Is the Bruins loss the biggest choke job ever?

[SpinningEdge]

65 wins.

Up 3-1 in series.

At home up in 3rd period with one minute to go.

Lose in first round.

Only thing that seems similar is Red Sox overcoming yankees down 3-0 - but even then, it’s not like how this series turned out.

Bruins had most points ever. Florida battled its way in final days.

Wow.

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[Kudo Shinichi]

Yes, it doesn't get more embarrassing than this

 

[Connor McConnor]

Add a poll. But yes. I thought Tampa losing to the Blue Jackets was up there but this is much worse.

 

[SpinningEdge]

If title is a little too much - feeel free to edit mods.

Shocking. This is just overall shocking.

 

[Montreal Shadow]

Let's best honest, the Leafs winning had to be balanced out by something else. The Bruins were the sacrifice.

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

Yes. Even the Leafs have never choked like this.

 

[nerevarine]

Yes, ainec

 

[Alexei Yashvalev]

Nah, Tampa vs Columbus.

Bruins got to overtime of game 7.

Tampa keeled over and died in 4 straight.

 

[lopper]

Absolutely. Lo f***ing L

 

[ZDH]

Yea. About a decade of suck for the bruins incoming now.

 

[TopG]

Leafs are losing their records and streaks daily. This is by far the biggest choke

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

The Bruins peaked too soon.

 

[pahlsson]

probably the most embarrassing collapse in the history of sports

 

[Fatty McLardy]

Absolutely, not even close. There was a 43 point difference between these 2 teams...

 

[Haguerbomb]

Yes. They were so unbelievably stacked.

 

[MOGlLNY]

Man, blowing it 3-1 I think makes it worse than Tampa.

 

[sepHF]

In my mid 30s and I can’t recall a bigger one

Florida was better than their Reg season record though

 

[Montreal Shadow]

Also no. Y'all remember when Boston were up 3-0 against Philly, then Philly came back to tie it 3-3. Game 7, Boston again led 3-0, only to fall apart and lose 4-3?

 

[North Cole]

Yes, lightning got swept but they werent the greatest team of all time.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Being up 3-0 in a series and 3-0 in a Game 7 against Philly?

 

[LevelingSolo]

Of the Cap Era absolutely

 

[BusQuets]

For ages Boston had goalies like Thomas and Rask giving +93%sv performances constantly in the playoffs.

Welcome to the land of having normal playoff goalies.

 

[Primary Assist]

I mean, if you said 3 weeks ago that the Leafs would end up having a more successful season than the Bruins, what would you have said? That should be the gauge for how monumental this is

 

[Sensbury]

Greatest regular season of all time
Loses in the first round to a team who drunkenly stumbled into the playoffs

The answer is yes. Yes it is.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

One of the biggest for sure. Biggest point difference between seeds ever.

Granted Boston was not as good as their record and Florida was better than theirs.

Went too hard in the regular season maybe. Florida looked way better 5 on 5.