Around the League: Capitals and Ovie are Stanley Cup Champions

[djdev]

It was all psychological. We didn't dial in and compete relentlessly. Some guys have it and some don't, just hope we have guys that can tap into that.

that and there were some ghastly defensive plays at the worst possible times. i think losing so many vets next year is babs will be forced to play the kids more..we need to sink or swim with them.

 

[Leafidelity]

Cant believe Im rooting for Tampa Bay, but the Bruins going down without much fight is some good medicine

 

[Incognito]

Backes went night-night, and Boston's going golfing. Today has been a satisfying day.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

GOLF BRUINS GOLF

 

[djdev]

at least we can maybe conclude that we helped boston get eliminated by playing them as hard as we did in round 1...haha man im grasping at straws

 

[Duffman955]

Boston is a shit team

 

[Leafs at Knight]

Crazy watching a team play a complete 60 minutes. We wouldve been swept by Tampa.

 

[Keato]

I feel no joy in this.

 

[mix1home]

Tampa is not even celebrating series win, it was so easy.

 

[canadon]

Crazy watching a team play a complete 60 minutes. We wouldve been swept by Tampa.

I don't think we would but I am with you on the 60 minutes effort for sure. Something the Leafs had a lack of this season.

 

[mix1home]

Crazy watching a team play a complete 60 minutes. We wouldve been swept by Tampa.

I don’t agree. We have speed and the same style of play. They are more experienced, but we would give them all they can handle and would sure win more games than Boston did in this series.

 

[thewave]

Crazy watching a team play a complete 60 minutes. We wouldve been swept by Tampa.

Depends, our team could beat either Bs or TB. They have to dial in and get too rate tending, sadly we only dialed in for 1game. Hope the kids find the intensity soon.

 

[Hockeyholic]

Tampa is not even celebrating series win, it was so easy.

Because it's cup or bust for them.

 

[Superstar]

Does TB thank the Leafs for taking Boston to 7 games while they cruised to a 4-1 series win over NJ and got alot of rest? And f*** Backes, lol...

The big difference between the Leafs and TB is the defense. We got some work to do with our defense for sure.

 

[Superstar]

Tampa is not even celebrating series win, it was so easy.

Cooper was pretty excited by raising his arm for an over-the-head fist pump.

 

[Incognito]

Tampa is not even celebrating series win, it was so easy.

I imagine it's similar to how I felt when I graduated from elementary school. Sure, we had a ceremony, but it just didn't feel like an achievement, because it was literally impossible to fail.

 

[Zybalto]

Actually feel kinda bad for Boston.

They lost Krug, Nash and Backes at the end there and half the team looked broken down. That awful stretch of hockey at the end and the Leafs pushing them 7 while Tampa was rested really did them in.

 

[firstemperor]

Vas outplayed Andersen and Point was incredible, outplayed many of our skilled players too but.....Hedman is a rare mix of size and talent, we don't have anything close to his caliber on our team.

To give credit to Boston, a lot of it had to do with injuries and looking gassed as well. Tampa capitalized on very short windows where they just couldn't play the full 60+.

 

[Nooodles]

Do you know why Tampa is way better than us? Because they played their game. They didn't care about the hittings and holdings and the physical plays, they just did what they do best: skate fast and played a skilled game.

That's exactly what we should have done, and it's Leafs in 6 easily.

 

[Superstar]

Do you know why Tampa is way better than us? Because they played their game. They didn't care about the hittings and holdings and the physical plays, they just did what they do best: skate fast and played a skilled game.

That's exactly what we should have done, and it's Leafs in 6 easily.

They pounded Boston with alot of hits in this series...they weren't going to get bullied. We have too many soft players.

 

[firstemperor]

They pounded Boston with alot of hits in this series...they weren't going to get bullied.

And their skilled players like Point, Gourde all know how to take/throw a hit while playing at top speed. For us, it legitimately might have only been Marner that did it consistently every game.

 

[kindalaidback]

congratulations to tampa! they were clearly the better team, and i really want them to win the cup.

lightning's top line didn't even show up for 90 percent of the series (is 90 generous?), and they still pulled it off because of their depth. i can't wait for our team to be that team. exciting times lie ahead of us.

 

[htpwn]

I think we could've taken Tampa to at least 6 or 7.

It's just too bad the Leafs unraveled the way they did, especially in Games 1 and 2 (when we couldn't buy a bounce).

 

[BTP]

Tampa just showed why I wanted Boston in the 1st round. Scary ass team.

 

[Brobust]

Leafs don't have a line as good as Point/Johnson/Palat. Just relentless, skilled players, full of energy.

No, we need to stick a Hyman or a Komarov on every line and then wonder why every team's star is scoring 90 points while our stars are struggling to 70 points or PPG in Matthews' case.