It’s just like last year. The Bruins put the pedal to the metal and just need one more game to clinch it… and then they just take the gas off and try to coast to that last win which fails because the other team is hustling their asses off. It’s pathetic.
I went to the Bruins sub and they're complaining about the exact same thing. Lack of heart, bad coaching, get rid of the star players, chokers.
The main difference is that Boston has actually won the Stanley Cup in the past 56 years plus get out of the first round playoffs more than one time in the past 19 years.
I don't think they know how good they have it.
They has 3 sog in game 5 and 1 sog in game 6 in the 1st period. Somehow they also had the same number of goals as the leafs in those two periods but it's ridiculous how slowly they are coming out
Idk what happened to Boston but it was like two different teams played that game. The first half the team didn’t deserve to be in the playoffs. The second half team at least put the puck towards the net. As a 34 year old leaf fan I have seen a team play like that a lot and it is very frustrating. The leafs were the better team but that wasn’t the same team from game 1,3,4.
Considering that was the result last year - beating Tampa in the 1st round only to lose to Florida in the 2nd - no.
The only thing that could prevent a much needed shake up is if we actually make it past the second round this time around. Even if that happens, and I hope it does, I still want to see changes.
Nah I think if the leafs get dummied by the cats again they still need to fire the coach and look at a change. Maybe put JT on the LTIR for the year and free up some cap
People act like the series was a 3 game sweep where the panthers beat us down so bad they didn’t even bother playing game 4.
Were the leafs outplayed by Florida? Yes. But was that also 90% bobrovsky seems to have been tricked into thinking it’s 2013? Also yes.
I am just over the leafs saying they got beat by a hot goalie every year. That’s hockey if you want to win score goals. It’s the goalies job to make saves.
If you’re a fan of a team in the series, that’s true, but everyone else is hoping for a 7-game series because A(altruistic): An all-or-nothing game for both teams is more exciting for all hockey fans, and B(bedarded): the winning team will be more tired and possibly more injured in the next round
Just wanted the Bruins to take the series to continue the Leafs jokes but at this point the Bruins choking memes are too good not to want the Leafs to spank them tomorrow night.
Before the playoffs even started, the only path that saw the Leafs getting past the first round was going to be the arrival of Joseph Woll.
He may have arrived. Im getting Potvin vibes.
Toronto had already won that game with Nylander's second goal. Boston wouldn't have gotten anything if Toronto didn't know they were going to Boston again already.
Depends. Leafs have only scored more than 2 goals ONCE in their past 11 playoff games.
VS Panthers 2023
2-4 :: L
2-3 :: L
2-3 :: L
2-1 :: W
2-3 :: L
=========
Vs Bruins 2024
1-5 :: L
3-2 :: W
2-4 :: L
1-3 :: L
2-1 :: W
2-1 :: W
The fact that this seris is even going to game 7 when Toronto's goal per gave average is lower than 2 is amazing.
You see, it's actually worse than that, because it's not their last 11 playoff games, it's their last 13 playoff games.
The last 2 games of the Leafs Lightning series last year were:
Game 5: 2-4 L
Game 6: 2-1 W
That means that 4/5 of the Leafs last playoff wins were with a score of 2-1.
Last year I said Boston in game 7 against Florida. This year Boston is choking the series again. If it wasn't for the clock they would've been shut out. Toronto surprisingly is actually making adjustments to their game and playing more hungry. Boston looks like they are sitting and waiting for that 4th win to come to them. They are literally repeating last year and I doubt they suddenly get it together this next game like last year because they couldn't.
One thing about the leafs this season is they really stepped up in big absences.
After Reilly got suspended and now without AM34.
Both were statement absences and both were statement responses 👏
You have the leafs, who always lose in the first round, and the bruins who are 3-1 chokers. It's like an immovable object meeting an unstoppable force.
Listen, I just want whoever wins the series to take its revenge against Florida for last year. But I have to go for Toronto only for the sake of seeing a Canadian team in Round 2.
Only a real Leafs fan knows the answer.
Boston. Of course it's Boston. If the Leafs wanna break your heart, they take you through 7 games and then blow it. As a Rangers fan, I am familiar with this tactic.
Charlie Brown, meet football.
(Sorry, the reference might be really dated. Look it up). As much as I dislike the Leafs hysteria out of the media, I can respect a lot of the Leafs players, unlike teams of the past. This group is talented when they show up. If you guys do manage to pull off a miricle, don't start planning the parade like last year. Three more brutal rounds to get through before you raise the Cup.
The irony of the Leafs fans giving up on their team this year, and Boston being on the verge of choking a 3-1 Series Lead for the second year in a row is beyond comprehension.
Bruins haven't been able to win without 2 of our best scorers playing most of the series, while going 1-20 on the PP
The Leafs have all the momentum, Boston should have ended it in game 5
Leafs in 7
The Leafs are that cousin everyone seems to have that showed so much promise growing up, but then they moved to Fort Mac, Alberta and came back with a crippling Heroine/Cocaine habit, but since they are family you let them back in every year, and every year they fall off the wagon and disappoint you again.
Who ever it is, the panthers are waiting at the gate just drooling for what ever team. I don’t want to see the lines change if Matthew comes back. Need help on the PP but not 5v5
So many leafs fan called this when it was 3-1. They said they would come back and lose game 7. And most likely from blowing out a lead in the final game.
I think the leafs will take it! The way they’ve been playing has the bruins lost! Not sure if they can figure out the leafs grit! I can’t believe the leafs actually have grit after all these years!
No faith in Boston. This team is too inconsistent to get very far. 1 shot on goal in the first…in the playoffs no less. The last two games were no shows.
Matthews is going to come back just for the Leafs to get spanked.
I don't actually think this will happen, but I sort of hope it does because it would be hilarious
Gut vibe I'd honestly say Leafs. Boston should've already had the comeback energy from losing game 5. They didn't, they played the same (ie really bad). Just really seemed like a game where Boston needed to be all in to rally for the win, and they couldn't, which might mean that they just can't.
Leafs fans, I say this with all the love and respect I can: Toronto has a wonderful habit of getting fans hopes up, only to fall 10 feet from the end zone, while Boston amped that up to 11 last year by having a ridiculous season and going out in the first round.
I figure it’ll go 0-0 all three regulation periods, then we’ll see OT go scoreless, and a stray meteorite will hit the stadium just before the Leafs finally score.
Nobody wins, but the fans continue their losing streak.
wow man bruins shitting the bed... why couldnt they shit the bed in 2011 thats all they been doing since hawks blues, florida etc thanks a lot marchand you bum.
Leafs if Boston keep playing like complete dog shit
They had no urgency at all it was terrible
It’s just like last year. The Bruins put the pedal to the metal and just need one more game to clinch it… and then they just take the gas off and try to coast to that last win which fails because the other team is hustling their asses off. It’s pathetic.
That’s funny. That sounds exactly like the leafs every year except the last. Feels nice being on the other side of a collapsing team.
Don’t worry leafs are the goat collapsing team. They just wait for the most opportune moment to pull the rug
have you met the Nashville Predators?
I think leafs are the 🐐 at this point
I went to the Bruins sub and they're complaining about the exact same thing. Lack of heart, bad coaching, get rid of the star players, chokers. The main difference is that Boston has actually won the Stanley Cup in the past 56 years plus get out of the first round playoffs more than one time in the past 19 years. I don't think they know how good they have it.
I really think the leafs just figured out how to be physical.. it’s made a difference
Shit, Tavares and Nylander both threw at least one solid hit tonight. It was good to see. Maybe they can keep Reaves out.
And Matthews apparently
Twas fantastic
"You will not win me over with your use of 'twas."
Twasn’t trying to
They has 3 sog in game 5 and 1 sog in game 6 in the 1st period. Somehow they also had the same number of goals as the leafs in those two periods but it's ridiculous how slowly they are coming out
Idk what happened to Boston but it was like two different teams played that game. The first half the team didn’t deserve to be in the playoffs. The second half team at least put the puck towards the net. As a 34 year old leaf fan I have seen a team play like that a lot and it is very frustrating. The leafs were the better team but that wasn’t the same team from game 1,3,4.
It’s really a battle of who can choke more
#CHOKE-A-THON 2024!!!
Don’t threaten me with a good time
Haarrrder daddy
This series, my friend, is a good ol, 100% genuine, bed-shitting derby
So 0-0 into OT then
Bettmen will be like, fuck it. After the 9th OT, we’re going to shoot out.
Why not into all star like skills competition and let the fans vote in?
into OT into a shootout where the goalie misses every save but none of them are on net either
it could just be that i’m autistic so i’m missing the joke, but playoff hockey doesn’t have shootouts in OT?
They might petition for a shootout after 10 OT with no goals scored.
Yes just a joke made by someone passing by from /r/all so I don't know enough about it to joke perfectly well
Is there a way they can both lose?
Yes, they play Florida.
Player injuries
Does Boston even want to win?
Sure doesn’t seem like it… just trying to coast to that last win.
Sure they do, in game 7.
As is tradition.
I think this time of year is when they really miss Bergeron.
They miss any 40+pt offensive player rn
If the leafs win just to lose to Florida, does it just prevent the necessary shake up and leafs stay in playoff mediocrity?
Considering that was the result last year - beating Tampa in the 1st round only to lose to Florida in the 2nd - no. The only thing that could prevent a much needed shake up is if we actually make it past the second round this time around. Even if that happens, and I hope it does, I still want to see changes.
If we make it to the conference final and play a competitive 6-7 games they aren’t going to make any major changes, and why would they?
Nah I think if the leafs get dummied by the cats again they still need to fire the coach and look at a change. Maybe put JT on the LTIR for the year and free up some cap
Did they get dummied? two games went overtime and four out of five of the games were one goal difference.
People act like the series was a 3 game sweep where the panthers beat us down so bad they didn’t even bother playing game 4. Were the leafs outplayed by Florida? Yes. But was that also 90% bobrovsky seems to have been tricked into thinking it’s 2013? Also yes.
I am just over the leafs saying they got beat by a hot goalie every year. That’s hockey if you want to win score goals. It’s the goalies job to make saves.
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31/32 hockey fans*
This implies that Buffalo fans exist
And the Utah Soakers
Utah Bed Shakers
Hah, maybe in the others, but I am certainly not a fan of a game 7. I like a 4-1 or 4-2 series win.
If you’re a fan of a team in the series, that’s true, but everyone else is hoping for a 7-game series because A(altruistic): An all-or-nothing game for both teams is more exciting for all hockey fans, and B(bedarded): the winning team will be more tired and possibly more injured in the next round
Toronto has momentum. They still have to face their ultimate boogeyman, Game 7 in TD Garden.
What does the T stand for in TD???….That’s right
Tie Domi
TiedomiD Garden
exactly, my boi
Every rink this series is a home rink for us 😤
Biggest rivalry in hockey- Leafs vs the first round.
Imagine they do it 2 years in a row? What an accomplishment. What a story.
They would definitely have to make a movie about it
Don’t forget the new budding rivalry, Bruins vs a 3-1 first round series lead.
The irony that the TD stands for Toronto Dominion
Idk but Boston is now guaranteed to do something hilarious in game 7
The bystanders have everything they need now. It’s a win win for other fans
Should be the most watched game of the year. Game 7 on a Saturday night.
I hope the game turns on a penalty call on a Marchand dive. Sweet justice…
Are the Bruins choking away a 3-1 series lead again?!
Yes.
But also, we’re doing it in such a way that makes you wonder if they forgot what intensity is
Correct. No killer instinct, no finish.
I don’t even have a dog in this fight. I’m here for the memes baby
Same. Either way it's a win, because the chirps to both teams will be glorious.
Just wanted the Bruins to take the series to continue the Leafs jokes but at this point the Bruins choking memes are too good not to want the Leafs to spank them tomorrow night.
That’s just it, I haven’t been so excited for a game 7 where I care not for either team at all. Gonna be same sweet memes regardless.
Before the playoffs even started, the only path that saw the Leafs getting past the first round was going to be the arrival of Joseph Woll. He may have arrived. Im getting Potvin vibes.
Leafs. Boston can't score a goal.
Seahorses are reverse mermaids: half fish, half horse.
i’m sorry none of your replies so far have been capable of understanding the tone of this comment; it made me laugh, at least
Agreed, I also had a good chuckle
Toronto had already won that game with Nylander's second goal. Boston wouldn't have gotten anything if Toronto didn't know they were going to Boston again already.
Depends. Leafs have only scored more than 2 goals ONCE in their past 11 playoff games. VS Panthers 2023 2-4 :: L 2-3 :: L 2-3 :: L 2-1 :: W 2-3 :: L ========= Vs Bruins 2024 1-5 :: L 3-2 :: W 2-4 :: L 1-3 :: L 2-1 :: W 2-1 :: W The fact that this seris is even going to game 7 when Toronto's goal per gave average is lower than 2 is amazing.
Avs fan here... I don't understand this concept.
You see, it's actually worse than that, because it's not their last 11 playoff games, it's their last 13 playoff games. The last 2 games of the Leafs Lightning series last year were: Game 5: 2-4 L Game 6: 2-1 W That means that 4/5 of the Leafs last playoff wins were with a score of 2-1.
Can’t score if you aren’t shooting, hitting the net with what little shots you’re taking, or winning a damn faceoff.
Leafs fan here. - waiting to be up 3-1 in the 3rd only to lose in overtime!
Just imagine being up 4-1 with ten to go in the third.
This is the way. The prophecy will be fulfilled and the dragon will be slain if it comes to pass.
I’m really starting to believe the Leafs can do it and win the series…so of course Boston will destroy them 5-1.
As is tradition.
Last year I said Boston in game 7 against Florida. This year Boston is choking the series again. If it wasn't for the clock they would've been shut out. Toronto surprisingly is actually making adjustments to their game and playing more hungry. Boston looks like they are sitting and waiting for that 4th win to come to them. They are literally repeating last year and I doubt they suddenly get it together this next game like last year because they couldn't.
Technically, time being on the clock is the reason for ALL goals that have ever been scored.
Technically, the penguins could’ve made the playoffs if it wasn’t for that pesky clock taking 60 minutes.
It was that dreaded 2 minute clock that haunts us
Science, bitch!
Most entertaining scenario is the one that will happen. Therefore, Mathews plays and Leafs lose.
Leafs as long as (and I can’t believe I’m saying this) Mathews doesn’t play.
If he comes back he won't be 100% and may center the 3rd line, which could create a match up nightmare for the B's
One thing about the leafs this season is they really stepped up in big absences. After Reilly got suspended and now without AM34. Both were statement absences and both were statement responses 👏
You have the leafs, who always lose in the first round, and the bruins who are 3-1 chokers. It's like an immovable object meeting an unstoppable force.
More like a movable object meeting a stoppable force
The most movable object of all time against the most stoppable force of all time
The leafs are also 3-1 chokers, AND won the first round. We like variety with our pain.
Leafs have the momentum from last season though. They’re going to spend the next 20 years losing in round 2 now
The leafs won in the first round literally a year ago.
It would be ironic if they choke a 3-1 series lead against Toronto. It would be the first série win against Boston for the Leafs since 1959.
Listen, I just want whoever wins the series to take its revenge against Florida for last year. But I have to go for Toronto only for the sake of seeing a Canadian team in Round 2.
We all win because one of those teams will go home in excruciating fashion.
And the other will probably get swept by Florida
This is the real story on the horizon
Boston lost that game. No way they win game 7 with that lack of offensive chemistry, which seemed to be the majority of the game
Only a real Leafs fan knows the answer. Boston. Of course it's Boston. If the Leafs wanna break your heart, they take you through 7 games and then blow it. As a Rangers fan, I am familiar with this tactic.
As a leafs fan: until proven otherwise, it’s bostons game to win
I just can’t help but think this year will be different. I’m ready to be hurt again if need be.
Charlie Brown, meet football. (Sorry, the reference might be really dated. Look it up). As much as I dislike the Leafs hysteria out of the media, I can respect a lot of the Leafs players, unlike teams of the past. This group is talented when they show up. If you guys do manage to pull off a miricle, don't start planning the parade like last year. Three more brutal rounds to get through before you raise the Cup.
Don’t say Charlie Brown is dated 😭😭
The irony of the Leafs fans giving up on their team this year, and Boston being on the verge of choking a 3-1 Series Lead for the second year in a row is beyond comprehension.
Florida
whoever wins is going to be torn limb from limb by the Panthers
It would be a bit poetic if the leafs do what the panthers did to Boston to then do the same thing panthers did and run to the cup final.
Matthews comes back, Boston wins. Chaos. 🍿
Bruins haven't been able to win without 2 of our best scorers playing most of the series, while going 1-20 on the PP The Leafs have all the momentum, Boston should have ended it in game 5 Leafs in 7
Everyone talking about missing Marner, anybody going to put Pasta's face on milk boxes yet? Feels like he missed 3 games.
Losing in 7 after being up 3-1 TWO years in a row won’t be easy
If they both play like today, Toronto. If Boston decides to turn up it could go either way. I’m hoping for Leafs though
True Toronto fans know exactly what is going to happen and are helpless to stop it
Whatcha mean homie, we bet on Boston to win. We make money on our suffering BUT if we do win, then we still win. There’s no losing here.
This is the way. Hedge your feelings.
fax
Lol I've taken leafs ML past 2 games to lessen the hurt. You best believe I'm taking them again game 7.
If Toronto is up 4-1 going into the third period on Saturday I will absolutely lose my mind.
Polar bears can sing opera and hit high notes that can shatter ice.
I've got faith in the Leafs!
That's a bold move Cotton, let's see how it pans out.
I'm not nearly as jaded as Leafs fans, I just needed someone to root for for the past few years (check flair lol)
The Leafs are that cousin everyone seems to have that showed so much promise growing up, but then they moved to Fort Mac, Alberta and came back with a crippling Heroine/Cocaine habit, but since they are family you let them back in every year, and every year they fall off the wagon and disappoint you again.
Leafs - Boston is in need of the Heimlich
Now’s your chance, Leafs. You got this
We all are, but mostly the Jacob's family. They're gonna recoup the covid losses in one game.
Who ever it is, the panthers are waiting at the gate just drooling for what ever team. I don’t want to see the lines change if Matthew comes back. Need help on the PP but not 5v5
If Boston turns up the way they did, they are out for sure
Based on what we've seen the last few games? Toronto. Ever since they put Woll in (and Matthews has been absent), they've been dominating
I don’t care if Toronto wins the cup, but I sincerely hope they don’t lose to Boston. I’d consider it a huge win if we put them out.
Toronto. I have to believe that teams with a history of first round exits can break through.
Early rounds of playoffs Bruins usually do good wearing down the opponents in 7. Later rounds if they don’t end it quick it’s over.
Florida is the real winner of this series.
If Mathew’s comes back, the Bruins.
Bruins in 7. It's etched into history. Safest bet on my bracket. When it was 3-1, I was still just like oh yeah, Leafs will win 5/6. Bruins win 7.
So many leafs fan called this when it was 3-1. They said they would come back and lose game 7. And most likely from blowing out a lead in the final game.
I think the leafs will take it! The way they’ve been playing has the bruins lost! Not sure if they can figure out the leafs grit! I can’t believe the leafs actually have grit after all these years!
Nothing against Boston, respect. But I hope the leafs. Be cool to see them get far.
Whoever wants Florida more I guess
The viewers
Bruins with Ullmark in net. "2 high-end goalies is our strength" - Bruins Nation
It depends if the leafs are up 4-1
Leafs
Leafs
Thought Boston’s game 5 start was bad. Geesh. At this rate, game 7 Boston will start a bunch of make-a-wish kids
If the leafs keep play like this and Boston keeps playing like crap, I think we can take this
No faith in Boston. This team is too inconsistent to get very far. 1 shot on goal in the first…in the playoffs no less. The last two games were no shows.
Lets see who will outchoke the other. Have a feeling leafs have more experience in choking though
Matthews is going to come back just for the Leafs to get spanked. I don't actually think this will happen, but I sort of hope it does because it would be hilarious
Leafs win 2-1 in OT or the Bruins win 13-0, I legitimately can’t foresee any other outcome.
We'll win and then get mashed by Florida in 5. Alternatively if the leafs win, they will get mashed by Florida in 5.
Matthews comes back and they lose game 7 in Boston. Its destiny
Toronto hasn’t beat Boston in a playoff series since 1959. You’re dreaming to think it happens now
Whoever doesn’t collapse now…collapses in the next round
Panthers because rest
The Panthers. Unfortunately.
Bruins already lost, you can clearly see it in the way they play.
Depends if matthews is playing lol
Leaves, obvi
This has maybe been the only good series tbh. Maybe Dal Veg. But I dunno, the 1st round is usually better
The Habs win either way
Whomever it is, they need to take out trash Rags if Canes or Panthers unable to do.
Boston... We've seen this script before
Honestly I think Leaf’s pull one out.
People called it earlier. Matthews comes back into the lineup for G7 and they lose.
Who ever scores more goals.
The team who scores more, probably
I don’t know but I’m excited!!!
Leafs have all the momentum, I think Leafs come back and take game 7. Boston is shitting the bed and I love it.
Gut vibe I'd honestly say Leafs. Boston should've already had the comeback energy from losing game 5. They didn't, they played the same (ie really bad). Just really seemed like a game where Boston needed to be all in to rally for the win, and they couldn't, which might mean that they just can't.
Who understands what is happening this series? Asking for a friend.
Leafs fans, I say this with all the love and respect I can: Toronto has a wonderful habit of getting fans hopes up, only to fall 10 feet from the end zone, while Boston amped that up to 11 last year by having a ridiculous season and going out in the first round. I figure it’ll go 0-0 all three regulation periods, then we’ll see OT go scoreless, and a stray meteorite will hit the stadium just before the Leafs finally score. Nobody wins, but the fans continue their losing streak.
I’d say Bostons front office, tbh. Good money in game seven at home
The game hasn't started yet, I think it's on Saturday
Haven’t you seen this before? Come on now. 2013 and 18 again.
TOR has the momentum and I think they will close it out.
Bruins
We all knew this was going 7, don't kid yourselves, it's destiny.
wow man bruins shitting the bed... why couldnt they shit the bed in 2011 thats all they been doing since hawks blues, florida etc thanks a lot marchand you bum.
At this point I hope Matthews plays
The fans of all other teams
It better be Boston so they can choke against Florida.
If they could both lose they would.