Boston Core are bunch of Frauds

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Lol ya man, this totally negates that cup win. Definitely not a case of bad goaltending at the worst possible time.

I’m enjoying the upset as much as anyone, but this is just silly.

 

[Fatty McLardy]

Yeah they’re like the 5th best franchise since 2010, what losers

they had a chance to be 4th best....they choked

 

[Il Stugotz]

How did they manage to do that? Care to list the guys? I believe one of them is Hall and the other is Zaka?

They have bonus payment carryover issues

 

[Beau Knows]

A lot like Washington, they should have won more than 1 Cup with what they had. But they did at least win one, so it's hard to call them failures...underachievers maybe.

 

[kthx]

What could've been... A Crosby+Pens like dynasty would've been possible, but no.

Heartbreaking, but at this point, the choking was very expected.

 

[AvroArrow]

Softest team in the league

 

[Hockeyholic]

You guys are forgetting that core won a cup? The shit takes you vultures have make this place a shitshow.

They won a cup 12 years ago. Who cares.

2009 they should have defeated Carolina. Lost game 7 at home in OT. Win that? Good chance they beat Pittsburgh.

2010 was a choke. But nobody was beating Chicago that year.

2012-Choke. No business losing to Washington.

2013--They had a golden opportunity in game 6 to beat Chicago. Blew it in a span of 16 seconds.

They had no business losing to Montreal in 2014. None. They win that game, I think they get to the SCF. Great chance to win.

2019-No show at home against St. Louis in game 7.

2023-Disaster.

These Bruins have no business ever being compared with the Pens or Bolts. Those teams got it done. Back to back. TB three straight SCF.

Winning the cup is all that matters. They totally underachieved. And Bergeron needs criticism too. Great guy and player. Not enough production in big time moments.

Oh, and if Cassidy is coaching this team, this series does not make game 7. They are getting ready for Toronto.

 

[BB79]

Montreal and Toronto fans are having a field day with all these Boston threads.

It's like they actually won the cup again.

If they could only remember that far back into the past

 

[bambamcam4ever]

How did they manage to do that? Care to list the guys? I believe one of them is Hall and the other is Zaka?

I meant they only have 15 players signed, but Bergeron, Krejci, Bertuzzi, Orlov, and Swayman are all unsigned.

 

[LemonSauceD]

McAvoy is so overrated. He’s nowhere near a top 10 defenseman in this league. He’s like a Ryan McDonough overrated.

I’m not surprised one bit they lost to a much younger, faster, and brutal opponent.

Pastrnak is the only real star player on that team. Marchand has regressed, Bergeron and Krejci are retiring, and Ullmark…. I have no clue what type of goalie he is. He’s like Markstrom, too much of a wild card goalie.

 

[Turin]

In 2011 Bergeron and a rookie Marchand were the only guys on that team still on Bruins/in the league. Fair to call the team chokers.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Their only cup was because Vancouver was an even bigger group of chokers.

Vancouver got outplayed Game 3 and onwards.

 

[kthx]

McAvoy is so overrated. He’s nowhere near a top 10 defenseman in this league. He’s like a Ryan McDonough overrated.

I’m not surprised one bit they lost to a much younger, faster, and brutal opponent.

Pastrnak is the only real star player on that team. Marchand has regressed, Bergeron and Krejci are retiring, and Ullmark…. I have no clue what type of goalie he is. He’s like Markstrom, too much of a wild card goalie.

McAvoy also had a terrible series. Exploited by Panthers probably, I dont know.

 

[Hynh]

Vancouver got outplayed Game 3 and onwards.

Yes, because Sedins+Kesler choked harder than Boston.

 

[HF007]

I think OP has a point, 2011 was a generational carry job my Tim Thomas, but the core after that has melted down in so many big games, 2013 game 6, 2014 game 7, 2019 game 7, 2023 game 7

 

[abo9]

Boston's core was successful during its prime though?
They're anything but frauds, some are past their mid thirties

Well, except if Krejci/Bergeron/Marchand aren't the "core" anymore (Pastrnak, and the D corps aren't old for sure)

 

[Hockeyholic]

What could've been... A Crosby+Pens like dynasty would've been possible, but no.

Heartbreaking, but at this point, the choking was very expected.

Yep.

Also....six game 7 losses at home. Three in OT.

One cup over fifteen years. Most with stacked teams. Not enough. Chokers.

 

[Hoek]

The one cup they won was a freak show goalie standing on his head out of nowhere (and convenient no penalties called in Game 7 ECF)

 

[JaegerDice]

They’ve been a strong team pretty consistently for a decade. Not every team is going to be the Blackhawks or the Lightning. Winning even one cup is hard.

How long was WSH great before winning?

How about STL?

ANA was great for ages, only had one to show for it.

Never mind SJS.

Bruins core have been great. They wont go down as one of the absolute best of the era, but they were still GREAT.

 

[thaman8765678]

Some teams just match up well against other teams.

It was a good matchup for Florida and a bad one for Boston.

 

[dwonger]

I seen fans on here as well as many media outlets called out EDM for their lack of success in the Mcdavid Era.

I understand that, but you mentioned top teams in Regular seasons that sucked in playoffs. Oilers have only been really good this year and last in regular season.

 

[ijuka]

Yep. “Wasting McDavid” is a popular phrase.

I mean. They -are- wasting McDavid.

 

[behemolari]

wonder if Pasternak will survive that shot

 

[Trashpass]

For Years, people called out other teams Teams like WSH, PIT, TBL, NYR, EDM, etc.. for not getting the job done after consistently having great teams the regular season but falling short in the PO's time and time again.

Meanwhile, BOS is the biggest frauds out of them all, they have had amazing core and role players, they have played in spectacular fashion in the regular season consistently for the last 10 years, only to not win the cup, yet i never see anyone call them out in a ways i seen some other teams have.

Worst part for them is this was their last chance to win the cup, Bergeron is gone, Krejci is most likely gone as well.

Biggest choking franchise in NHL history. Not even close

 

[Grifter3511]

Idk. Boston's roster on paper NEVER impresses me. Yet they're ALWAYS in the mix. I feel like they're more of a 'sum is greater than their parts' rather than the opposite.

If anything, this core has overachieved, and if this is the proverbial nail in the coffin, good riddance!