Post-Series Talk: Boston Bruins Defeat Toronto Maple Leafs (win 4-3)

[Bread and Circuses]

Precisely and that is the problem. The Leafs are rotten from the top all the way down.

It’s genuinely disturbing to watch Leafs square footage full of Serfs while the Lords occupy what should be their seats in the arena.

 

[LeafAttack]

In your Bizzaro world, maybe...


An often-injured one.

reg season is a snooze imo,so i dont follow it anymore,and the other playoff debacles caused that attitude.Is it woll who gets hurt a lot or Samsonov.? If its Woll,then they should rotate like the Bruins did,but i dont know if they did that this reg season.
I dont know why Woll went crazy trying to stop that last shot attempt at a goal that went in that would have made it 2-1 and still a win.I guess he really wanted that shutout,and Matthews wanted that 70th goal,and ended up hurting himself to get it.The bad luck continues.

 

[PB37]

The Leafs were running a 1-3-1 when Pastrnak scored, one of the defenseman (Lybushukin) wasn't even close to being responsible for Pastrnak as he was on the other side of the ice

Marner had to cut Pastrnak's angle and slow his speed down. He didn't read the play and Rielly was flat-footed when Pastrnak was coming at close to full speed

It's a great play by BOS that was executed perfectly, not sure the blame lays solely at the feet of Toronto's defenseman on that play

Good eye on breaking down the play.

Boston has been running this play with Pasta since Krug was on the team, just not nearly as much since he left as a free agent. Usually, the slapshot dump in would happen near the Boston blueline, but it still worked perfectly for them.

 

[serp]

It's actually incredible how many times this Leafs core played a deciding all or nothing series deciding game and they couldn't even manage to win a single one of them. You'd think in 6 tries they'd manage to win at least one by accident.

 

[BB79]

Weren't games 5 and 6 potentially series-clinching games this post-season ?

So they should be at least 3-11 rather than 1-11...

And this is coming from a Canadiens fan...

No, they're talking about games where Toronto could clinch the series. In this one, that would have been game 7. For the Bruins, it would be games 5-7

 

[PaulD]

great pic.....where's Beiber?

 

[PaulD]

Well to be fair, Biz DOES seem like someone who takes a long time to learn. For him, 8 years probably makes sense.

Learning how to lose so they can show the guys coming up.

The coach also referred to the team as “the leafs” as if he wasn’t part of the team. Very odd quote.


I had a great Saturday night that has me floating on air Sunday. How bout yourself?

leafs are out snd the Toronto talking heads are a pack of silenced groupies.
Thanks Pasta and the Bruins !
Much appreciated.

 

[John Price]

 

[2ndGenIslander]

I can’t think of another two teams in sports right now where one team is the clear alpha while the other is their cuck more than Bos/Tor

 

[Over the volcano]

FWIW I thought Toronto turned a corner in terms of playoff hockey.

If they started the series the way they finished it, they'd be getting ready for FLA tonight.

 

[TD Charlie]

One more afternoon of enjoying this, then we’re on to Florida

 

[KillerMillerTime]

It's a great play by Boston executed perfectly, it wasn't a "controller disconnected" moment. The players were trying their best out there, they just didn't read it well

People keep blaming different Leafs for the play, and if there's one I'd probably blame Marner, but this was a lot more of Boston executing perfectly than the Leafs giving it to the Bruins. I don't know how you watch the last couple of games of this series and think the Leafs' players out there weren't trying or disconnected

Samsonov clearly thought the puck was coming off the boards at a much different angle and it ended up coming off an angle that it shouldn't have. That's just bad luck for him and Toronto.

 

[frederixx]

Don't know if it was already posted but that's one funny quote

"Tkachuk: 'We all knew' Bruins would beat Leafs in Round 1"

 

[No Fun Shogun]

I've been saying it for a few years, but this era of the Leafs consistently remind me of the 2007 and 2008 Chicago Cubs. Great teams, don't get me wrong, but they just never seem like they stack up well against the truly elite teams gunning for a title, and not going to lie it also seems like they just look for an excuse to give up (though, to give credit this year, that was less of a factor from my view compared to some other years).

The Leafs don't have that oomph factor for me to liken them to the 2016 Cubs that were able to get it done.

 

[sampollock]

funny

 

[Sheppy]

Monday morning, beautiful weather here in the north, Sunny, birds chirping and the Leafs still losing.

 

[Blowfish]

 

[Strangle]

Spent too much energy and gas chasing milestones at the end of the season.

Naw

We knew the problems this team had since 2021. Have t done enough about it, though

Series clinching meaning the 4th win

Games 5 and 6 were potential 4th wins

 

[Dr Pepper]

I didn't even discover this guy until after Game 5, and then he was all over my Instagram homepage, popping up at Maple Leafs Square and screaming about "'nother beeeeeeeer"

Gotta say I admire the passion, especially for an Albertan. Maybe he's from here originally, I don't know, but quite the character either way.

Respect to him for having fun with it.

 

[Ladyfan]

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The Pasta criticisim is odd to me. Scores the OT winner and has better playoff stats in his career. He also had a lot less forward talent surrounding him.

Pasta is excellent. Fans crapping on him are idiots.

 

[Ladyfan]

Monday morning, beautiful weather here in the north, Sunny, birds chirping and the Leafs still losing.

Nice here in NH too!

 

[BB79]

Games 5 and 6 were potential 4th wins

For the Bruins, yes. That graphic was specifically talking about chances the Leafs had to end a series. That only applies to game 7 in this one.

 

[Strangle]

 

[bobholly39]

I'm really glad Matthews came back for game 7.

He had such an amazing season, it would have been really shitty for him to see his team eliminated and not be able to play. I feel bad for Woll in a similar vein, but smaller sample size so not quite the same.

 

[TD Charlie]

I'm really glad Matthews came back for game 7.

He had such an amazing season, it would have been really shitty for him to see his team eliminated and not be able to play. I feel bad for Woll in a similar vein, but smaller sample size so not quite the same.

Agreed. Much better to have a VIP front row seat for it