R1G7: Leafs @ Bruins - May 13th, 7:00pm - CBC, TSN 1050

[Sudafederov]

i cry evertim 5ever

*frows poptart @ wol*

 

[dappleganger]

I can't even read this thread, but I will offer my apology.

Just as Kadri scored the Leafs 4th goal and I was screaming, "Yes! Fu@#!ng right, Yes!" My wife came through the door, home from work.

I told her the score and she said, "Oh, I feel sorry for Boston."

So there you have it. It's all my wife's fault.

Now, I have to go lay in the same bed beside her. This is going to be a long night.

Prolly around 3am I'll read this entire thread.

 

[leafplasma]

When Boston scored their second goal, I was so uneasy, I could see it coming and unfortunately it did.  Tragic injustice.

 

[TML fan]

Petty much everything that was wrong with the team all season long exploded to the foreground in the last 10 minutes.

They defeated themselves.

 

[pnjunction]

So there you have it. It's all my wife's fault.

Don't worry people in here were talking about the rest of the game being practice for the next series (and in the end it's not anybody's fault who doesn't make bucks from MLSE).

 

[Beowulf]

You know what, I'm a huge Kule fan, but he's as much to blame as anyone for tonight's loss. And as I like to think of myself as a realistic fan I have to acknowledge that. He deserves as much blame as anyone for this. I won't be sorry if he's traded. Maybe I'm overreacting but he should've done much better. What a horrible night.

 

[pnjunction]

I know it isn't what really cost us in the end but I feel the like the series would've been easier if they had a better scouting report on Rask than this:

 

[Jimmified]

I know it isn't what really cost us in the end but I feel the like the series would've been easier if they had a better scouting report on Rask than this:

Rask is just a good goalie..
I dont recall him giving up a "bad" goal.
Leafs really had to earn everything they got.

 

[lamajama]

You know what, I'm a huge Kule fan, but he's as much to blame as anyone for tonight's loss. And as I like to think of myself as a realistic fan I have to acknowledge that. He deserves as much blame as anyone for this. I won't be sorry if he's traded. Maybe I'm overreacting but he should've done much better. What a horrible night.

Enlighten please

 

[pnjunction]

You know what, I'm a huge Kule fan, but he's as much to blame as anyone for tonight's loss. And as I like to think of myself as a realistic fan I have to acknowledge that. He deserves as much blame as anyone for this. I won't be sorry if he's traded. Maybe I'm overreacting but he should've done much better. What a horrible night.

Enlighten please

Only thing I can figure is he did flamingo and miss the block on one of the 31-second goals. -9 on paper his series is in the crapper with Grabbo's.

 

[Jalili]

It's a bittersweet moment.

The Leafs lost, but I bet against them winning... so in the end it did work out pretty well for me 

 

[Sudafederov]

You know what, I'm a huge Kule fan, but he's as much to blame as anyone for tonight's loss. And as I like to think of myself as a realistic fan I have to acknowledge that. He deserves as much blame as anyone for this. I won't be sorry if he's traded. Maybe I'm overreacting but he should've done much better. What a horrible night.

Enlighten please

Only thing I can figure is he did flamingo and miss the block on one of the 31-second goals. -9 on paper his series is in the crapper with Grabbo's.

Apparently he has a top notch work ethic. Still, even if you consider that every player has a bad season, this is his second poor season in a row...in his physical prime no less.

 

[Bonsixx]

Does anyone else just feel like this confirms that the Leafs are losers, were always losers and will always be losers?

Like, holy shit.

 

[Sudafederov]

Does anyone else just feel like this confirms that the Leafs are losers, were always losers and will always be losers?

Like, holy shit.

It's the Hillman curse. We need to beg forgiveness before the curse is lifted.

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/featured/toronto-maple-leafs-1967-the-last-stanley-cup

 

[Jimmified]

Does anyone else just feel like this confirms that the Leafs are losers, were always losers and will always be losers?

Like, holy shit.

I think all teams learn to lose before they learn to win.

 

[Leaflifer]

Had my victory post composed coming into the third.

Weird ending to this series. Still a little numb from the game...the only thing going through my head right now is that idiom "Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory"

 

[Leaflifer]

How could Nonis not even fist pump a little bit there?

Because the fat lady hadn't yet sung.

 

[Zee]

Well the sun still came up today but being a Leafs fan sure is a chore sometimes. Leafs are the butt end of jokes around the league. Only the Leafs team could blow a game 7 like that.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Petty much everything that was wrong with the team all season long explodexto the foreground in the last 10 minutes.

They defeated themselves.

You've described it succinctly.  In fact, when the Leafs were up 4-1, I cringed knowing their penchant for having blown leads all season long. 

It seemed  that after Lucic lambasted Gunnarson into the boards, (should have been a penalty there), the 'momentum' changed.  Having Lucic & Chara parked on Reimer's doorstep with nary a Leaf in sight spoke volumes on Boston' ability to create havoc & distraction that led to their goals.  Reminded one of Game I when the Leafs looked confused and (mentally) intimidated.

No leadership in the last few minutes of the game was evident.  No shot-blocking, getting-down-on-the-ice to force the opposing player off-angle, etc., similar to the way the New York Rangers use that technique quite effectively.  Nothing.

I feel sorry for Reimer.  His teammates left him to roost in the ensuing craziness.  In the final crucial moments, when he needed it the most, they failed him miserably.

I had no expectations that the Leafs would even have come this far against the Bruins. They probably exceeded the expectations of Leaf fans everywhere.  It's just that no one wants their team to implode the way they did.  That's the ugly part none of us will want to remember.

Oh well, in the words of Randy Carlyle, time to move on.

 

[nutman]

I'm still stunned........ In the end all I can say is thanks for the show guys. This team I am sure will make some tweaks in the off season, and will be back to make up for this. one other thing where was the reffing, like wow!.