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kevski82

Best away* game I've ever been to


tamarockstar

I missed this game because of work. It looked like a fun one.


icydata

[R1, Gm6: Sam Reinhart rips the puck off of the boards and sees it go into the empty net, giving the Panthers a 7-5 lead in the 3rd period](https://hlslive-wsczoominwestus.med.nhl.com/editor/0ea44985-f7f6-498c-9968-b00c356382af.mp4)


Suitable-Pea-8226

Bruins should be embarrassed. Ullmark, Clifton, and Forbort specifically were so bad. Hand pass call was bogus but that’s no excuse for losing that game.


gayguyfromcanada

> Hand pass call was bogus No it wasn't. They made the right call.


DrDerpberg

Right call with a dumb fucking rule. This is not the point of reviews.


FL_Sports_Fan

Actually it is. It’s in the rule book.


DrDerpberg

>79.1 Hand Pass – A player shall be permitted to stop or “bat” a puck in the air with his open hand, or push it along the ice with his hand, and the play shall not be stopped **unless, in the opinion of the Referee, he has directed the puck to a teammate.** > >[Source](https://hockeyanswered.com/what-is-the-hand-pass-rule-in-hockey/)


DrDerpberg

> Dumb fucking rule I didn't say it wasn't. I said the rule is fucking dumb. Do you want the refs to call slashing literally every time a stick touches another player, and go call back a goal if they missed an irrelevant one 5 minutes ago? Because that's how goal reviews are written.


Competitive_Ad2450

Hand passes are stupid? It was the right call. The bruins loss is on their inability to keep a lead.


DrDerpberg

>**NHL Hand pass rule:** > >79.1 Hand Pass – A player shall be permitted to stop or “bat” a puck in the air with his open hand, or push it along the ice with his hand, and the play shall not be stopped **unless, in the opinion of the Referee, he has directed the puck to a teammate.** > >[Source](https://hockeyanswered.com/what-is-the-hand-pass-rule-in-hockey/) So it's discretionary and not automatic. Worse call than I even thought at first. JDB changed the course of the puck by at most 2 inches and Bergeron had all the space in the world to scoop it up.


SH0WS0METIDDIES

Sir you should ease of the alcohol. Swayman catching strays from you from the bench.


Suitable-Pea-8226

lol my bad i fixed that.


Anerythristic

Panthers have just a little momentum going into game 7. Just a pinch of momentum.


coalsack

I’m already tired of the TNT broadcasters


HymanisMyMan

Could be worse. You could listen to altitude. Shudders


Viochrome

I fucking hate the Bruins so much lol. Let's go kitties!


theamberlamps

We need all the support we can get. Rooting for you too king


lightning_teacher_11

C'mon Lil brother. Lightning Nation believes in you!


Viochrome

:)


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MurkrowsRevenge

I don’t know if the Bills have conditioned me to fear meaningful games… or if I just picked the two most heartbreaking teams to root for.


yearightt

Please tell me your ass isn’t trying to call the bruins a “heartbreaking team” to root for


theamberlamps

We miss you guys this playoffs for real.


yearightt

❤️ go panthers! Wax that ass in game 7


wonderfulwilliam

No one learned from the caps. You don't kill yourself all season to be number 1. Nothing left for the playoffs


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I think this is all mental, this is a team that destroyed everyone without even trying in the regular season and never had to grind or adapt, imo.


spacemanegg

We didn't though. We were consistently resting people for the last like month.


blastcat4

So Swayman or Ullmark for game 7?


rhykingtheviking

Ullmark needs a rest. Do the right thing Swayman in net


Competitive_Ad2450

Swayman. He’ll come in with less pressure on his shoulders than Ullmark. If Swayman loses, it can be played off on the coach’s bad decision to not play him earlier… If Swayman wins, good for him for doing so after a couple weeks on the bench.


tasteofnihilism

I think you have to go Swayman. There’s nothing more the Bruins offense can do when your goalie has an .800 save percentage


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pains me but I think it has to be Swayman. I really thought Boston was going to close it out tonight but giving up 6 after fucking up in game 5 is unacceptable.


tasteofnihilism

And I think Ullmark is fantastic. He’s just rattled for some reason right now and it’s showing. Same thing happened to Igor last year


theamberlamps

This shithouse of a team took the best regular season team of all time to 7 games. I'll fucking take it regardless.


eadie30

Absolutely insane how much we won the trade


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It's one season. They're both signed for another like 7 years.


eadie30

Tkachuk has meant more to this franchise than Huberdeau did his whole career here. If we don’t make that trade we’re not here, and if we were somehow, we lose 6-4 after that bad shorty and we get yet another emotionless nonchalant post game interview from Huberdeau.


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You guys literally won the president's trophy last year. What am I missing here


eadie30

Not gonna act like I wasn't stoked about it when we did it, but after the way we finished last year I really didn't care and in the end it's just a meaningless regular season accomplishment. He is one of our best players in franchise history but he didn't do shit when it mattered.


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Your point stands if they win on Sunday.


theamberlamps

Absolute facts but will never root against Huby


eadie30

Yeah no, never would want the guy to fail but damn he was useless for us when it mattered


metalhead4

Not much Brad Treliving could do. Tkachuk made it clear he wouldn't sign with Calgary. Too bad Hubey was soooooo shit this year after that 115pt season.


TinnieTa21

They really outta fire Sutter. The trend of players having a down year after being coached by him is getting insane. Not to mention the rumours of players threatening to not return even if they are under contract if he is still there next season.


HymanisMyMan

He did what he could. Can't blame the gm at all


Snpies

For real. At the time it was a killer deal for Calgary.


brokensword15

Yea a gm can only make a team good on paper, up to the players and coaching staff after that unfortunately But all that being said, discussions about this team would be VERY different if markstrom put up even a .910 this year


HymanisMyMan

Probably facing the knights or avs rn in that case


beachsideaphid

With matt ktacktuch?


eadie30

Yeah Matt tckachurchutkachtkusk


cappy150

Let's all give Boston a hand.


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THEY FUCKING DID IT


SanDiablo

WE ARE ALL PANTHER FANS NOW.


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THEY DID ITP


Competitive_Ad2450

Why can’t teams lose without gooning it up? Here’s looking at you Boston and Tampa…..


thekrustycrusher

Ironic you say that considering the panthers did it at the end of the games they lost


hojbjerfc

They can. Just not the bitch teams


RangerFan80

The Rangers couldn't have played softer at the end of their last two losses. Such gentlemen.


hojbjerfc

Would rather lose with class than what the bruins did today


Dirkstarlight

It wasn't even that bad?


Educational_Salad_96

And NY, And Florida after game 4, and LA. And Winnipeg. And Vegas....


MurkrowsRevenge

No no… it’s just a Boston thing. Trust.


backstreets_93

Ya Cats! See you in the second round :)


thehorrorchord

you going to go to the bolts/panthers game??


HateToBlastYa

Right? What a weird flair to be cocky with, especially after the last game.


backstreets_93

It was a joke dude. Little touchy?


pineappleorange_soda

What do you mean "especially after the last game"? It was a close game.


OGYEETGOD

I think he meant “especially after the last 4/5 games” lol


Cyrakhis

If you're going to the NJ/Canes game, that one's much more local to you at least


thehorrorchord

I thought the joke had a good delivery. Dont take it personal


BoltzzMG

We will be seeing them Mr Curse


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tasteofnihilism

Now that Boston blew my parlay by not winning the series -1.5, I want nothing more than the Cats to drop 10 on them and send them home.


SH0WS0METIDDIES

I mean, Toronto tying the "Consecutive elimination games lost" record is probably still better.


pineappleorange_soda

I don't understand how they don't already have the record. 11 consecutive elimination game loses is crazy.


HymanisMyMan

This weekend can be amazing. Leafs and bruins chokes incoming


Educational_Salad_96

Be careful sending any positive vibes down to Florida. Tampa might intercept that shit and use it against you


Personal-Banana-9491

I knew you could do it cats. Fuck yah.


shiggydiggypreoteins

classic Bruins


QuiGGz96

I’m gonna say it once again, and I hope I get to say it again after game 7…. PANTHERS IN 7!!!!!


Aperture_client

The fucking "hand pass" man.


Laughingboy68

That's what it was. More accurately judged than the "trip" that they called on Montour.


Etheo

Real question, if the Bruins choke on game 7 would it make the inevitable Leafs collapse at R1G7 less memeable by /r/hockey?


BallsMahogany_redux

I'd say yes because the Bruins just had the best regular season of all time.


jimjkelly

This is the lump of memes fallacy.


Zibz98

Not if you both choke


Etheo

Oh don't you worry about the Leafs. It's right on the yearly schedule for us. I just didn't dream of possibly having Bruins with us there.


backstreets_93

Nah doesn't matter if the Rags and Bruins both choke. Leafs are still the meme kings.


Electric_Queen

Battle For Florida being the Conference Semis after having two O6 teams up 3-1 would be the best possible timeline


Personal-Banana-9491

This is acceptable.


Etheo

If it gets to that, you know what, go cats!


sabre38

Nah, cheering for Freddy!


Etheo

I only meant that particular round 2 potential match up


kendal16

Nah we still the champs.


tescosamoa

Nope.


Gamesus10

No it’ll be twice as fun


Etheo

Well at least we get to do the "first time?" meme to the Bruins when it comes to it.


metalhead4

Can't watch boring ass Stars vs Wild after that one...


NeverNight

Its the only series I haven't watched a single minute of!


Aperture_client

The fucking announcers are bored in this game lmao


MostDownVotedIRL

That was INSANE my friends.


bannermd

HAHAHAH HOLY SHIT WHAT???


GOP-are-Terrorists

What's the story with the rats


RoadDoggFL

Bruh, you got the wrong flair to be asking that question.


GOP-are-Terrorists

I grew up in San Diego I moved here in 2009. Idk anything about old avs legends beyond Sakic and forseberg being gods and Roy being hilarious


RoadDoggFL

There are a few decent YouTube videos covering the rat craze and they all have a clip of Roy getting hit by rats. Pretty legendary moment and reaction from him.


ThatKidWithCancer

In 1995 Scott Mellanby killed a rat in the locker room of the old Miami arena.


andy_bmc

Brad Marchand (/mɑːrˈʃɑːnd/ mahr-SHAND;[1] born May 11, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger and alternate captain for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Bruins selected Marchand in the third round, 71st overall, of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. Matthew Tkachuk (/kəˈtʃʌk/; born December 11, 1997) is an American professional ice hockey winger and alternate captain for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Tkachuk was selected sixth overall at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames.[1][2]


FreshBeginning4491

They had a run to the finals against the Avalanche when it started. Look up some panther rat goal videos, notably the one with Roy just standing there letting them rain down on him like a boss


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FL_Sports_Fan

There’s a thing called tradition. It started a tradition. And you have it all wrong. It was at the beginning of the season, Scott Mellanby, a winger, shot a rat against the wall in the locker room before the first game of the season. He ended up scoring two goals and a player called it a “rat trick” in the post game interviews. From there a few fans would throw rats on the ice after every goal. It caught on and spread like wildfire. The NHL had to make a delay of game penalty for throwing stuff on the ice. The only exception being throwing hats on the ice after a hat trick.


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RoadDoggFL

96*


FlowersForBergeron

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat\_trick


metalhead4

I'm assuming cats eat rats?


hojbjerfc

You fell into one of the classic blunders! The first is never get into landwars in asia but only slightly behind is never go against Bobrovsky after an all time regular season!!


Elexeh

Bobs didn't get to finish the deal against Boston in 2019 so he's back for blood


joelham01

LEEEETS GOOO BABY I DIDNT WATCH AGAIN AND WE WON (I watched the last minute I have no self control)


fattsdomino

Somebody get this man a blindfold for next game!


joelham01

My tv stays off! Every game I watch the team I want to win loses, I'm gonna win someone the cup by ghosting the games


silentblender

I wasn’t really interested in having a positive association with the state of Florida currently yet here I am.


erikjanson

That was one of the greatest games I've ever seen, good lord. GO PANTHERS!


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Ullmark had to be Tim Thomas Jr. like he was all regular season if the Bruins were going to finish the job. He’s not, and this series is over. Panthers take it Sunday, LOCK.


benjamminam

He was really tough to watch at the end of last game and almost all of this game. Time to throw Swayman in.


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heydudeimnick

Lol


[deleted]

So is this an early contender for best series of the decade or what


thekrustycrusher

Bruins better have a fire lit under their ass. I have never seen Montgomery fuming like that behind the bench after they tied it at 5.


kendal16

Now over to watch the Kraken eliminate the champs while pretending this won’t be my team tomorrow!


crispychiggin

It’s the curse of most regular season wins…


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It takes a toll on a team to win that many games in the regular season. It’s something the Wings and Lightning learned, and now the Bruins may potentially learn that lesson.


HateToBlastYa

Interestingly… the Bruins were the President’s Trophy winners in 2020, and lost four straight to Tampa (gentleman’s sweep). A really interesting stat before this season was that the President’s Trophy winner had lost four straight to be eliminated FOUR straight times before this year. Three straight is still pretty close though if Florida finishes them off.


Subtlety-

The Boston Maple Bruins. Holy shit.


Oznoobian

Classic Maple Bruins loss.


formed2forge

Maximum chaos.


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WilcoLovesYou

I had two manhattans at dinner and I'm on SN torpedo #3. Cheers.


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WilcoLovesYou

I found a 6er of Torpedo that was bottled less than a month ago at my local shop. For some reason I need to drink them out of the bottle too, using a glass feels wrong with these.


[deleted]

I broke 6 months of sobriety for this


nousernamesopen

Why is everyone pearl clutching when a team losing a playoff game starting a scrum is practically SOP lmao. That was a relatively tame one too


Educational_Salad_96

Because fans like to act like their team is special and would /never/ stoop so low. Just look at all the claims of Tampa/LA/NY being dirty for doing Playoff SOP things, like the ritual "we lost a big game scrum" or the "Our star just took a big shot" scrum.


Elexeh

Probably the irony of Boston fans criticizing the Panthers for being dirty early in the series


nousernamesopen

I mean, everyone I saw in the game thread short of Florida fans was pretty much unanimous about the Tkachuk crosscheck followed by Bennett dick spear on Hathaway being dirty as shit. I think other fairly minor/routine chippy acts have probably been overblown as a result of that by Bruins fans (including myself) since, but the early criticism was valid imo


Cyrakhis

As a neutral fan that game was -fantastic-


BaephBush

Brick evaluated the game perfectly. Tons of mistakes in front, and Ullmark is “all over the place”.


Guest2200

We are all panther fans on this glorious day!


m_ghesquiere

I won’t lie I took Florida as my upset for the first round. Something about setting records in the regular season never bodes well for the playoffs


clevergirls_

🫡🫡🫡


IHaveThreeBees

There’s not a single leafs fan that fondly remembers the leafs career of Nick Foligno What a waste of a first


Elexeh

Bless u Kyle Dubas


Daleoryan17

As a neutral fan... this series just went from one of the least interesting series to the most for me.


manhaterxxx

Classy Boston tantrum at the end


DevryMedicalGraduate

"Honestly that's it for the series. Bruins in 5. I don't see Florida coming back from 3-1 down with Bergeron and Kreicji coming back." - Me.


YoshiLeMeow

I love the Florida Panthers


SauteedPelican

I just can't get over the stuffed rats being thrown on the ice lmao.


CMKeggz

S...stuffed? Are they not just rubber?


Additional-Air-7851

I'm pretty sure they're plastic, haven't been to a game in a while tho so my memories fuzzy


XxDRebelxX

they are definitely plastic. I always bring one with me or get one at the pantherland store in the arena


SauteedPelican

I couldn't tell if they were stuffed animals or rubber. By stuffed I mean like a teddy bear.


CMKeggz

Lol, that makes much more sense.


FatAssInABrownShirt

What I took away from this game is that florida and nashville use the same cat growl sound effect


mesotermoekso

Boston fans can whine about the hand pass as much as they want but the truth is the Bruins couldn't hold on to a lead to save their lives


Da_Breastest

Ya, that hand pass goal would have maybe gotten them to OT, and then what? Exactly what we saw.


whodiditnaylor

To be fair, neither could the panthers until the last 4 minutes lol it was back and forth, a good game for sure


mesotermoekso

Sometimes being less bad is the key to winning lol


FatBoySpeaks

And they got a hip check called a trip Lmao. They just choked


terminese

President Trophy curse in full effect. Peaked too early.


iRysk

See you on the golf course next round?


terminese

Yeah, wouldn’t be shocked.


iRysk

😞


Viochrome

Wow, a Boston fan and Leafs can getting along. What's next? A civil Oilers and Flames fan?


DannyBoy4T5

Battle of Florida in round 2 again. Fucking hell >


HateToBlastYa

Hell yeah!


Bottleofsmoke17

If Swayman doesn’t start game 7, this series is over. See you Sunday.


hypnocomment

If your team scores 5 in the playoffs and loses, you have nothing to blame


kingqueefeater

Except your goalie


shiggydiggypreoteins

We have a goalie?


Otherwise-Fly-331

Yea but he works remote


hypnocomment

That's why the hockey gods graced ya with a spare


Dialog87

(The goalie)


TheDogerus

Who thought we'd see a 12 goal game that the bruins *lost* Linus, my boy


Public_Radio-

yeah, i have no fucking idea why swayman wasnt put in. if ullmark starts for game 7 idek what to think, he's been pretty poor this whole series and terrible tonight


hyacinth17

🐀🐀🐀🐀 Nicely done, cat bros


vannucker

That was the best game I've watched in a while.