Thick, rich chocolatey goodness.

The hockey gods dished out some yummy infathomable sadness to the Bruins, and they totally deserved it.
- Zezel

This. And it's just as tasty today as it was last night.

Thick, rich chocolatey goodness.

The hockey gods dished out some yummy infathomable sadness to the Bruins, and they totally deserved it.
- Zezel

Oh ya.
(frank) those low life whiny sacks of poop (team and players)

Oh ya.
(frank) those low life whiny sacks of poop.
- Fakepartofme

except RJ

except RJ
- TheMussel

Oh im only referring to the team and players
RJ is good...hugs to him.
But hes also seen his team win a cup or two in the past several decades....so really i dont feel bad.

Oh im only referring to the team and players
- Fakepartofme

fair enough

There was one point last night where marchand got frustrated because he missed his pass to the point. Team could have used someone to rally them and pull them into the game instead of being a whiny sack of poop.

not a good leader, that team is in trouble if bergeron leaves

sly move by Dubas to trade the leafs pick and grab bostons and trade up in the draft
- senstroll

That made me chuckle. That's clever

That made me chuckle. That's clever
- Aaron_85

Imagine all the 4th round picks we could get for Boston's 1st

do Calgary fans cheer for Tkachuk or the Leafs

Might as well just fold that city at this point

fair enough

There was one point last night where marchand got frustrated because he missed his pass to the point. Team could have used someone to rally them and pull them into the game instead of being a whiny sack of poop.

not a good leader, that team is in trouble if bergeron leaves
- TheMussel

Even worse is losing what he and Krejci bring for low cap hits ($2.5M and $1M)

StatsCentre
@StatsCentre
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Blowing a 3-1 series lead and falling 4-3 to the Panthers tonight, the #NHLBruins pass the Maple Leafs for the most Game 7 losses by an NHL franchise (15), the Capitals for the most Gm7 home losses (10) and tie the Caps, Flames and Avalanche for the most Gm7 home losses in OT (3)

haha Bruins

The bruin fan tears are delicious

StatsCentre
@StatsCentre
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12h
Blowing a 3-1 series lead and falling 4-3 to the Panthers tonight, the #NHLBruins pass the Maple Leafs for the most Game 7 losses by an NHL franchise (15), the Capitals for the most Gm7 home losses (10) and tie the Caps, Flames and Avalanche for the most Gm7 home losses in OT (3)
- GreatGigInTheSky

Post this in the bruins blog with 'At least you're #1 in something'

New location

New location
- daeth

oh

Ian Mendes
@ian_mendes
Stand by.

Some rather significant Sens ownership-related news should be dropping soon.

also...haha Bruins

What makes this Monday even more amazing is that most of my colleagues are based in Boston.

I have Beautiful Day by U2 running on repeat in my head right now.

Leafs vs. Panthers 2023 Regular Season:

Tuesday, Jan 17: @Toronto 5, FLA 4 (OT).

Thursday, Mar 23; Toronto 6, @FLA 2.

Wednesday, Mar 29: FLA 3, @Toronto 2 (OT)

Mon, April 10: Toronto 2, @FLA 1 (OT)

Damn, this is closer than I thought.

oh



also...haha Bruins
- senstroll

According to the Athletic, Snoop Dog is aggressively pursuing the team.

StatsCentre
@StatsCentre
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12h
Blowing a 3-1 series lead and falling 4-3 to the Panthers tonight, the #NHLBruins pass the Maple Leafs for the most Game 7 losses by an NHL franchise (15), the Capitals for the most Gm7 home losses (10) and tie the Caps, Flames and Avalanche for the most Gm7 home losses in OT (3)
- GreatGigInTheSky

Nice

According to the Athletic, Snoop Dog is aggressively pursuing the team.
- Atomic Wedgie

weird

According to the Athletic, Snoop Dog is aggressively pursuing the team.
- Atomic Wedgie

Maybe he misunderstood when he heard they have chronic problems?

I have to admit though I'd be jealous if they were owned by Snoop. That would be awesome for the NHL if he was an owner.

More Leafs playoff games probably helps the leagues $$ and next years Cap. More Cap helps the Leafs in particular.

Leafs helping Leafs. GLG!

Maybe that means we should cheer for the Rags tonight too ($$).

Leafs vs. Panthers 2023 Regular Season:

Tuesday, Jan 17: @Toronto 5, FLA 4 (OT).

Thursday, Mar 23; Toronto 6, @FLA 2.

Wednesday, Mar 29: FLA 3, @Toronto 2 (OT)

Mon, April 10: Toronto 2, @FLA 1 (OT)

Damn, this is closer than I thought.
- Atomic Wedgie

I wasn't going to post this because I knew I'd get new blogged as soon as I did, but it dovetails in with this nicely:

In the head-to-head match-up with Florida, we are 3-0-1 with a 15-10 advantage in goals. It’s not the cakewalk some might think. Three of these games went to Overtime this year

Game 1: Leafs 5-4 in OT

The Leafs outshot Florida 37-19. Murray was chased after 21 minutes allowing 4 goals on 8 shots. Sammy was perfect in 40 minutes of relief. It was a penalty-fest, and Toronto had a 7-3 advantage in power plays and subsequently outscored Florida 2-1 on the PP as well, although Florida did cash in a short-handed goal. Nylander won the game with this memorable OT goal: https://youtu.be/ecz0OSjyY4k?t=426

Game 2: Leafs 6-2

Murray starts again against the Panthers, but certainly atones for his previous performance, making 33 saves, as the Leafs are outshot 35-27. Many of Florida’s chances in this one were from distance; despite outshooting the Leafs, they gave up far more high danger chances in the game (16-10 for Toronto). Both teams had a power play goal, and the Leafs held the PP advantage 4-3.

Game 3: Florida 3-2 in OT

Six days later, and the Leafs outshot Florida 40-29. Samsonov faced Lyon, and Lyon stole this show. Both teams had 4 power play opportunities and Florida netted 1 while Toronto failed to score. In a reversal of the last game, Florida had 20 HD chances in their 29 shots, and Toronto had 16. It did take a last minute power play goal with the goalie out for Florida to tie it and force the OT, though. The OT featured this early self-made chance by Matthews, https://youtu.be/7DLgyvowGcU?t=416, but ultimately Montour cashed on a 2-on-1.

Game 4: Toronto 2-1 in OT

Less than 2 weeks, and in game 80, the Leafs get absolutely caved in being outshot 46-25 and Sammy steals the game. It should be noted that the Leafs had clinched and Florida was desperate, so one team was certainly more motivated than the other and it showed. Considering that, the HD chances were still fairly even (16-14 in favour of Florida), but the net volume and pure possession in this game goes to Florida. No one scored a PP goal in this one, and power plays were scarce with Florida having a 2-1 advantage. Tavares won it OT with this surprising breakaway – especially after he’d been hemmed in the D zone for over a minute: https://youtu.be/k9XptYiDkeg?t=429

In terms of Leafs skaters, Marner led the way with 6 points (2-4) in 4 games, Matthews 5 goals in 4 games with a 28% shooting percentage, Nylander 3-2 for 5pts in 4 games (-1), and Tavares 1-4 for 5 pts (-2) in his 4 games.

Noteworthy is that Kerfoot had 2 goals against Florida. He only had 10 all season. ZAR had a goal and an assist, and on the less than positive side, Bunting had only 1 point in his 4 games against Florida.

In terms of goalies, Samsonov was 2-0-1 with a .953% and a 1.44 GAA; Murray was 1-0 with an .860% and 4.41 GAA (sad trombone).

In terms of Florida's skaters, Montour had 5 points in 4 games, including 2 goals, but he was -5. Barkov 1-3 for 4pts in 4 games (-2), Reinhart 1-2 for 3 pts in 4 games (-3) and Waterdown’s own Boston killer, Verhaeghe, 1-2 for 3 pts in 4 games (-4).

Noteworthy comments are that Tkachuk only had 1 point in 4 games and also that Sam Bennett only played 1 game this year against the Leafs.

In terms of goalies, Lyon was 1-0-1 with a .938% and a 1.92 GAA; Bobrovsky was 0-1-1 with an .841% and 4.99 GAA (sadder trombone).

its 28
- senstroll

The 4 teams in the semifinals are ranked by who goes to the finals and where they were in the standings. So the Boston pick is 28. It can't change from this point forward.

Stanley Cup Champs - 32
Stanley Cup Finalist - 31
Highest ranked Semi Finalist - 30
Lowest ranked Semi Finalist - 29
Highest Ranked team in the Regular Season - 28

You get the picture.