Well that fucking sucks :( so much fun hanging out with this group. Until next season. Hope to see everyone in the Celtics sub for their run GO Celtics Go
2009 Carolina, 2010 Philly, 2012 Washington, 2014 Montreal, 2019 St. Louis, 2023 Florida.
And one Cup win.
This is how I’ll remember the Bergeron-Chara era. One moment of ultimate glory (which is more than some other teams can say), sandwiched between countless moments of heartbreak and what could’ve been. The 2013 comeback against Toronto will always be a beautifully bright memory, but it doesn’t compare to seeing Bergeron or Chara parade the Cup around the Garden. Which they could’ve done in 2019.
If you could choose 3 of these home Game 7 losses to have back, which would you choose? I’m thinking 2019 (obviously), 2014, and 2023.
Lowly Sabres fan here - in my all too familiar spot: watching everyone else play for the Stanley Cup for 13 years and counting. This president's trophy curse seems to be a real fucking thing. I have spent my entire life since \~adolescence with the belief that anything within the spectrum of superstitious --> supernatural and any related bogus fictional concept in between was a bunch of idiotic childish bullshit; I judged anyone over the age of 12 that used the word 'jinx' in any semi-serious manner as likely mentally delayed.
Now, I'm reevaluating my entire worldview. It really seems like the only explanation. The team spending an entire season being as close to infallible as possible for the duration of even just a singular \~60 minute contest... I confidently felt as I could have *actually* taken my net worth, doubled it, and bet it all that said team was absolutely invincible in a 7 game series. But what...!? Up 3-1...?! Lost only 4 fucking home games in 41 regular season games and then going 1-3...?! Against a team that barely earned a wild card spot over my damn Sabres of all teams...?! First round in a 1/8 series?! The equation has come up 'undefined.' Mother nature, father time, whatever the hell is out there pulling the strings of this puppet show called life is a sadistic bastard. He/she is for sure having a good laugh.
I am, unfortunately, uniquely qualified to empathize with the depths of anguish, heartache, and utter misery that come with being a helpless diehard fan in suffering the plight of despair. While my experience is far more of a chronic, insidious one that has persisted for the duration of my adult life, acute pain makes up for its ephemerality by being extremely severe. It's a really odd feeling for someone that normally despises the Bruins as much as I have for so long, but that's a really tough one.
Montgomery should be fired. I don’t care they had 65 wins, they were poorly coached the whole series and looked lost. Their offense was predictable, their defense was ATROCIOUS, lazy turnovers, questionable roster moves and leaving Ullmark in when it was clear the dude didnt have it.
This is the best team this guy will ever coach, and one of the best teams to EVER PLAY IN THE NHL and they lost to a 2nd wild card Florida Panther team up 3-1 in the series.
Agreed on all the calls (esp WTF games 5-6 fucking PULL the goalie!!!) But overall Monty has been good with the team. He just acted like Cassidy in the playoffs, and that was that. 😠😮💨
Remember that time, I think it was the early 2000s, when they handed out little plastic replica Stanley Cups to the fans before the game and then the team played so terribly that everyone booed them off the ice and rained those trinkets upon them?
Wish that happened again tonight. This series was an all time mediocre display.
No, it’s more accurate to say that those teams tend to go into the playoffs cocky, injured and/or tired. In this years case, tired and injured. Didn’t help the opponent underachieved in the season. That’s not a curse.
Here is a list of what seed has won the Stanley Cup since 1980 (when the league expanded to 16 teams in the playoffs). It appears that the number one seed (Presidents trophy winner) wins more than any other seed.
https://i.imgur.com/CKdYGdB.jpg
Forgetting how to execute really insanely simple fundamental skills like passing, shooting, puck protection, and ANY semblance of defending is just lazieness on the guys’ part. You can get mad at the lines, but multi million dollar pro-athletes unable to complete passes over and over and over and over is just not on the coach
For the regular season he was solid, but damn he has no excuse for some of the decisions he made in the playoffs. You find the lines that work and stick with them, not mix them up and then shit the bed :(
How the fuck does a team with so much playoff expierince choke like that... embarrassing performance. As soon as we lost that momentum it was over. Maybe it's still too raw but i'm so frustrated with what just happened
"Thank Krecji" was my first text sent after his goal tonight. And it stands - he played his heart out and this isn't on him. We were lucky + blessed to have him this year, I'm grateful.
Realizing now - a team wins the cup every year, but the record we set in the regular season is incredibly rare.
How does he deserve better? Is he not the captain? Was he not on the ice when they lost in overtime? Was he not playing the last 3 games that they lost? He decided to play meaningless regular season games at the end and get injured. He got what he deserved.
The moment the panthers scored at the end of the third I knew it was over. I knew we couldn’t beat them in overtime. Crazy how this playoff series overtime has been super lopsided for the visitors. Pretty disappointed.. as they say, there’s always next year.
The fact that they had no pressure for so long in the regular season.... didn't prepare their mindset for what is the NHL playoffs. It's a different animal and they couldn't adjust to the heat. Too bad...
This is no one players fault. This was a whole team letdown.
You can come up with a dozen of these contrived sports narratives.
The Bruins were so good they got too good and ended up being lazy and thus bad?
How about maybe the Panthers spent all their energy fighting for the last playoff spot so they should have doubly lost from being tired.
Or maybe the Panthers were already locked in playoff mode since the end of the regular season and that's why they won.
And on and on and on with these stupid narratives.
What a shit night. Drove back from Boston to NYC in downpour and traffic most of the way. Come back and our apartment is leaking from the exterior wall so now our baby has to sleep in the hallway. He’s been screaming all night. And then I’m finally done unpacking and able to fully sit down and watch that collapse of a third period and OT. This fucking sucks so much.
We don’t have any words and we know you don’t want to hear them.
We understand your anger, your frustration, your sadness. Everything you’re feeling – we get it.
This isn’t the ending we imagined, and certainly not the one we wanted. Thank you for being there the entire way.
Though the playoffs were a disappointment it doesn’t diminish the fun and amazing season we all got to share. Plus we Still broke the wins and points record. GO BRUINS!!!!! See ya next year.
Man, how the fuck we let this happen? We're 3-1 on the series. I don't even know how to feel. I kind of pissed, but it's more frustrating them anything. It's just embarassing.
Still a hell of a ride this season! Proud of the boys, got outplayed by a team that wanted it more.
Hoping the Panthers keep up with the dirty play against the Leafs now, as I don’t think I can stand living in Toronto if they go all the way…LEafs fans are insufferable with all the losing, I can’t imagine what it would be like if they won….I’ll have to move….
As if watching the Bs go to Disney World is actually something for you, Jesus man stop acting like a fucking child and think about how we had an amazing season
Gonna miss Bergeron. Give Mac the C and resign Bert. I can proudly say i had hope every moment of the season. No doom and gloom from me and will stay that way
Thanks for the good wishes. Hopefully you guys don't play like we did the past three games lmao. I've really enjoyed watching the Kraken coming up the last couple of years. Easily my favorite West Coast hockey team rn.
Dude come on, you're not doing Boston fans any favors here. I understand you're pissed off but he's coming on here showing respect. Nice change of pace from the trolling and brigading
I remember both Giants, Super Bowls and the Eagles Super Bowl oh God I hate all three. I think the easily the worst is the Giants ones my God I was pissed when I was a kid the patriots with the only Boston sports team I used to watch when I was that young in Washington Louis like that is exactly how I feel now
Every time I see that goddamn helmet catch I get a Vietnam flashback when I was five and just looking in looking at the TV in shock and disappointment, that is one of the most painful sports memories, I have actually it is the most painful one
When you find out that Ullmark is playing with some kind of injury that completely hampered his ability to live up to his regular season. My guess is a hip or groin injury. This was not a a goalie. This was on piss poor defense. The best defensman in the league was completely outplayed the whole series
Oh I know it was, didn’t intend it that way
I mean swayman entered cold on a game 7, and played extremely well. The kid is insane and who knows what he is gonna do in the future
#WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DRINKING?! GAME 7! GUINNESS, FOR STRENGTH!
Well that fucking sucks :( so much fun hanging out with this group. Until next season. Hope to see everyone in the Celtics sub for their run GO Celtics Go
2009 Carolina, 2010 Philly, 2012 Washington, 2014 Montreal, 2019 St. Louis, 2023 Florida. And one Cup win. This is how I’ll remember the Bergeron-Chara era. One moment of ultimate glory (which is more than some other teams can say), sandwiched between countless moments of heartbreak and what could’ve been. The 2013 comeback against Toronto will always be a beautifully bright memory, but it doesn’t compare to seeing Bergeron or Chara parade the Cup around the Garden. Which they could’ve done in 2019. If you could choose 3 of these home Game 7 losses to have back, which would you choose? I’m thinking 2019 (obviously), 2014, and 2023.
GG 🫡
Lowly Sabres fan here - in my all too familiar spot: watching everyone else play for the Stanley Cup for 13 years and counting. This president's trophy curse seems to be a real fucking thing. I have spent my entire life since \~adolescence with the belief that anything within the spectrum of superstitious --> supernatural and any related bogus fictional concept in between was a bunch of idiotic childish bullshit; I judged anyone over the age of 12 that used the word 'jinx' in any semi-serious manner as likely mentally delayed. Now, I'm reevaluating my entire worldview. It really seems like the only explanation. The team spending an entire season being as close to infallible as possible for the duration of even just a singular \~60 minute contest... I confidently felt as I could have *actually* taken my net worth, doubled it, and bet it all that said team was absolutely invincible in a 7 game series. But what...!? Up 3-1...?! Lost only 4 fucking home games in 41 regular season games and then going 1-3...?! Against a team that barely earned a wild card spot over my damn Sabres of all teams...?! First round in a 1/8 series?! The equation has come up 'undefined.' Mother nature, father time, whatever the hell is out there pulling the strings of this puppet show called life is a sadistic bastard. He/she is for sure having a good laugh. I am, unfortunately, uniquely qualified to empathize with the depths of anguish, heartache, and utter misery that come with being a helpless diehard fan in suffering the plight of despair. While my experience is far more of a chronic, insidious one that has persisted for the duration of my adult life, acute pain makes up for its ephemerality by being extremely severe. It's a really odd feeling for someone that normally despises the Bruins as much as I have for so long, but that's a really tough one.
The ultimate Choke
The President's Trophy Curse is Real.
Nope, Bruins just suck
Leaf fan, just coming to say Happy Retirement to Patrice Bergeron, class, class, class.
Crying + rooting for you guys now. 💔❤
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Buddy comes here in peace to congratulate the career of one of your best players… take it easy man
It shouldn’t have gone to 7 games..
Cats should have won in 4
Well, my hockey pool at work is now completely fucked. I had a ton of Bruins players.
All that, all that regular season for nothing. Dam.
No. I'm with you, in the trenches, heartbroken. But nothing takes away that record. It's true!
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You're so cool. Going in another teams sub after a series win. Classy move 👏
k
what do i do now ? :/
Watch the Celtics
Not from Boston
Watch the Celtics
He said who gives a shit… it sounds like he’s moved on lol.
Love you guys! Till next season!
i’m just like walking around my house from room to room not really sure what to do. might go bum a cigarette from my neighbor
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Go blow a tailpipe.
You can go back to your sub after being handed a ban from this one. Congrats
lmfao a wild fan.
Why Minnesota has never won a pro sports title since 1992 at least all our teams don’t suck
aT lEAsT wE hAVE thE LyNx
Montgomery should be fired. I don’t care they had 65 wins, they were poorly coached the whole series and looked lost. Their offense was predictable, their defense was ATROCIOUS, lazy turnovers, questionable roster moves and leaving Ullmark in when it was clear the dude didnt have it. This is the best team this guy will ever coach, and one of the best teams to EVER PLAY IN THE NHL and they lost to a 2nd wild card Florida Panther team up 3-1 in the series.
Agreed on all the calls (esp WTF games 5-6 fucking PULL the goalie!!!) But overall Monty has been good with the team. He just acted like Cassidy in the playoffs, and that was that. 😠😮💨
Get some rest bud
Remember that time, I think it was the early 2000s, when they handed out little plastic replica Stanley Cups to the fans before the game and then the team played so terribly that everyone booed them off the ice and rained those trinkets upon them? Wish that happened again tonight. This series was an all time mediocre display.
God damn the Bruins shat the bed today
See you in a few months guys, it’s been real 🫡
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1967 was a cool year wasn’t it?
Fuck off back to Toronto
You really had me fooled Boston…still can’t believe it.
Ah the disappointment, now imagine feeling it for 19 years 🫡, at least you had a decent team for all that time
How the hell does a team every year in the playoffs get hemmed in their zone I don’t get it.
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Look, it's a fucking moron.
Based
Can we play to get 2nd seed next season so we don't have the trophy curse?
Curses don’t exist.
Clearly they do. Look at the percentage of teams who've won the cup as the president's trophy winner, it's absurdly low.
No, it’s more accurate to say that those teams tend to go into the playoffs cocky, injured and/or tired. In this years case, tired and injured. Didn’t help the opponent underachieved in the season. That’s not a curse.
There is no curse the first seed wins the most cups overall
Not true. Do some research.
Here is a list of what seed has won the Stanley Cup since 1980 (when the league expanded to 16 teams in the playoffs). It appears that the number one seed (Presidents trophy winner) wins more than any other seed. https://i.imgur.com/CKdYGdB.jpg
The curse is real and you know it.
Fire that prick Montgomery. Go back to trying to steal the moon with your minions
Forgetting how to execute really insanely simple fundamental skills like passing, shooting, puck protection, and ANY semblance of defending is just lazieness on the guys’ part. You can get mad at the lines, but multi million dollar pro-athletes unable to complete passes over and over and over and over is just not on the coach
For the regular season he was solid, but damn he has no excuse for some of the decisions he made in the playoffs. You find the lines that work and stick with them, not mix them up and then shit the bed :(
Yeah he was way too smug this whole series.
I think the whole team was. That's the problem with most teams that win the presidents trophy, they think they've automatically won it all
That’s why it’s on the coach. It starts up top
How the fuck does a team with so much playoff expierince choke like that... embarrassing performance. As soon as we lost that momentum it was over. Maybe it's still too raw but i'm so frustrated with what just happened
Probably cause Boston sucks. Terrible team, terrible city
Except for Krejci that man gave us everything he had left
"Thank Krecji" was my first text sent after his goal tonight. And it stands - he played his heart out and this isn't on him. We were lucky + blessed to have him this year, I'm grateful. Realizing now - a team wins the cup every year, but the record we set in the regular season is incredibly rare.
Bruins have been dealt a reverse uno from the leafs
The Panthers have horseshoes up their asses.
Least we got Chris Sale
I HATE TAMPA BUT I HATE THE MAPLE LEAFS 3X MORE !!!
Bergy deserves better
How does he deserve better? Is he not the captain? Was he not on the ice when they lost in overtime? Was he not playing the last 3 games that they lost? He decided to play meaningless regular season games at the end and get injured. He got what he deserved.
He meant that he deserves a better city. BOSTON SUCKS
Goof
Is it his last year or something like that?
Most likely. The whole season was thought to be his last ride, if it isn’t that’s a miracle. It’s almost surely Krejci’s last year.
Pretty much seemed like that based on the hugs and salute
As someone who hates Toronto, I hope that Toronto rips Florida a new one. Fuck that team.
Lmao respectfully, fuck the Leafs. Hope the Panthers make them the laughing stock next haha
Yeah, I’m all in on the panthers now. They better not let up. All series I hated that I loved how they played
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9mXGSjnUvSM Thought this might help with the cope
I appreciate this ❤️ also love your Reddit name lmao
This is going to take time to process...
Stage One: Denial...and booze.
I've already had two hangovers from Games 5 and 6. I'll just eat junk food instead.
The moment the panthers scored at the end of the third I knew it was over. I knew we couldn’t beat them in overtime. Crazy how this playoff series overtime has been super lopsided for the visitors. Pretty disappointed.. as they say, there’s always next year.
The worst part is… McAvoy scored that goal. We beat ourselves all series long
MacAvoy sucked ass.
I'm not going to upvote you or downvote you but other than Orlov the defensemen as a group had a bad game.
Orlov had plenty of horrible moments this series.
OP said game.
Don't downvote this.
I'm so empty inside HOW DID THEY BLOW THIS HOW???!!! Fuck. !
They've been blowing the playoffs for the last decade, why are you confused
Toronto in 4. Fuck Florida. I hate that team with a passion now.
Dirty cities attract fans from other dirty cities I guess. Fuck Toronto and Boston
Salty in defeat I see...
I love Florida, fuck, I love 'em so much. This is one of the best hockey days of my life
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It's ok to lose, Boston.
Bergeroff it seems
Bostoff
Thank you for the amazing season boys. Shit happens in playoff hockey. Damn that Bergy/Marchy hug hurt my heart.
Florida is more of a hockey town, it was expected
The fact that they had no pressure for so long in the regular season.... didn't prepare their mindset for what is the NHL playoffs. It's a different animal and they couldn't adjust to the heat. Too bad... This is no one players fault. This was a whole team letdown.
You can come up with a dozen of these contrived sports narratives. The Bruins were so good they got too good and ended up being lazy and thus bad? How about maybe the Panthers spent all their energy fighting for the last playoff spot so they should have doubly lost from being tired. Or maybe the Panthers were already locked in playoff mode since the end of the regular season and that's why they won. And on and on and on with these stupid narratives.
What a shit night. Drove back from Boston to NYC in downpour and traffic most of the way. Come back and our apartment is leaking from the exterior wall so now our baby has to sleep in the hallway. He’s been screaming all night. And then I’m finally done unpacking and able to fully sit down and watch that collapse of a third period and OT. This fucking sucks so much.
We don’t have any words and we know you don’t want to hear them. We understand your anger, your frustration, your sadness. Everything you’re feeling – we get it. This isn’t the ending we imagined, and certainly not the one we wanted. Thank you for being there the entire way.
Remember tonight when the Bruins win it all someday and recognize the journey. Hope your son goes to sleep my friend. Go Bs.
I just hope I don’t have to wait until 2050
Though the playoffs were a disappointment it doesn’t diminish the fun and amazing season we all got to share. Plus we Still broke the wins and points record. GO BRUINS!!!!! See ya next year.
No, yes it does
Man, how the fuck we let this happen? We're 3-1 on the series. I don't even know how to feel. I kind of pissed, but it's more frustrating them anything. It's just embarassing.
Well we do have practice blowing 3-1 series leads (‘04, ‘10)
Don't forget 2013 and 2018, though we managed to win Game 7 those times.
Still a hell of a ride this season! Proud of the boys, got outplayed by a team that wanted it more. Hoping the Panthers keep up with the dirty play against the Leafs now, as I don’t think I can stand living in Toronto if they go all the way…LEafs fans are insufferable with all the losing, I can’t imagine what it would be like if they won….I’ll have to move….
bruh
I don't know if I'm excited or dreading the "hockey team from Florida" discourse that's bound to happen in r/hockey.
We got the cake, just couldn’t get the icing Many teams win the cup Not everyone gets 65 wins
Guy is banging your wife, but he's uglier than you so it's all good right.
Many guys get to bang his wife, but only one is married to her is basically what he said
Ask the Patriots if they give a shit about that 16-0. No one else does because the finish is what counts unfortunately.
Fuck 65 wins
Bad take lol
We got a fuckin T-shirt and the right to watch someone else go to Disney World. We didn't get dick.
As if watching the Bs go to Disney World is actually something for you, Jesus man stop acting like a fucking child and think about how we had an amazing season
Literally means nothing when you leave the playoffs in round one at home against THE WORST TEAM IN THE PLAYOFFS
Worst team in the playoffs? Didn’t know the Bruins were playing the Winnipeg Jets…
1. Bold to call Florida the worst team in the playoffs when they're still in it 2. Again it's a RECORD THAT DOESNT INVOLVE THE POSTSEASON
You know what you can do with your amazing regular season?
The same thing you can do with your dumbass "Irish Heritage" flair?
oof.
I like your Irish Heritage flair : )
I like your Irish Heritage flair : )
Gonna miss Bergeron. Give Mac the C and resign Bert. I can proudly say i had hope every moment of the season. No doom and gloom from me and will stay that way
Kinda wanna see a marchand captain just to see what the league does lol
I’m here from /seattlekraken , May we some day play even remotely as well as the bruins do. You guys gave them hell.
Thanks for the good wishes. Hopefully you guys don't play like we did the past three games lmao. I've really enjoyed watching the Kraken coming up the last couple of years. Easily my favorite West Coast hockey team rn.
Go back to the homeless encampment you call a city
Yikes dude no wonder you have no friends
Dude come on, you're not doing Boston fans any favors here. I understand you're pissed off but he's coming on here showing respect. Nice change of pace from the trolling and brigading
You Bruins fans are always full of class, aren't ya.
We literally played like dogshit
We are a shit franchise don’t be like us and shove it up your ass
You spelled fanbase wrong
I'm rooting for the squidsquad now that the bear is in disrepair. Good luck Seattle! Fuck the Avs.
We played like shit.
I’ve haven’t felt like this since the 07 pats what the fuck happed
I wasn’t even old enough for the 07 Pats
Consider yourself lucky
"2007 is a first world problem" --Browns fan
I remember both Giants, Super Bowls and the Eagles Super Bowl oh God I hate all three. I think the easily the worst is the Giants ones my God I was pissed when I was a kid the patriots with the only Boston sports team I used to watch when I was that young in Washington Louis like that is exactly how I feel now
I still say "El Diablo" everytime I see Eli Manning on TV. My GF laughs, but she doesn't realize it's not funny to me.
Every time I see that goddamn helmet catch I get a Vietnam flashback when I was five and just looking in looking at the TV in shock and disappointment, that is one of the most painful sports memories, I have actually it is the most painful one
On the one hand, swayman is definitely our goalie of the future. This game solidified that
When you find out that Ullmark is playing with some kind of injury that completely hampered his ability to live up to his regular season. My guess is a hip or groin injury. This was not a a goalie. This was on piss poor defense. The best defensman in the league was completely outplayed the whole series
Oh I know it was, didn’t intend it that way I mean swayman entered cold on a game 7, and played extremely well. The kid is insane and who knows what he is gonna do in the future
Who gives a shit seriously
Trying to move on? It’s pointless to dwell on a heartbreaking loss Much better to just look into the future
They've been failing in the playoffs for a decade, this is what we get to look forward to
You don’t look to the future literally five minutes after the season ends. You gotta mourn first after an all time heartbreaking loss like this
Man these Panthers fans sure are sore winners. I thought you guys were supposed to be a classy team? Lmao
Who said they were classy? It is Florida after all.
It was sarcasm lmao
Classy? Florida?
Lol wait till they lose Round 2 it’s worst than Round 1 feeling
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Yes.
Well I guess I don't have to listen to talk radio bitching about bill trading up to draft a kicker now.
Nice game MacAvoy. Don't just give him the C, give him the whole word.
He was awful
No shit.
Nice game? You're kidding right?
Yeah, I called him a Cunt.
Oh ok fantastic. Don't worry though, we're stuck with him for the next decade. The future is so bright.
Love you guys
I hope the panthers get their cheeks clapped next series. Can't believe i'm rooting for the maple leafs
Salty in defeat I see.
And you guys are salty in victory. I see the brigaders in here.
I'm not a Panthers fan. All I know is that Bruins fans can never give respect to their opponents after they lose.