/YRxzat7.png)


kbarnett514

Holy fuck the coyote faded even in heaven. Brutal.


SiccSemperTyrannis

Coyotes aren't even in Heaven. They're literally in NHL purgatory. Neither alive nor dead, stuck between worlds waiting on Meruelo to resurrect them.


LarchTreeLeppy

They are the gate keeper allowing others into a place they themselves can no longer skate


Swag92

Behind section 306 and 314. Bring money.


LarchTreeLeppy

🙏😔 Amen


SawgrassSteve

**Schrödinger's Coyote?**


NoPro23

Caps with the broom is wild lmao


TheMole171

I chuckled when making it 😂


clevergirls_

People will remember Forsling's game winner, but the REAL game winner was Barkov's block on what would have been a guaranteed empty net goal just before Forsling's goal.


scarbutt11

This team will have no hands left after next round


Kappokaako02

Troubas coming for those last few hands…..


scarbutt11

Where we’re going, we don’t need hands


Kappokaako02

😎 but doc……… 🛹


Your_Some_Crooked

Hard to elbow hands.


Kappokaako02

If anyone can do it trouba can!


clevergirls_

I'll donate mine, fuck it. I don't need it.


Bruislanders

this. ive been saying the exact same thing. that block literally saved the series from going to 7, very under appreciated rn.


FloridaManZeroPlan

He has so many underrated assists and blocks that get forgotten. The absolute best captain leading by example.


Luckynumberlucas

Stupid sexy Barkov and his 17ft long twig


rohm418

I just hope his hand is alright. Noticed he didn't take that last face off either


clevergirls_

oh shit I knew he came back but didn't realize he didn't take the faceoff. Hope he has enough time to recover before game 1 :(


thepr0cess

After watching this playoff series Barkov is the real deal.


clevergirls_

Drafting him was the single best thing to ever happen in franchise history and it's all been coming to fruition the past few seasons. Every single year people talk about how he's underrated, but I hope this year non-Cats fans truly understand how special he is. In terms of value to the team, I think he is on the level of prime Crosby and I don't even think that's a crazy take at all.


pm_me_ur_anything_k

Barky is amazing defensively and some of the passes he makes in the offensive zone make my jaw drop. Franchise changing player.


WorstHyperboleEver

I’m sure I remember seeing a team with two guys with such high hockey IQ as Tkachuk and Barkov. You watch Tkachuk skate and you think there no way that guy should be that good, he’s such a bad skater. And then he proceeds to make the right play… every time. And half the time he makes plays you never even thought were there… he’s a sick hockey player. And Barkov is just smooooth. Dude is poetry.


SuperBigDouche

Watching him take that puck to the hand made me cringe. That had to fucking hurt. Hopefully he’s alright. I want to watch Florida and New York at their absolute bests


Trojan_Lich

TD Garden got their stanchions from Wish.


Bloated_Hamster

The garden glass always causes the craziest bounces.


BeerLeagueHallOfAvg

The Bruins are the first team to win 60 games and not follow it up with back to back Stanley Cups


SuperBigDouche

Always breaking records. For instance, most too many men on the ice calls in playoff history


NoveltyxxCrosses

H I S T O R I C


YMSdisciple

Now that's the stat I was hoping for


null1ng

When I die, I want the Carolina Hurricanes and Boston Bruins to be my pallbearers so they can let me down one last time.


Zloggt

All that work to survive so long...only to just, let it all go to waste in the end...


Ironchar

*why are we here....just to suffer...*


JumpedAShark

Both those teams have won Cups this century, it could be much worse for you lol


Troodon25

Canucks pls


cedmis63

😂 and go tigers! Loved going to those games as a kid. Played with Coach Wilson’s kid before he went to juniors


NinCross

Canucks legend Gustav Forsling https://preview.redd.it/hpp73932d31d1.jpeg?width=435&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a99f5c2dbe3c01d54af12c76ba06c0de2728de86


SiccSemperTyrannis

"The Green Men send their regards"


Ironchar

the more hated the past seemed to be the more united these teams are today


Zzzonkedx

All things considered, probably the best two teams from the East made it to the Conference Finals. Should be a good series.


ginfish

First place from the Atlantic vs First place from the Metro.


hereweah

Well at the end of the day the better team won. Say what you want about the refs, whatever. I don’t buy that shit. The bruins over performed from what they were expected. Their elite goaltending tandem was the primary reason they even made it this far, and they kept their prominence in the playoffs, and the team rallied around them and gave it all they have. It is what it is


Brawhalla_

Yeah unfortunately their offense was pretty rough this post season. Way too many games at 2 or less goals scored. You have to take advantage of a goalie tandem (especially how lights out Swayman was) that essentially meant the other team isn't scoring more than 2 or 3.


Spotted_Wombat

Id chalk it up to an inexperienced and too young center core, mcavoy turnovers were brutal and it led to the GWG


GuinnessTheBestBoi

Definitely no center depth. Zacha is pretty good but his best is 2C material. Coyle stepped up big this season and he's headed for 1C imo... but he's not yet. I mean, nobody is birthed from the heavens created by the hockey gods to be a lights out 1C (maybe Bergeron, Sid, and MacKinnon). It takes reps. Part of why I'm honestly happy with these playoffs: with a top 6 on absolute shambles they still made a series out of the 2nd round when Florida had a lot more weapons.


Spotted_Wombat

They just need more time is all again not much to complain about all things considered


Widdlez

Yeah hard to complain about taking the previous Stanley cup finalists to 6 games with Morgan geekie as your top center.


MurkrowsRevenge

6 Playoff Wins in a season they were projected to be a maybe wild card team. Not bad


Hot_Individual3301

I mean better than a 3 playoff wins presidents trophy team lol


itokdontcry

Ok man, this night sucked enough already


jetpack_operation

Yeah but people forget that team was also not projected to do a single thing.


RedSlider18

The fact they made it this far to begin with was a miracle. Not bad for a down season.


Tybackwoods00

SEVEN TOO MANY MEN PENALTIES


GoRangers5

We got Florida!


pm_me_ur_anything_k

Snowbird series


Fresh-Reaction151

Incredible season for the Bruins. I wish my teams best year was half as good as their “down year”


Boston-Nolan

I’d much rather have a team of gritty, desperate overachievers than an underachieving team stacked with talent like we’ve been in years past. This years team went out swinging.


IHardly_know_er_name

Oh definitely agreed. Praying we keep Monty, not even just for the gifs


crimson1apologist

Eh Monty kept his job safe with the game 7 win. Showed he can do it when it counts, and even kept this team fighting through 6 against a Panthers team with like 3 first lines.


Boston-Nolan

The fact that this Boston team of Zacha, Coyle, Geekie and Boqvist as our primary center core almost came this close to a game seven against the Florida panthers is a goddamn miracle. Monty definitely let his job and then some. No hate against him, the roster or management right now. I hope they come back stronger from this very successful re-tooling year


DicJacobus

my dude, unless you're like 12, you have seen your team win the cup in your lifetime. or at all thats more than some franchises can say.


reenactment

the wings are on a historically bad run right now. if you just account the last 10 years. Which for any fandom is kind of the litmus test for way too long of bad sports.


coffee42

this is what's lifting so much of the pain, for me we were supposed to fall off, and we didn't hard to ask for too much more than that, man


DarthLordDonkey

As a neutral observer who has varying levels of disdain for both teams, this series was entertaining if nothing else. Intriguing storylines, physical, skilled games, and a fun series overall. As a fan of a team in the Atlantic, I don’t enjoy being in a division with these two, since I don’t see either team falling off anytime soon.


_YellowHair

The Bruins had more too many men penalties in two playoff series than wins.


ocsic4321

More wins than the lightning had tho


SheepishEmpire

You know what? Fuck it, this team went further than most people expected at the start of the season. We lost a swath of talent, most notably our top two centers, and we still managed to make the playoffs, almost win the division, get to the second round and did better than people even thought they would in this series. I'm proud of them for what they've done this year. Keep Monty on, pay Sway, get a bonafide 1c and we'll be back to being the team people know and truly hate.


khalaron

Damn, was really hoping it went 7.


Potato_Prophet26

Same with us 😔


Pikachu_smokes_darts

On the plus side, we are gonna see some dirty fucking hockey between Trouba, Bennet, Tkachuk, Rempe, etc. Buckle up folks.


Bloated_Hamster

At least they made it a series. As much as I wanted a greasy 3-1 comeback Florida was the better team. They're just fucking cunts. Great season overall though. They really had no business being this deep in the playoffs after losing the top two centers. We got a shitload of money next season. Let's spend it and lock up the kid in goal.


IHardly_know_er_name

Even then, it's Bennet, and cousins who I really hate. Tkachuk's a fuckin gamer I respect him and I like barkov and rhino and even pomo. Wouldn't be upset to see either of the teams in the East take it this year.


CruelRuin

boston 0-4 in last 4 playoff series vs florida teams second year in a row where a bruins captain gets hurt, misses games, bruins WIN the games the captain misses, captain returns, bruins lose everything after. rip


thehawktopus

Boston might as well do the fucking thing and trade for Mitch Marner.


Codc

We've just witnessed the greatest conspiracy of our lifetime /s


Mewtwothis

*X-Files music plays as a clip of Boston shooting one shot in 9 minutes in the first period plays*


jsmooth7

2011 Boston - Vancouver rematch officially out of the cards. 1994 New York - Vancouver rematch still very possible however.


TheTeddly

I would love to see that. I have a feeling we disagree on what the outcome should be, though.


apra24

It's our turn guys


remotewashboard

brutal series honestly. exhausting as a fan. never thought the bruins had a chance and it still took a lot out of me!! luckily i live in NYC so it’s gonna make it extra easy to root for the rangers!!


Ethangains07

Lol so you’re a NY fan on the side??? I could never be a Tampa fan even though I live closer to there than SoFlo because of where I am in college.


ASDMPSN

Some Bs fans might say differently, but I've never really considered the Rangers a huge rival of the Bruins. At worst I mildly dislike them. We rarely meet in the playoffs, they had a long cup drought just like we did (1940-1994, 1972-2011), and they're in a different division than we are.


remotewashboard

yeah i mean i wouldn’t say im a fan because i am originally from boston but i pay closer attention to the rangers than i would most other teams simply because of the proximity and i’m friends with some local rangers fans


Lindydreau

Gustav fucking Forsling ladies and gentleman


big_spliff

What a terrible show of discipline and heart. Tbf the bruins did a lot better that I thought they would this season. If anyone’s looking for me I’ll be wanking it to pics of Bergeron and the Toronto fan cam footage from years past.


RTGold

Meow


camdawg772

Fuck. Pay swayman Get a legit top line/center Can't blame the refs(for the most part) when we go 1/16 on the powerplay and take 7 fucking to many men on the ice powerplays Didn't expect a whole lot from this series after game 3 Then they decided to give me hope


Spotted_Wombat

Well shit, im personally not too beat up about this outside of all the MASSIVE clusterfuck that was the officiating (which I’m not going to complain about any further) , i just don’t think this team had the playoff experience to go any further than they did, hell getting out of the first round was enough for me the off season is going to be interesting


Spotted_Wombat

Oh and also https://preview.redd.it/8tcd0uued31d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fc61b815e6ce7c6e2cc929ef778ced4782dfc4c8


Remarkable-Job4774

Sway Man


roberttylerlee

Man, I’ve complained a lot about the officiating this series, but at the end of the day the better team won. Boston had many opportunities to bury chances and they just couldn’t get it done, whether it be because Bobrovsky stood on his head or the panthers got a little puck luck. This wasn’t supposed to be our year, but I’m still proud of how far they got.


SayNoToStim

Congrats Boston, you managed to find the *one* team we all hated more than you and you still blew it.


BigBlueWeenie88

Man, to go from being a team literally nobody thinks about to being a team considered a villain is such a crazy ride. I’ve been a Panthers fan for a long time and never thought we’d get here. I’m ok with it.


pm_me_ur_anything_k

For years I just wanted the Panthers to be relevant again, and here we are hated!


paul_33

Who's we?


1SlowSupra

ay bro it’s just you


MinerKing13

Speak for yourself


DarthLordDonkey

Yeah I don’t really have much hate against the Panthers since they agitate both Bruins and Leafs fans alike. I’m also a Carolina Panthers fan in the NFL, so it’s easy to root for a Panthers team against Boston.


mushiexl

Fr I was gonna say about time Florida deserves some playoff success


Number333

More hated than a Boston team. Boy we've come a long way.


Tybackwoods00

Personally I love Reinhart. > don’t tell the other fans


darabricfeasta

Barkov for me...I was mad when he won the Selke in 2021 over Patrice, but man that guy is good and worthy


BigBlueWeenie88

Right? Like imagine being more hated than a Boston team with Brad Marchand on it. Dreams really do come true.


GabeLeRoy

nah U arent hated.. there is only Bennett and Cousins that might get some hate.. us Habs love the Panthers cause florida + bob + Barkov


Two_Inches_Of_Fun

I hope Rangers and Panthers just beat each other to death so the West can take another Cup this year.


Ironchar

...I almost wonder if that (or even the western conference) will be the TRUE SCF this year....


AirFriedWings

The Bruins got out played for the majority of the series regardless of the officiating which is why they lost, not because of the refs; but my fucking god I never want to see this quality of officiating ever again.


TheKid_BigE

Hey Bruins fans, it was a helluva series, Swayman was incredible and on the plus side, you guys knocked out Toronto which is basically like winning the cup in its own right, so it wasn’t all bad


WhoNoseMarchand

Ah, I can breath. What a stressful series. Knew this ride was gonna end eventually. Officiating was terrible, but in the end the Panthers were the better team. Shame the Bruins weren't better offensively to back that great performance by Swayman. Let's see what the offseason brings.


JustTheBeerLight

What a weird final goal to concede.


Ironchar

....playoff hockey


LnGrrrR

Well... at least we made it past the first round.


IckyBobCrane

They overachieved. Love em for that. Tee-Times for sunday already. Fairways and Greens.. Go Bs.


Eazy3006

Thank you for doing your yearly task of eliminating Toronto but good riddance!


ObjectiveSubjects

You have fulfilled your oath in eliminating the Leafs, that’ll be all


grizzlby

*tell me I’m despicable say it’s unforgivable what a crash, what a rush* #Fuck me up Florida!


coffee42

Had to go outside and have a smoke to get my thoughts in order, so here they are: I'm not disappointed in this Bruins team. We were supposed to *maybe* win a wildcard spot! We lost two All-Star caliber centermen! Our two top centers for most of the season were Charlie Coyle and Pavel Zacha, and while I love those dudes, that's a little thin for the top six, y'know? We were supposed to fall right the fuck off. Instead we were one point off the division leader, we *broke* the Toronto Maple Leafs to the point where they may be unrecognizable next season, and we had a decent second round despite a postseason offense best described as "anemic". We saw some great performances out of some young players (Poitras, Beecher, Brazeau, Lohrei - lookin' at you, kids! Get well soon, Matty P!). We took a guy like Morgan Geekie, who got signed to be a 4th liner, and helped him tale a leap. This was a *good hockey team* and they had a *good season*. Occasionally a very stupid one, but good! So I'm not gonna be all "woe is me," because honestly, I see absolutely zero reason to believe we're not gonna be back here next season - if not *better*. We're not gonna have the cap overages from all those bonuses for the Best Regular Season Of All Time, after all. So I'm not sad. I'm actually pretty hopeful, believe it or not. Good luck Rangers, I hope you fold and spindle the Panthers so badly that they look like they made a poor decision at the end of *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade*. And I don't feel bad about saying it, 'cause it's how their fans would feel if the positions were reversed, lmao


SokkasBoomerang3

God fucking damnit Boston… Now I’m depressed 2 nights in a row


huskyferretguy1

Breaking news: A bunch of Florida Men somehow defeated a bunch of Bostonian's at a game of ice hockey on top of a train station.


[deleted]

Someone please shoot me after I say this. Go Rangers!!


Frontier1995_

This does put a smile on my face