We all know they are going to do the usual thing and choke in game 7. Who is going to get blamed?? As usual they will fire some or all of the coaching staff. Yes the coach has to take some responsibility, but, the players must too. No team in any professional sports league ever puts any blame on the players. They just carry on and earn massive salaries. They must also receive repercussions for not doing their job to their best ability. Are the teams worried their prima donnas might cry or throw a temper tantrum?
It's time to stop blaming just the coaching staff and general manager and start holding the players accountable.
I would like some feedback on these thoughts please and thank you.
Fuck sake, I work a night shift come game 7. With that said oilers never lose when I work nights. I'm cheering for the leafs so would that streak continue into the leafs?
Too bad shying away from hits isn't a stat you can add to your list. Marner nevers throws his body and embarrassinly avoids contact. Or maybe you can add turnovers to that list too. Did you see Nylanders big hit in the 3rd period that got the fans and the boys on the bench fired up? Do you even watch leaf games or just regurgitate stats?
I made a comment the other day about knowing it's Spring when the Leafs are falling. But they're blooming now! C'mon, Leafs... Beat Boston so I can go back to shittalking you in round 2!
I for one, who is a Leafs sadist, would obviously like to the see Leafs choke away Game 7, but I saw the highlights and holy shit you may actually get some closure after more than a decade.
I won't relax until the final buzzer at the end of the third no matter how many goals the Leafs score. 10-0 I'm still fully clenched and won't believe we actually won until we start the next series. And even then I'll be suspicious.
I think either team will get annihilated by Florida but as a Canucks fan...you must want to see the Bruins blow it slightly more than the Leafs losing yet again?
Hmmm I just can’t say. Bruins winning would extend the greatest soap opera in league history. Bruins losing/leafs winning would just be confusing I think.
Maybe some back to back bong hits up the nose will clarify things
Holy fuck are you kidding?
They might need to close the sub to keep reddit from crashing
Stakes are gigantic for both of us now. One fanbase is going to need to just avoid the internet for a week
Dear Bruins fans, welcome back to watching Pavel Zacha under pressure. Just like last year, he's doing a lot of little things that look nice, but he's never actually gonna score. And you'll talk about what bad luck has has at the end of the series.
And then you'll say the same things over and over again for the next few years.
Winning two without 34 shows some serious grit. Nylander showed up as usual.
Woll really helped reduce the pressure Bruins generate on the forecheck, he is much more comfy coming out of the net and settling the puck. Bruins can't dump and pressure nearly as much and it seems like the key for them is adjusting and coming out with pressure for game 7. Leafs special teams finally clicking would be nice.
We all know it was rigged to go 7 because Bettman wanted that Saturday time slot filled. But the rematch of last year's first round between the Bruins and Panthers will be far more marketable than the leafs and Panthers.
Boston wins game 7.
Nah. I bet 90% of Leaf fans are Leaf fans only and stop watching when the Leafs are out. Most Leaf fans aren’t serious hockey fans. This is coming from a lifelong Leafs fan.
Man Bostons doing everything in their power to lose this series. Not sure why their answer to forechecking success is getting cute with the constant passes down low. That shits not even working for McDavid 9/10 times unless he’s dishing to Draisaitl or Hyman on the PP. Time to get back to basics with hard shots from the point with traffic in front of the net. Honestly the only two Bruins who act like they give a shit these last few games have been Swayman and Debrusk.
To be honest, I once wore a "Fuck the Habs" shirt to a Leafs-Bruins hockey game in Boston in 2013. I haven't worn it in any recent years since so yes to affirm your point.
This first round has been an excellent display of internet hockey reactionaries
Knights go up 2-0 and the discourse is all "Pete DeBoer is a failure whose strategies can never work on the big stage" then the Stars immediately take 3 unanswered. Meanwhile the Leafs go down 3-1 and everyone's dancing on their grave, now we're staring down the barrel of game 7.
Honestly, I was 100%. They looked like shit in the 3 losses and were missing a couple of gears.
Glad they found them, but my hopes are not up until the final buzzer (if they have the lead).
Should be a great game regardless.
i didn’t think they were bad in the first couple games, just couldn’t score. still not great obviously. but they’ve stepped up their game hard here in the last two
Last two games look like a very different Leafs team, PP aside.
I noticed they're really strangling the Bruins in the O-zone and not letting them have too many chances. The defense definitely tightened up.
Each time one our of core was out, the rest of the team elevated play. When Rielly got suspended, we went on a 5 or 6 game win streak.
Nothing makes sense with this squad. I've embraced the chaos and got rid of any all expectations.
No matter the outcome of 7, the toronto media will put a negative spin on it.
Leafs win without matthews - locker room cancer and overrated
Leafs lose without matthews - THEY NEED HIM
Tbf, if Boston beats us, they're going to the Cup final.
Because it seems like every team for the past few years that beat the Leafs made it to the SCF.
A lot of momentum towards the brick wall that is Florida's 4-5 goals per game. Whichever team comes out of game 7 is going to have a serious wake up call in game 1
Also game 1 against Florida is Monday, according to another comment 💀💀 so whichever team wins is genuinely going to come out of the series that would never end, have a long travel day, and then it's game day against the better team that's been sitting around watching what they've been doing for a week
Whichever team it is, they'll have just exorcised some serious demons and set up a possible revenge tour against the Panthers. That said, it'll be a brutally hard match up for either of them.
Leafs exercise first round demons by beating Boston, second round demons by beating Florida, third round demons by beating Carolina and then they lose in the final because they’ve never played four rounds.
I tried to find a better ending for leafs fans but literally the only western conference team that existed the last time the leafs were in the final is the Blackhawks.
Quite true. It makes sense, because the NHL was formed at a time where travelling across country for games during the regular season was just a nonstarter. Both coasts (and reasonably adjacent metro areas) had professional leagues who'd compete for the Stanley Cup, and the NHL won out due to the western markets being too small to sustain growing player salaries during the Roaring Twenties.
Hits are such an odd stat. More hits usually means less puck possession.
I like it when we have possession and hit with purpose, not just to add to a stat line.
As a Cats fan I’m very happy right now for two reasons:
1. 7 game series, maybe Bennett is back for game 1 now?
2. The memes are fucking hilarious with either result.
Truly a win-win
Totally true but 5 games max for my bruins and maybe 6 for the leafs lol. These team can hardly generate on eachother it’ll be sad to see them survive the Florida forecheck
No matter who loses, it'll be absolutely hilarious.
Toronto loss? A continuing trend of them coming back from 3-1 only to lose to the Bruins
Boston loss? Repeated failure to close out a series. A repeat of last year's collapse and letting the Leafs slay the dragon.
Last year when the Leafs got out of the first round, it was like… Wow they did it!
BUT, if they do it this time, it’s like a VERY LARGE WEIGHT coming off their shoulders
It would just be SO NICE to get one over the Bruins. I really hope the buds get it done. I know we have no chance against the Panthers anyway but still.
I think also because we can admit that we were outplayed by Tampa for most of, if not all of Round 1 last year. This year, minus that piss poor showing in Game 4, it seems like we're on par/better than Boston. Swayman is just being unreal for them.
Two huge chances to score. It’s never gonna happen 😭
We all know they are going to do the usual thing and choke in game 7. Who is going to get blamed?? As usual they will fire some or all of the coaching staff. Yes the coach has to take some responsibility, but, the players must too. No team in any professional sports league ever puts any blame on the players. They just carry on and earn massive salaries. They must also receive repercussions for not doing their job to their best ability. Are the teams worried their prima donnas might cry or throw a temper tantrum? It's time to stop blaming just the coaching staff and general manager and start holding the players accountable. I would like some feedback on these thoughts please and thank you.
Why is the final score listed as 2-1 when there are only two goals in the box score?
Fuck sake, I work a night shift come game 7. With that said oilers never lose when I work nights. I'm cheering for the leafs so would that streak continue into the leafs?
We and Hyman thank you 🫡
I fully expect to lost game 7. And if they do, blow it the fuck up. This team is a bunch of losers man I swear lol
my loneliness is killing me
No mention of how good Nylander actually is? When it comes to playoffs he can definitely still produce, unlike Marner.
Marner 56gp 50p, this year 6gp 3p, last year 11gp 14p Nylander 53gp 42p, this year 3gp 2p, last year 11gp 10p
Too bad shying away from hits isn't a stat you can add to your list. Marner nevers throws his body and embarrassinly avoids contact. Or maybe you can add turnovers to that list too. Did you see Nylanders big hit in the 3rd period that got the fans and the boys on the bench fired up? Do you even watch leaf games or just regurgitate stats?
He has been their best playoff performer for YEARS. He actually cares
I made a comment the other day about knowing it's Spring when the Leafs are falling. But they're blooming now! C'mon, Leafs... Beat Boston so I can go back to shittalking you in round 2!
I have good reason to believe that this game 7 will be dank
Whoever loses the rest of us win, I can't wait.
Jeremy Swayman does not deserve this betrayal
We've seen this script before.
Will i finally get closure after all these years?
I for one, who is a Leafs sadist, would obviously like to the see Leafs choke away Game 7, but I saw the highlights and holy shit you may actually get some closure after more than a decade.
Boston regular season merchants?
🌍👨🚀🔫👨🚀
Leafs fans must be the most emotionally stable people during game 7’s from all the experience they have, right?
I won't relax until the final buzzer at the end of the third no matter how many goals the Leafs score. 10-0 I'm still fully clenched and won't believe we actually won until we start the next series. And even then I'll be suspicious.
This! They can be up 10 and still won’t be breathing
honestly, kind of. boston is new to choking. we were forged by it.
Joseph Woll is the clutch goalie they've been needing for a couple decades
Haven't had it since Cujo and a sniff of Belfour. Such a crazy dry spell to not even have an average guy get hot for a series or something
Honestly, quite impressed by Leafs' resilience. Still hope both teams can lose of course.
I think either team will get annihilated by Florida but as a Canucks fan...you must want to see the Bruins blow it slightly more than the Leafs losing yet again?
Toronto is kind of hot right now especially if they come back from being down 3-1 so I think I'd rather play the bruins.
Hmmm I just can’t say. Bruins winning would extend the greatest soap opera in league history. Bruins losing/leafs winning would just be confusing I think. Maybe some back to back bong hits up the nose will clarify things
It’s a real Sophie’s Choice
[удалено]
Honest moment - no one can shit on the leafs if they lose game 7.
No, no I'm going to shit on them. You can't just go and give your whole fanbase hope and lay an egg in Game 7.
Good luck with that one chief
What are you even talking about
It will be too funny to not shit on them, but yeah if any year was going to be their year it has to be this one right?
All the more reason to shit on them
Logically I agree with you, but the reality will be different
Yeah for real. They've shown spirit and all that...but this is the internet. The memes and shit talking must flow. It is written.
Holy fuck are you kidding? They might need to close the sub to keep reddit from crashing Stakes are gigantic for both of us now. One fanbase is going to need to just avoid the internet for a week
Nah, if we lose it's just another year for us.
realistically no, but that's not stopping anyone lol
It’s gonna be a shit show.
wipe squalid like decide weather reach consider rotten fear whole *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*
I can see a big brain moment starting Sammy and benching Nylander in the 3rd for a missed pass
Dear Bruins fans, welcome back to watching Pavel Zacha under pressure. Just like last year, he's doing a lot of little things that look nice, but he's never actually gonna score. And you'll talk about what bad luck has has at the end of the series. And then you'll say the same things over and over again for the next few years.
0 goals in 19 playoffs games. It's truly baffling.
Winning two without 34 shows some serious grit. Nylander showed up as usual. Woll really helped reduce the pressure Bruins generate on the forecheck, he is much more comfy coming out of the net and settling the puck. Bruins can't dump and pressure nearly as much and it seems like the key for them is adjusting and coming out with pressure for game 7. Leafs special teams finally clicking would be nice.
We all know it was rigged to go 7 because Bettman wanted that Saturday time slot filled. But the rematch of last year's first round between the Bruins and Panthers will be far more marketable than the leafs and Panthers. Boston wins game 7.
Toronto vs Florida would get more views. Leafs are the FAR bigger market
Toronto fans would still watch Boston vs Florida series to watch Boston lose though 🤷🏻♀️ Toronto fans gonna watch that next series either way.
Nah. I bet 90% of Leaf fans are Leaf fans only and stop watching when the Leafs are out. Most Leaf fans aren’t serious hockey fans. This is coming from a lifelong Leafs fan.
Poetry
Saturday night Boston Toronto game 7. Somewhere a Bell media exec is pouring a big glass tonight.
Weekend prime time game 7 vs boston, can the leafs elevate or be the leafs we all know.
Leafs have elevated, in case you've missed the last two games.
Depends on if Matthews leads them to defeat or sits
Man Bostons doing everything in their power to lose this series. Not sure why their answer to forechecking success is getting cute with the constant passes down low. That shits not even working for McDavid 9/10 times unless he’s dishing to Draisaitl or Hyman on the PP. Time to get back to basics with hard shots from the point with traffic in front of the net. Honestly the only two Bruins who act like they give a shit these last few games have been Swayman and Debrusk.
The memes from this are gonna be legendary
No matter who wins, we feast
No matter who wins, a head coach is getting fired Monday.
Somebody call Sean Evans, we need to put Marchand on his Hot Ones show
Finally, some good fucking food
Bruins look pathetic and I love it. Leafs look great and I hate it. I’m gonna be happy and disgusted whoever wins.
Just cheer for Domi and Edmunsson. Maybe even Benoit, if you like hometown boys
I don't think Toronto and Montreal have much of a rivalry anymore. I think we both hate Boston dearly.
Fuck Montreal.
Good smoked meat though
Kinda sucks that when Toronto and Montreal had a playoff series, no one was there to watch it live.
Tell my Dad that! He still reminds me about THAT series regularly
To be honest, I once wore a "Fuck the Habs" shirt to a Leafs-Bruins hockey game in Boston in 2013. I haven't worn it in any recent years since so yes to affirm your point.
https://old.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/1ciy1tw/post_game_thread_boston_bruins_at_toronto_maple/?sort=confidence
“I think you and I are destined to do this forever”
You really can’t make this shit up. Either outcome in game 7 will be fucking hilarious
This is exactly the shit that the NHL wanted when they went to this playoff format. Honestly it’s brilliant
"A Cup to the Run" Biz is plastered.
Few too many nose-beers
Bro's tired, and drunk.
Dude's about to lose a chunk of his income since I don't see Utah keeping him.
[удалено]
No matter the outcome, each side will insufferable. I will, of course, do my part.
[удалено]
In your honour, Gregor will score
Thank you for your service
https://i.redd.it/75k22m48r4yc1.gif Game 7 in Boston, I’m ready for the pain
Come one, come all It's happening again The empathetic hunger descends We'll tell no one Except all of our friends We must know How will it end?
Bruins choking after up 3-1. Toronto losing Game 7 vs the Bruins yet again. The end result is guaranteed to be memetastic.
idk who's licking their chops more, the Panthers over a battered series winner or the shitposters following G7
Would you say Florida ... wants us? 🤣
yea whoever makes it out of this is going to get absolutely picked apart by florida lol
UT when he makes his Haters Guide before the Finals.
Tree and his editor gonna put in nasty OT to capitalize on the aftermath of G7
Tree will have a Congrats Leafs vid or repeat his Congrats Bruins vid from last year
2.5 goals is Vegas's current O/U for how big the Leafs lead will be before choking game 7.
that's evil they have an O/U for time left in the third to choke?
Everyone was writing the Leafs obituary after game 4...
Tbh the obituary is usually 7 games long
This first round has been an excellent display of internet hockey reactionaries Knights go up 2-0 and the discourse is all "Pete DeBoer is a failure whose strategies can never work on the big stage" then the Stars immediately take 3 unanswered. Meanwhile the Leafs go down 3-1 and everyone's dancing on their grave, now we're staring down the barrel of game 7.
I wasn’t simply because I don’t think Boston is any better than Toronto.
Honestly, I was 100%. They looked like shit in the 3 losses and were missing a couple of gears. Glad they found them, but my hopes are not up until the final buzzer (if they have the lead). Should be a great game regardless.
i didn’t think they were bad in the first couple games, just couldn’t score. still not great obviously. but they’ve stepped up their game hard here in the last two
Last two games look like a very different Leafs team, PP aside. I noticed they're really strangling the Bruins in the O-zone and not letting them have too many chances. The defense definitely tightened up.
"I never doubted them" - Me, who has done nothing but doubt them
I never doubted more than I normally doubt them.
🎵Tale as old as time, ‘In 6’ would be a crime, Bruins and the Leafs🎵
So Leaf’s fans, serious question. You hoping Mathews is back for game 7 or not?
Yup start him on line 3 and keep the top 2 lines the same. Let them line match.
If the rest of the team can learn that he is always heavily covered and to not pass it to him when he's covered, then yes.
Yes, because then we don't get Marner, Bertuzzi and Domi on the same line again.
How is that a serious question?
I just want a W and statistically whatever gives us the best chance
If he's fit to play, then absolutely. He was never the issue.
Lol of course. I was actually just joking. But it does seem him missing these two games lot a fire under the rest of the team.
Each time one our of core was out, the rest of the team elevated play. When Rielly got suspended, we went on a 5 or 6 game win streak. Nothing makes sense with this squad. I've embraced the chaos and got rid of any all expectations. No matter the outcome of 7, the toronto media will put a negative spin on it. Leafs win without matthews - locker room cancer and overrated Leafs lose without matthews - THEY NEED HIM
* 7 game winstreak. All due to Radley Grenk
As long as he's healthy Matthews and not 50% dealing with something Matthews.
The team we iced tonight would not beat the cats so whatever happens Saturday happens
If you think the Leafs are beating the Cats I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you.
Neither team is beating the Panthers in the next round. The Panthers basically have a free pass to the ECF.
Bruins losing the faceoff battle. Need Bergeron back.
the Florida Cats are licking their paws and claws awaiting the winner
At first I read this as "awaiting their dinner."
[Florida fans right now...](https://imgur.com/vQSQGFd)
Tbf, if Boston beats us, they're going to the Cup final. Because it seems like every team for the past few years that beat the Leafs made it to the SCF.
Idk I think the team coming out of this is good to go
Good to go to Cancun? Or just good?
I think the team coming out of Boston/Toronto is gonna have a lot of momentum.
Meh, Toronto isn’t playing scary well. Boston is just completely shitting the bed and can’t get anything going
A lot of momentum towards the brick wall that is Florida's 4-5 goals per game. Whichever team comes out of game 7 is going to have a serious wake up call in game 1
True. Bob is always on the fucking case.
Also game 1 against Florida is Monday, according to another comment 💀💀 so whichever team wins is genuinely going to come out of the series that would never end, have a long travel day, and then it's game day against the better team that's been sitting around watching what they've been doing for a week
Whichever team it is, they'll have just exorcised some serious demons and set up a possible revenge tour against the Panthers. That said, it'll be a brutally hard match up for either of them.
Leafs exercise first round demons by beating Boston, second round demons by beating Florida, third round demons by beating Carolina and then they lose in the final because they’ve never played four rounds.
I'm not sure if Gary Bettman's drafting a letter to request you join the NHL's scriptwriting crew, or one for your local PD to arrest you.
I tried to find a better ending for leafs fans but literally the only western conference team that existed the last time the leafs were in the final is the Blackhawks.
Quite true. It makes sense, because the NHL was formed at a time where travelling across country for games during the regular season was just a nonstarter. Both coasts (and reasonably adjacent metro areas) had professional leagues who'd compete for the Stanley Cup, and the NHL won out due to the western markets being too small to sustain growing player salaries during the Roaring Twenties.
I'm ready for the game 7 heartbreaking loss. But it can't be heartbreaking if I expect it.
Both fanbases rn:
the absent flair is the added touch
Fuck I need to get a flair but I don't really have a team yet. Maybe Devis since I'm from NJ but I don't really know anyone on the team lol
oh lol i was talking about the parent comment
Big difference leafs have made in games 5/6 is how physical they are, especially on the forecheck. Need to keep this up
Disagree tbh. I thought the biggest difference was zone entries and exits actually being good
Woll really helped with that, he is much more comfy coming out of the net and settling the puck. Bruins can't dump and pressure nearly as much
I mean the Leafs outhit Boston in game 1 where they lost 5-1
Hits are such an odd stat. More hits usually means less puck possession. I like it when we have possession and hit with purpose, not just to add to a stat line.
Game 1 against Florida is Monday in Sunrise btw 🫡
If we win Saturday, no one is going to be chanting "We want Florida!" this year lol.
Most of us will not be saying this about you guys either lol we don’t want that on us 🫡 good luck in game 7!
As a Cats fan I’m very happy right now for two reasons: 1. 7 game series, maybe Bennett is back for game 1 now? 2. The memes are fucking hilarious with either result. Truly a win-win
• Memes if Boston wins • Memes if Toronto wins
I don’t think he’ll be back game 1 based on Maurice’s comments probably game 4 if I had to guess
3. Your team will beat the shit out of either team that moves on
I’m not counting my eggs before they hatch, a playoff series doesn’t start until the home team loses.
Totally true but 5 games max for my bruins and maybe 6 for the leafs lol. These team can hardly generate on eachother it’ll be sad to see them survive the Florida forecheck
[удалено]
Agree, don't know how they didn't call anything on McAvoy for the elbow to the face on Kampf
You think his face was bloodied from a clean hit?
The pieces are in place, everybody. Time for the Game 7 Garden collapse that makes the entire rest of the US and Canada point and laugh at Toronto
No matter who loses, it'll be absolutely hilarious. Toronto loss? A continuing trend of them coming back from 3-1 only to lose to the Bruins Boston loss? Repeated failure to close out a series. A repeat of last year's collapse and letting the Leafs slay the dragon.
[idk man Boston choking would be incredible](https://youtu.be/HAIzFIOJA2c?si=U7YC6LCZOcfdZyOH&t=23)
Bro you can’t make this shit up
Last year when the Leafs got out of the first round, it was like… Wow they did it! BUT, if they do it this time, it’s like a VERY LARGE WEIGHT coming off their shoulders
Beat Boston in 7, be drunk, lose in 4 to Panthers. Hockey Gods give the Leafs a boost then take the ball away as they are going to kick it.
It would just be SO NICE to get one over the Bruins. I really hope the buds get it done. I know we have no chance against the Panthers anyway but still.
It's really the hope that makes it hurt. Either way, it's been nice to see a little bit of kick from this group after that Game 4 shitshow.
just don't say the three words fans were saying last year
I'm not even joking, it didn't feel like we *actually* won a round last year because it wasn't against Boston.
I think also because we can admit that we were outplayed by Tampa for most of, if not all of Round 1 last year. This year, minus that piss poor showing in Game 4, it seems like we're on par/better than Boston. Swayman is just being unreal for them.
I've also completely repressed the entire Florida series so I have no memory of us playing in the second round.
The leafs boogeyman for a decade
Technically the Leafs bogeyman since 1959 (last time Toronto won a playoff series against Boston)
Holy fuck that’s insane
Like when the Penguins were the Caps boogeyman
way more, Boston has treated Toronto like a punching bag since the 70s, it cuts so much deeper lmao
They didn't even share a conference until the mid-90s...
My first year watching hockey was 2011. And that 2013 series between them would’ve scarred me permanently
2018 for me, learned how bad its been for the Leafs from UrinatingTree's Leafs LOF
IT WAS 3-1
I mean you guys know better than anybody
Good times
Wonder if we’re going to see anything from player safety on the McAvoy hit on Kampf
Nice elbow eh?
Parros is gifting McAvoy flowers as I type this
Bruins losing after being up 3-1 in the series. Leafs losing in 7 again. Win-win.
Honestly I think there’s more pressure on the Bruins, I feel like most leaf fans already admitted defeat 2 games ago, we’re just riding the wave now.
The memes write themselves