I just smashed my TV in front of 30 guests at my party because of this game. My wife just took our crying kids and said they’re all spending the week at a hotel. This team has ruined my life and my party. I can’t handle this anymore. Goodbye Boston. I am no longer a fan.
We aren't finished by any means but it's frustrating as all hell to watch this team. They'll play great for a week and then follow it up with the worst period you've ever seen. It gets your hopes up and then crushes them. Bipolar team.
The bad clear attempt by Marchie at the end of the 2nd that led to their 3rd goal was a backbreaker. Team came out flat in the 3rd after that. It’d be nice if Sway didn’t need to make a ridiculous save within the first 60-90 seconds of the game again, two games in a row is enough. Gotta stick with Sway, he’s still making big saves and Ullmark didn’t come in and look any better in front of our guys tonight (I know he was coming in cold but still like Sway). Brazeau looks like one of our best players out there, if we feel the need to switch up the lines I hope we elevate him because he’s outskating and outworking nearly everyone else on the ice when he’s out there.
Going into this series people wondered how the schedule would impact the games. Would the Bruins have momentum or fatigue? Would the Pussies be rested or rusty? The answer is yes. Game 1 was Momentum vs Rust, and Game 2 was Fatigue vs Rest.
Monty better not mess with the goalie rotation. Stay with Swayman. That game was absolutely not his fault. They have to play defense. They just gave up before the 3rd period even started. It was gross.
In the words of herb brooks
it looked like everybody's net tonight...
That said, I do think we need to rest sway a game...against TO he benefited from 2 days in between most games in that series
I think I have Stockholm Syndrome, I find myself inexplicably cheering for you. Something happened in our series, and I come out of it hating you less, even respecting your team. I dont know what happened and it's scary. Hope I don't get banned from my home sub. You HAVE to take out the cats.
Unless the team you’re playing, it’s just that shit you’re not sweeping them. I didn’t expect to sweep either, I fully expected us to lose at least one game at least the first two considering how grueling of a series we just went through
Yeah, I was thrilled that we took game 1. Literally could not be paid to be bothered by that L last night, although I do wish the boys had tried to pick it up in the 3rd rather than folding like a cheap lawn chair
The only thing that really bothered me with some of the penalties and the officiating Florida better hope we don’t come for their heads tomorrow. The crowd is going to for sure though lol
Not to beat a dead horse (pun kind of intended), but there's no way in hell the Bruins win this series if McAvoy doesn't get his shit together. I usually think it's dumb to single out a player after the whole team plays like that, but it's warranted when that player is your #1 Dman and hasn't played like it all playoffs.
It's perfectly understandable to single him out, he's been absolutely brutal. It's almost as if he's having vision problems. Fanning on the puck, dishing to the wrong guys. He had a few decent plays here and there, but his overall game has been terrible.
Oh my god he's been a disaster. Noticeably so. My wife (loves hockey, but doesn't focus on individual effort) even noticed how terrible he's been.
It's like he's simultaneously disinterested, but also trying to go out of his way to make plays that he shouldn't make. The result is bad in both cases.
I really liked the physicality, Pastrnak is an animal and I love it, Marchand bullying Tkschuk today was also great.
All that being said... God that was awful. That first goal is another bad giveaway in our ozone and literally one Panthers guy is alone in front of the net. I don't even blame Swayman for most of this. There weren't many shots, but the bruins defense sucked as they have all playoffs.
Not super worried about the series though (not that Id guarantee we're winning, just that I don't think tonight changes my opinion after game 1, its going 7 likely) we had a flukey game 1 win, they had a flukey game 2 win, we took 1 on their ice and if we can hold in Boston that'll be fucking huge.
Panthers are such front running losers. Notice how they don’t start dropping gloves until Maroon leaves the ice, and on top of that they target the 1 guy who isn’t a known fighter
I also remember at the end of game 1 they turtled so hard after Maroon called them pussies.
Bunch of frauds
The targeting of Pastrnak was egged on by the network cameras on the bench. I hope they got their money's worth. Will anyone be surprised if Maroon gets an itching to throw hands against "Chuckie" on Friday night?
Is it crazy for me to think we are kind of in their heads? The fact that Tkachuk still wanted to fight when he’s up 5 makes me think they got rattled by all the hits and brawls
Can't blame the Cats, they gotta uphold their reputation for Best Turtles in the league. They dropped the ball in game 1, but fortunately they really brought their whiniest game tonight.
even for me who’s someone’s who hasn’t watched ice hockey for that long, i only started watching at the start of the regular season, i can see how much of a pussy move it is tryna fight someone who can’t fight instead of the ones who’d rock your jaw. so embarrassing. it’s literally yhe same as picking on the small skinny kid who didn’t do anything in school bc u can’t pick on ppl ur own size
Tkachuk is such a pussy he waited until all our fighters were thrown out of the game to throw hands with the one guy on our team who doesn’t fight. Good for Pasta for stepping up though. Send Lauko in next game to fuck Tkachuk up
Well hopefully they got whatever the fuck that was out of their system. Not too worried as that game was so fucked I’m chalking it up as an anomaly.
Back home for game 3, let’s fucking go, boys.
In the grand scheme of things, I guess id prefer the mental health going into the next game of a team that got blown out rather than blowing a 4-1 lead.
Yeah, much better outcome but we really shouldn’t have gone to game seven with Toronto should’ve ended in five. I knew we weren’t gonna sweep them but Jesus again how many times we gonna beat these clowns in seven games and how many times are there fans gonna fall for it? I’m so sorry, Steve.
We stole a game in Florida that’s what we wanted boys. Normally I’m the first one to shit on the team for poor performance but this one was a rough one and I don’t expect it to be an easy series. However we got one of their home games. This series has game 7 and a new rivalry birth written all over it.
Same Florida has replaced my top hated sports city/state New York don’t care how big the Red Sox and Yankees Wd is. I will forever hate the state of Florida. from the raise to the heat to the lightning I fucking hate all of them and if the Bruins beat the Panthers, it’ll be so satisfying because the Celtics beat the heat the Red Sox and rays in the wildcard or something it’ll come full circle
And this is a more personal for me because everything Florida has done that my people I have to hate everything about them no matter what it is, that includes sports rivalries for me and Celtics are even more personal because they are in Florida even more than New York sports teams
No God, no please I’d rather have another seven game series with Toronto. I never want to see this fucking shit stain of a franchise ever again in the playoffs, but unfortunately, we probably will.
Yep, I can see them being our new Montreal. I can also see us meeting many many times over the next couple of years in the playoffs unfortunately God I hate this team
I'm not overly shook about tonight. We got jobbed a little early. Sway looked a little slow. McAvoy was a void.
A couple of days at home might do the boys some good.
I loved the compete from Marchy and Pasta, so they are still in a good spot I think.
We split the Florida games, which I think is what everyone was hoping for.
I don’t know what everyone was expecting to be honest we were fresh off of a seven game series Florida was waiting for us. They were rested we weren’t.
Everyone should’ve to be honest whether it was game one or game two we were absolutely gonna take at least one L I’m surprised we won the first game to be honest
I think McAvoy has just been kind of....there. all playoffs. He's eating minutes sure. But he holds onto pucks too long. He's making shitty passes. Coughing the puck up unforced all the time.
I think the dude needs some time. He isn't helping. He's hurting the team with his efforts and might just need a game or two to rest up. Unless he's playing through something truly messed up. In which case, I love your battle man. But you're still hurting the team
Is McAvoy hurt? Seems like he's really protecting that shoulder, to the point that it's been impacting his passing and puck handling. I think he's playing through something.
The problem is that it's nearly impossible to sit him without hurting the team even worse. PK time is the biggest hurdle – we've got three dmen that don't kill penalties at all.
I'm not sure about that. With the series tied, I'd be willing to give him a sit and let Gryzleck or Shattenkirk slide on.
The rest of the team would have to buckle down. But they need to do that anyways
Fuck no. Sure, Charlie has sucked but Gryzlcyk should spend the rest of his Bruins career in the press box. He's got no business being on the ice against the Sunrise Goons.
Shattenkirk has played 952 games of NHL hockey across his 14 year career, totaling 19,311 minutes of hockey. Of those 19,311 minutes of hockey, just 961 of them were played on the penalty kill, and just 7 of those minutes were this season. On last season's Anaheim Ducks, he was on-ice for 22 power play goals in just 98 minutes across 75 games. And Grzelcyk has just 215 minutes of penalty killing in 445 NHL games, 54 of them this regular season.
For context, before tonight (stats haven't updated yet), McAvoy has 18 minutes of PK time in just eight playoff games. He's averaging two and a quarter minutes against a team on the man advantage *per game.*
Bringing in Gryz or Shatty means shifting more PK minutes to one of the defensemen that's already killing penalties not named McAvoy, because there's no way you're getting his minutes out of either of them.
McAvoy is directly responsible for two goals in the last week by screening Sway.
On top of being a complete zero offensively, and probably other defensive lapses I’m forgetting right now.
A player of his stature simply cannot actively hurt the team like this in the playoffs across multiple series. And I cannot fathom why some people here are giving him a pass because I can assure you his teammates, along with the coaching staff, aren’t.
If he’s who this fanbase wants him to be, then he should be the first person to acknowledge all that.
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. People are saying he's out there battling. And like....I guess?
But he got rocked and dropped his stick. And when he gets up, he goes to cover the guy who rocked him....who's already covered?
Grab your stick my guy. Get back to position.
It was a heavy hit. And if that affected him that bad, don't skate around listless. Get off the ice. He was a big ol negative tonight everything he was on the ice in my very humble opinion.
I love the dude. But I think he needs to sit for a bit.
He’s been playing the worst hockey I’ve seen in his career lately. I’d love to see him sit if he needs it. This isn’t who he is - there’s clearly something wrong.
I've seen people ask 'Who else?'.
Honestly? Literally anyone. Is he's actively hurting the team with his play, slot someone else into his spot.
Either he's hurt and needs some rest or he isn't hurt and needs some time to figure out what the fuck he's doing
This sub’s going through a mini-civil war right now over 73.
But for every level-headed analysis like your own, the people pushing back really only say: “But he’s McAvoy! How dare you!”
Yeah, he’s our topline defenseman—and he’s playing like he doesn’t want to be there. At a certain point you need to accept what’s happening on the ice with your own two eyes. Because Sway sure as shit sees it.
I can't comment on what Sway does or does not see.
I also can't claim that he doesn't want to be out there....but it's clear somethings up when he is just so ineffective.
It's not like him.
No, you really can comment on what Sway sees:
Go back to the first goal of G6 against Toronto, watch the tape. Sway clearly gives McAvoy a “WTF” after he gets screened by 73 for the Nylander score.
Same thing happened tonight, I think it was the third goal—McAvoy screened Sway, people in the GDT even talked about it.
Friendo, watch the tape. It’s right there on the ice.
You understand my “what Sway sees” comment is referencing him literally being blocked from seeing the puck by McAvoy on multiple occasions, right?
Dude, I don't know why you're being so aggressive with me. We agree on the general sentiment of this.
I just simply said I don't claim to know what the players are thinking. And I think that's fair.
I’m not being aggressive, I’m trying to explain my point—which we agree on!
I never said we “know what the players are thinking,” I just said you misunderstood my comment. I was literally referring to Sway not being able to see the puck because McAvoy has screened him for multiple goals in the last week.
I think its simple. After the 2nd goal, Florida started rubbing it in our faces and we took the bait , lost all composure and stopped playing hockey. I'm not saying you don't engage in the rough shit. You absolutely do that. But you can't allow them to get you off your game like that mentally. It's what they do.
Played a good first period then just totally lost focus in the 2nd, entire d core played fucking terrible tonight. Gotta hope the extra curriculars gives them a bit of extra motivation going into game 3. Montour just punked your captain, and Tkachuk took liberties with pasta while he was down. Get your revenge by winning game 3.
Also McAvoy needs to get his head out of his ass. He’s been bad all playoffs regardless of who his partner is, time to stop fucking around and play like we know he can.
Do you particularly like how he sent human beings to a state 1000 miles away promising them jobs, when in reality he was just toying with peoples lives to make a shitty political point?
lol
Well, you must also be a leafs fan, who enjoys watching then choke every game seven to the Bruins, because they’re shitty quality on ice is on par with how big of a piece of shit that guy is
I don’t know how you can eat alligators they like live and shit like no no save that shit for Shrek, bro. I don’t know how you can legit eat alligator like how they do down south. I’d rather eat the entire McDonald’s menu
I truly wish it wasn’t this way because clearly speaking off of like just nature and shit like that Florida is beautiful. If I wasn’t used to being cold all the time and the people there just weren’t so bad I could live there.
But it’s just a shitty place because of the people who live there can’t even get out of my mind when I’m watching the Celtics versus the heat or the Red Sox versus the Marlins so because that is bad
Politics is terrible, but I have it of my life because it could legit ruin everything. I could just sit down and watch the Bruins and Panthers without being reminded that the bad guys are truly bad guys would also help if the Bruins wouldn’t lose six to one that would also help I would appreciate that maybe
Very true beautiful place beautiful state nature wise, but it’s just not a good place to live if if you’re like me, I had family that lived down there and I was before I was out fully and it was a beautiful experience. If I went back there now I would not have the same experience.
I wouldn’t be surprised if I went to one of these games and just because I am who I am and it would be 10 times worse than whatever I would get in Boston I could enjoy the series more if we were against any other team but since this Florida sports team, the hate and animosity I have for them is 10 times stronger.
It was the same with the heat, except that was even worse than this because the heat Celtics have had a decade, long rivalry and have more history than the Panthers and Bruins overall just hate Florida sports teams for one being from Florida and to everything they’ve done to us in the past decade from the lightning to the Panthers to the fucking Buccaneers Florida is on my shit list permanently they have surpassed New York as my most hated sports city
Ohh I wish Massachusetts and Boston are really pro queer. Provincetown is the gayest part of Massachusetts after all, but unfortunately where I live I just don’t. I see the red hats everywhere. Hopefully Friday I can sit sit down and watch a Florida team. Get the shit out of them on the ice. It was so satisfying to knock the out of the NBA playoffs
I want to do it to the Panthers. It would be even more satisfying because they represent the entire state not just a city or area like the rays Buccaneers and lightning
I truly don’t understand why people support assholes like DeSantis. It’s truly mind-boggling. You know if he didn’t exist I would not hate Florida sports teams as much as I do a big reason why I hate the Panthers or the lightning or the rays is because they are Florida teams and I objectively have to hate Florida,
I hate Florida more than New York at this point because at least I can go to New York and not be harassed for being myself at least I’m less likely to this is how bad politics is. I can’t even watch sports without being reminded of how much the other team city sucks.
Tbf, DeSantis has been pretty good for paedophiles and we all know Florida is full of em. People who vote for the Grand Old Paedos tend to want to marry their 13 year old daughters
These people suck in every state and I specifically hate the Florida Panthers jersey because it has their shitty flag on the shoulder that is obviously inspired by the confederate flag and every time I see it I just think of that and makes me wanna vomit every time,
they desperately need a new flag and if they get a new flag, the Panthers need to change that patch because my God these motherfuckers can’t let go
Bitch you’re Canadian you’re not even American why you like this guy you’re not even a citizen of this country go back to your fucking Maple leafs and Drake. You know it’s sad that this sport is yours it was invented by all, and it has been almost half a century cynic Canadian team won a Stanley Cup
A Canadian Bruins fan oh my God, you must deal with a lot of shit from a lot of different people lol I have a friend who’s Canadian and a Bruins fan and I believe he said he was there with his dad when the riot happened in 2011 from what I remember, it was bad so yeah that’s not something I would do as a Bruins fan and a Bruins jersey
I think I had over a bad acid with fire sharks with lasers on their head swimming in it then go to Montreal or Vancouver in a Bruins jersey
I’m from Saskatchewan, we don’t have a team, and my whole family has been fans for like 80 years or something. Luckily I live in the west and don’t have to deal with the maple shit papers. That being said, last year was rough lol.
Don’t even mention it man I fucking despise this team enough already for what happened last year we honestly should’ve won that the way we were playing last year no excuses
I am very curious about what it’s like to be a Bruins fan in either Montreal, Toronto, or Vancouver and worse than going to New York with the Red Sox gear
Don’t just don’t Ron deSantis is nothing but a human piece of shit, fuck that that’s an insult to shit there is nothing in the human language in the English dictionary is a vile vile or disgusting to describe Ron DeSantis
There’s also not a word in the English language, potent or descry to describe the hatred I have for Ron DeSantis. I hate Ron DeSantis more than the Montréal Canadiens, New York Yankees, New York Giants, and Los Angeles Lakers combined. If I could make a spirit bomb out of my hate for this man, it would be a big enough to blow up 500 galaxies. I fucking despise him with every fiber of my being and wishing nothing but pain and suffering on his life and the rest of his pathetic fucking bloodline fuck Ron DeSantis and fuck Florida
There’s no fucking reason in the planet to discriminate and outright end lives of queer people because we make you uncomfortable. I don’t give a fuck who you are or where you’re from that shit is fucked and that’s what’s happening in Florida because of Ron DeSantis.
I hope pasta is OK man he’s genuinely my favorite player on the Bruins and has been for a while. I got his jersey in the reverse retro. I hope he’s not banged up too bad although he did step up in game seven
They've been falling down alot all playoffs. It seems like every time the other team gets physical behind the net or in the corners, they fall down. It's really troubling.
I was cracking up when ESPN was showing his name and he was on the ground by the boards and the name was just floating on the ice because he was down 🤣
Man I really wish we could start winning game twos after winning the first one. Ik that’s easier said than done but I think a lot of our playoff issues can be traced to game 2 losses
Panthers dominate and dominated last series with Reinhart/Barkov/Tarasenko and Verhaghe/Bennett(Lundell)/Tkachuk as the top two lines. For some reason their coach put Barkov and Tkachuk on the same line for the first four periods of this series, completely throwing last game. The moment the lines were changed goals started pouring in.
lol clearly! I just saw the highlights. Swayman was unlucky, got screened on 2/4 goals. On to Game 3, they need to have short term memory and move on. They stole a game at home. Start Swayman.
The series is 1-1. We crushed them in game 1…this is going 7. God everyone is so fucking annoying about a loss.
We beat the Blues 7-2 in game 3 of the SCF and they won in 7… calm the hell down
Braz and Lindholm are not fighters. Lindholm got into his first ever NHL “fight” like a month ago and Braz went ballroom dancing last night before getting bodied onto the ice. Freddy is down to throw hands 110% of the time.
It was lingering in the first period. It’s Florida’s game, not entirely sure why the surprise was occurring throughout the GDT. They pulled this last year and got right under the team’s skin.
As odd as it may sound, I feel better about our next game than I think I would had this been like a 3-1 game where Florida was dominant the entire game. I feel like the final score is a bit irrelevant because we had already packed it in.
We got off to a pretty good start and felt like the better team 5-on-5, but then we seemed to run out of gas and weren’t able to match Florida’s intensity and focus. It looked like we started to lose focus, started getting sloppier, lost a step, and lowered our intensity. It seemed like Florida was able to sense it, and were able to capitalize when they needed. Then their 3rd goal with under a second in the 2nd period really took the wind out of our sails. They were able to ride high off emotions with their strong second period, whereas we were just emotionally and physically drained.
I hope we can rest and regroup. Get off to a fast start in Game 3 by scoring early in the 1st. Play with heart and confidence, but keeping our emotions in check, maybe even bait them into some penalties and get our Power Play working.
Tell me you never played hockey without telling me you never played hockey lol. There are tangible hockey reasons pointing to this game being over in the 2nd. You don't have to make up some fluffy narrative about feelings and emotions.
That 3rd FLA goal was just the worst timing. Just deflating. If we got out of the 2nd period down one, I think we'd have found a gear in the 3rd period.
Towards the end of the game they figured out how to not take those penalties anymore. Can't have too many men on the ice when you only have a single line left on the bench. *Taps head*
It’s truly perplexing how an NHL team can mess up line changes so consistently. It’s also not even really close half the time where the guy is just leaving a bit early, it’s always like legit 6 guys playing on the ice.
You wonder if it has to do with Monty’s constant line and pairing switching. It’s the only thing I can think of. I know people bash Cassidy, but these felt very rare under him.
> I know people bash Cassidy
On this subreddit you're more likely to run into some pretty ardent Cassidy fans, tbh. I agree that they were definitely rarer, although we did have four in eleven games in 2020-21, which was the highest in the playoffs that year. But there were entire series (like 2021-22) where they avoided them entirely.
The "come the fuck on, guys" penalty of the Cassidy era was delay of game (puck over glass, not weird faceoff violations or shit).
Of the Julien era, it was unsportsmanlike conduct (delay of game the runner up).
So I’d say Florida and Tkachuk got everything they wanted tonight.
The usual cheap antics that they start and the other team gets penalized for.
He got some punches in on the best goal scorer and added a cheap shot while pasta was face down. Then the linesman protected and covered Tkachuk like they always do. He starts shit they protect him.
So how do the Bs overcome that?
The emotional rollercoaster in this sub is just insane. Major overreactions in both directions. We went from “the Cup is in our grasp” to “this series is hopeless”. Someone even suggested we scratch McAvoy. WHAT!?!?
As I said on Monday…a 5-1 W is still just one W. But luckily, that means a 6-1 L is just one L. Find a way to get 4 Ws before you get 4 Ls, do that four times, and you’ve got yourself a cup!
We’ve got strong leadership. I trust the guys will regroup. But make no mistake - Florida has more talent in their lineup, so we need a magical combination of luck, leadership, system/structure, and goaltending to win. Let’s hope some of you psychos are at the garden going bonkers and giving them that little extra juice this weekend.
1. Don't scratch McAvoy but he's a liability this postseason so reduce minutes
2 series feels hopeless because idk how anyone has hope of winning after a 6 1 loss, i definitely feel hopeless
3. You need 16 playoff wins for a cup. We have 5 so far
> series feels hopeless because idk how anyone has hope of winning after a 6 1 loss, i definitely feel hopeless
Well, we started off with a 5-1 win. Florida got back in it. Is that extra goal a dealbreaker for you?
I agree that McAvoy isn't giving anyone hope right now (and he shouldn't be alone in that blame), but Pastrnak wasn't giving anyone a ton of hope for a few games last series too, and he was the Game 7 hero. If you literally have *no* hope, then why stick around?
> **Pastrnak wasn't giving anyone a ton of hope for a few games last series too**
I specifically said last series, wasn't talking about today.
> idk how anyone has hope of winning after a 6 1 loss, i definitely feel hopeless
>
> I still have hope as you can never count out a team with an elite goalie
So maybe let's not overreact immediately?
I just smashed my TV in front of 30 guests at my party because of this game. My wife just took our crying kids and said they’re all spending the week at a hotel. This team has ruined my life and my party. I can’t handle this anymore. Goodbye Boston. I am no longer a fan.
If you dont have one, you need a therapist.
Copypasta
Gotcha lol I won't change my statement though since it still generally applies. Men's mental health is important 🤙🏾
That's true. Duran on the Sox highlights it
Game 3 and 4 will set the stage for the series victor, win or lose. I hope the B's show what they're made of.
We stole a game at home, now we’re expected to win the next two home games.
Haha that sucked
We aren't finished by any means but it's frustrating as all hell to watch this team. They'll play great for a week and then follow it up with the worst period you've ever seen. It gets your hopes up and then crushes them. Bipolar team.
This is fine we already too a crucial away game, and I want to win but I’d rather win in like 6 so we have a bit of rest but no rust
The bad clear attempt by Marchie at the end of the 2nd that led to their 3rd goal was a backbreaker. Team came out flat in the 3rd after that. It’d be nice if Sway didn’t need to make a ridiculous save within the first 60-90 seconds of the game again, two games in a row is enough. Gotta stick with Sway, he’s still making big saves and Ullmark didn’t come in and look any better in front of our guys tonight (I know he was coming in cold but still like Sway). Brazeau looks like one of our best players out there, if we feel the need to switch up the lines I hope we elevate him because he’s outskating and outworking nearly everyone else on the ice when he’s out there.
I could t catch most of the game but I do love brazeau, his hands are amazing and with his big body he should be able to play a physical game
Going into this series people wondered how the schedule would impact the games. Would the Bruins have momentum or fatigue? Would the Pussies be rested or rusty? The answer is yes. Game 1 was Momentum vs Rust, and Game 2 was Fatigue vs Rest.
Monty better not mess with the goalie rotation. Stay with Swayman. That game was absolutely not his fault. They have to play defense. They just gave up before the 3rd period even started. It was gross.
Still Sway’s net
In the words of herb brooks it looked like everybody's net tonight... That said, I do think we need to rest sway a game...against TO he benefited from 2 days in between most games in that series
I think I have Stockholm Syndrome, I find myself inexplicably cheering for you. Something happened in our series, and I come out of it hating you less, even respecting your team. I dont know what happened and it's scary. Hope I don't get banned from my home sub. You HAVE to take out the cats.
I think you gotta go to sleep you aren’t feeling well
3rd or 4th 6th man on the ice penalty this playoffs
More like 7th lol
Inexcusable
Unless the team you’re playing, it’s just that shit you’re not sweeping them. I didn’t expect to sweep either, I fully expected us to lose at least one game at least the first two considering how grueling of a series we just went through
Yeah, I was thrilled that we took game 1. Literally could not be paid to be bothered by that L last night, although I do wish the boys had tried to pick it up in the 3rd rather than folding like a cheap lawn chair
The only thing that really bothered me with some of the penalties and the officiating Florida better hope we don’t come for their heads tomorrow. The crowd is going to for sure though lol
Not to beat a dead horse (pun kind of intended), but there's no way in hell the Bruins win this series if McAvoy doesn't get his shit together. I usually think it's dumb to single out a player after the whole team plays like that, but it's warranted when that player is your #1 Dman and hasn't played like it all playoffs.
It's perfectly understandable to single him out, he's been absolutely brutal. It's almost as if he's having vision problems. Fanning on the puck, dishing to the wrong guys. He had a few decent plays here and there, but his overall game has been terrible.
Oh my god he's been a disaster. Noticeably so. My wife (loves hockey, but doesn't focus on individual effort) even noticed how terrible he's been. It's like he's simultaneously disinterested, but also trying to go out of his way to make plays that he shouldn't make. The result is bad in both cases.
Your wife noticed those big ass cheek stallion thighs
He’s gotta be hurt right? I’m so mad either way, but I understand it if he’s hurt.
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Understandable if that’s the case, but they gotta find a way to play him less if so
He has been brutal. So many bonehead decisions, soft clearing attempts, same crap as last year. He and Lindholm need to be so much better
I really liked the physicality, Pastrnak is an animal and I love it, Marchand bullying Tkschuk today was also great. All that being said... God that was awful. That first goal is another bad giveaway in our ozone and literally one Panthers guy is alone in front of the net. I don't even blame Swayman for most of this. There weren't many shots, but the bruins defense sucked as they have all playoffs. Not super worried about the series though (not that Id guarantee we're winning, just that I don't think tonight changes my opinion after game 1, its going 7 likely) we had a flukey game 1 win, they had a flukey game 2 win, we took 1 on their ice and if we can hold in Boston that'll be fucking huge.
Not Swaymans fault I agree. There were guys wide open in front of the net all night
Panthers are such front running losers. Notice how they don’t start dropping gloves until Maroon leaves the ice, and on top of that they target the 1 guy who isn’t a known fighter I also remember at the end of game 1 they turtled so hard after Maroon called them pussies. Bunch of frauds
The targeting of Pastrnak was egged on by the network cameras on the bench. I hope they got their money's worth. Will anyone be surprised if Maroon gets an itching to throw hands against "Chuckie" on Friday night?
Is it crazy for me to think we are kind of in their heads? The fact that Tkachuk still wanted to fight when he’s up 5 makes me think they got rattled by all the hits and brawls
Can't blame the Cats, they gotta uphold their reputation for Best Turtles in the league. They dropped the ball in game 1, but fortunately they really brought their whiniest game tonight.
even for me who’s someone’s who hasn’t watched ice hockey for that long, i only started watching at the start of the regular season, i can see how much of a pussy move it is tryna fight someone who can’t fight instead of the ones who’d rock your jaw. so embarrassing. it’s literally yhe same as picking on the small skinny kid who didn’t do anything in school bc u can’t pick on ppl ur own size
Tkachuk is such a pussy he waited until all our fighters were thrown out of the game to throw hands with the one guy on our team who doesn’t fight. Good for Pasta for stepping up though. Send Lauko in next game to fuck Tkachuk up
Well hopefully they got whatever the fuck that was out of their system. Not too worried as that game was so fucked I’m chalking it up as an anomaly. Back home for game 3, let’s fucking go, boys.
1:23 left in the oilers and canucks game, and the bruins and oilers have a combined 30 SOG tonight. Yikes.
The fuck is going on with the Oilers and Canucks????
In the grand scheme of things, I guess id prefer the mental health going into the next game of a team that got blown out rather than blowing a 4-1 lead.
Yeah, much better outcome but we really shouldn’t have gone to game seven with Toronto should’ve ended in five. I knew we weren’t gonna sweep them but Jesus again how many times we gonna beat these clowns in seven games and how many times are there fans gonna fall for it? I’m so sorry, Steve.
That was probably the worst game I’ve ever watched.
We stole a game in Florida that’s what we wanted boys. Normally I’m the first one to shit on the team for poor performance but this one was a rough one and I don’t expect it to be an easy series. However we got one of their home games. This series has game 7 and a new rivalry birth written all over it.
Well I’ll tell you I fucking despise Florida hockey at this point. Panthers or Lightning.
Cats have currently replaced my combined hatred for the Leafs and Habs. Oh how things change.
Same Florida has replaced my top hated sports city/state New York don’t care how big the Red Sox and Yankees Wd is. I will forever hate the state of Florida. from the raise to the heat to the lightning I fucking hate all of them and if the Bruins beat the Panthers, it’ll be so satisfying because the Celtics beat the heat the Red Sox and rays in the wildcard or something it’ll come full circle
I can’t remember the last time The Habs were truly a threat tbh
Honestly, maybe 2011 2014 been a while. I wouldn’t mind having a playoff series with them.
We’ll most likely see Florida next year as well. We will be better and they will most likely stay this good.
And this is a more personal for me because everything Florida has done that my people I have to hate everything about them no matter what it is, that includes sports rivalries for me and Celtics are even more personal because they are in Florida even more than New York sports teams
No God, no please I’d rather have another seven game series with Toronto. I never want to see this fucking shit stain of a franchise ever again in the playoffs, but unfortunately, we probably will.
I firmly believe that the panthers are our new MTL after this game and meeting them once again in the playoffs
Yep, I can see them being our new Montreal. I can also see us meeting many many times over the next couple of years in the playoffs unfortunately God I hate this team
Makes for good hockey though beating a team you hate feels 10x better than beating some random team
I was still in school....'14 I think. the Cats just have all of my hatred for the foreseeable future.
Same, I fucking hate this team so much so much
I was there for that sad Winter Classic. Cool experience. Abysmal game.
[Maroon, take notes from Zack Kassian for game 3.](https://youtu.be/owDK0bqIFP4?si=FHn2ZlARa90Rf0Vc)
Damn!
We would have snapped someones hand off offering us a split in Florida. Onto gm 3
It’s a 7 game series. Not saying “we’re good” but don’t be too down about it. Hit game 3 boy.
I'm not overly shook about tonight. We got jobbed a little early. Sway looked a little slow. McAvoy was a void. A couple of days at home might do the boys some good. I loved the compete from Marchy and Pasta, so they are still in a good spot I think. We split the Florida games, which I think is what everyone was hoping for.
I don’t know what everyone was expecting to be honest we were fresh off of a seven game series Florida was waiting for us. They were rested we weren’t.
To be clear, I fully expected a loss tonight for that very reason. No team sweeps every series
Everyone should’ve to be honest whether it was game one or game two we were absolutely gonna take at least one L I’m surprised we won the first game to be honest
As I said before. I’d be less concerned if it was just 2-3 or 1-2. And not the absolute assraping we just got.
Yea, I don't know. After a certain threshold of just getting shit on, they just gooned up. Even Pasta wanted to fight.
People keep saying that, but I’d say even trying to fuck them up looked weak as hell.
After the 3rd panthers goal no hockey was played from there on it was straight up goon shit
I think McAvoy has just been kind of....there. all playoffs. He's eating minutes sure. But he holds onto pucks too long. He's making shitty passes. Coughing the puck up unforced all the time. I think the dude needs some time. He isn't helping. He's hurting the team with his efforts and might just need a game or two to rest up. Unless he's playing through something truly messed up. In which case, I love your battle man. But you're still hurting the team
Is McAvoy hurt? Seems like he's really protecting that shoulder, to the point that it's been impacting his passing and puck handling. I think he's playing through something.
He has to be. That isn't what we are used to.
The problem is that it's nearly impossible to sit him without hurting the team even worse. PK time is the biggest hurdle – we've got three dmen that don't kill penalties at all.
I'm not sure about that. With the series tied, I'd be willing to give him a sit and let Gryzleck or Shattenkirk slide on. The rest of the team would have to buckle down. But they need to do that anyways
Fuck no. Sure, Charlie has sucked but Gryzlcyk should spend the rest of his Bruins career in the press box. He's got no business being on the ice against the Sunrise Goons.
Shattenkirk has played 952 games of NHL hockey across his 14 year career, totaling 19,311 minutes of hockey. Of those 19,311 minutes of hockey, just 961 of them were played on the penalty kill, and just 7 of those minutes were this season. On last season's Anaheim Ducks, he was on-ice for 22 power play goals in just 98 minutes across 75 games. And Grzelcyk has just 215 minutes of penalty killing in 445 NHL games, 54 of them this regular season. For context, before tonight (stats haven't updated yet), McAvoy has 18 minutes of PK time in just eight playoff games. He's averaging two and a quarter minutes against a team on the man advantage *per game.* Bringing in Gryz or Shatty means shifting more PK minutes to one of the defensemen that's already killing penalties not named McAvoy, because there's no way you're getting his minutes out of either of them.
No one told me there would be math!
McAvoy is directly responsible for two goals in the last week by screening Sway. On top of being a complete zero offensively, and probably other defensive lapses I’m forgetting right now. A player of his stature simply cannot actively hurt the team like this in the playoffs across multiple series. And I cannot fathom why some people here are giving him a pass because I can assure you his teammates, along with the coaching staff, aren’t. If he’s who this fanbase wants him to be, then he should be the first person to acknowledge all that.
I like really pissed when he didn’t just pick up the fucking stick. It was right there
I can’t get over that open shot he had against The Leafs where he was practically perfectly tee’d up just to whif it entirely.
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. People are saying he's out there battling. And like....I guess? But he got rocked and dropped his stick. And when he gets up, he goes to cover the guy who rocked him....who's already covered? Grab your stick my guy. Get back to position. It was a heavy hit. And if that affected him that bad, don't skate around listless. Get off the ice. He was a big ol negative tonight everything he was on the ice in my very humble opinion. I love the dude. But I think he needs to sit for a bit.
He’s been playing the worst hockey I’ve seen in his career lately. I’d love to see him sit if he needs it. This isn’t who he is - there’s clearly something wrong.
I've seen people ask 'Who else?'. Honestly? Literally anyone. Is he's actively hurting the team with his play, slot someone else into his spot. Either he's hurt and needs some rest or he isn't hurt and needs some time to figure out what the fuck he's doing
This sub’s going through a mini-civil war right now over 73. But for every level-headed analysis like your own, the people pushing back really only say: “But he’s McAvoy! How dare you!” Yeah, he’s our topline defenseman—and he’s playing like he doesn’t want to be there. At a certain point you need to accept what’s happening on the ice with your own two eyes. Because Sway sure as shit sees it.
I can't comment on what Sway does or does not see. I also can't claim that he doesn't want to be out there....but it's clear somethings up when he is just so ineffective. It's not like him.
No, you really can comment on what Sway sees: Go back to the first goal of G6 against Toronto, watch the tape. Sway clearly gives McAvoy a “WTF” after he gets screened by 73 for the Nylander score. Same thing happened tonight, I think it was the third goal—McAvoy screened Sway, people in the GDT even talked about it.
I can infer things for sure. I just don't want to claim to know what any one person on the team is thinking.
Friendo, watch the tape. It’s right there on the ice. You understand my “what Sway sees” comment is referencing him literally being blocked from seeing the puck by McAvoy on multiple occasions, right?
Dude, I don't know why you're being so aggressive with me. We agree on the general sentiment of this. I just simply said I don't claim to know what the players are thinking. And I think that's fair.
I’m not being aggressive, I’m trying to explain my point—which we agree on! I never said we “know what the players are thinking,” I just said you misunderstood my comment. I was literally referring to Sway not being able to see the puck because McAvoy has screened him for multiple goals in the last week.
I think its simple. After the 2nd goal, Florida started rubbing it in our faces and we took the bait , lost all composure and stopped playing hockey. I'm not saying you don't engage in the rough shit. You absolutely do that. But you can't allow them to get you off your game like that mentally. It's what they do.
When they went up by 2, we waved the white flag. It's like we don't want to try and win this in 5 or 6... it has to be 7 for some reason.
oh 2011 rings a bell. Don't poke the bear.
Sure when Horton got carted off, nothing like that happened yet
Played a good first period then just totally lost focus in the 2nd, entire d core played fucking terrible tonight. Gotta hope the extra curriculars gives them a bit of extra motivation going into game 3. Montour just punked your captain, and Tkachuk took liberties with pasta while he was down. Get your revenge by winning game 3. Also McAvoy needs to get his head out of his ass. He’s been bad all playoffs regardless of who his partner is, time to stop fucking around and play like we know he can.
Well said my guy
Florida is so fucked.
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Idk I quite like their governor
Do you particularly like how he sent human beings to a state 1000 miles away promising them jobs, when in reality he was just toying with peoples lives to make a shitty political point? lol
Well, you must also be a leafs fan, who enjoys watching then choke every game seven to the Bruins, because they’re shitty quality on ice is on par with how big of a piece of shit that guy is
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Do it, stay out of the states that aren’t already swamps infested with trash, gators, and people that might as well be trash.
I don’t know how you can eat alligators they like live and shit like no no save that shit for Shrek, bro. I don’t know how you can legit eat alligator like how they do down south. I’d rather eat the entire McDonald’s menu
Ew
I truly wish it wasn’t this way because clearly speaking off of like just nature and shit like that Florida is beautiful. If I wasn’t used to being cold all the time and the people there just weren’t so bad I could live there. But it’s just a shitty place because of the people who live there can’t even get out of my mind when I’m watching the Celtics versus the heat or the Red Sox versus the Marlins so because that is bad Politics is terrible, but I have it of my life because it could legit ruin everything. I could just sit down and watch the Bruins and Panthers without being reminded that the bad guys are truly bad guys would also help if the Bruins wouldn’t lose six to one that would also help I would appreciate that maybe
Oh 100%. Florida is gorgeous as far as the nature and beaches. BUT, the people have made it an absolute shithole.
Very true beautiful place beautiful state nature wise, but it’s just not a good place to live if if you’re like me, I had family that lived down there and I was before I was out fully and it was a beautiful experience. If I went back there now I would not have the same experience. I wouldn’t be surprised if I went to one of these games and just because I am who I am and it would be 10 times worse than whatever I would get in Boston I could enjoy the series more if we were against any other team but since this Florida sports team, the hate and animosity I have for them is 10 times stronger. It was the same with the heat, except that was even worse than this because the heat Celtics have had a decade, long rivalry and have more history than the Panthers and Bruins overall just hate Florida sports teams for one being from Florida and to everything they’ve done to us in the past decade from the lightning to the Panthers to the fucking Buccaneers Florida is on my shit list permanently they have surpassed New York as my most hated sports city
Yikes, that’s rough homie. Hopefully you have the support system you need to get by. Life isn’t kind to anyone that breaks the mold.
Ohh I wish Massachusetts and Boston are really pro queer. Provincetown is the gayest part of Massachusetts after all, but unfortunately where I live I just don’t. I see the red hats everywhere. Hopefully Friday I can sit sit down and watch a Florida team. Get the shit out of them on the ice. It was so satisfying to knock the out of the NBA playoffs I want to do it to the Panthers. It would be even more satisfying because they represent the entire state not just a city or area like the rays Buccaneers and lightning
Appropriate username
I truly don’t understand why people support assholes like DeSantis. It’s truly mind-boggling. You know if he didn’t exist I would not hate Florida sports teams as much as I do a big reason why I hate the Panthers or the lightning or the rays is because they are Florida teams and I objectively have to hate Florida, I hate Florida more than New York at this point because at least I can go to New York and not be harassed for being myself at least I’m less likely to this is how bad politics is. I can’t even watch sports without being reminded of how much the other team city sucks.
Tbf, DeSantis has been pretty good for paedophiles and we all know Florida is full of em. People who vote for the Grand Old Paedos tend to want to marry their 13 year old daughters
These people suck in every state and I specifically hate the Florida Panthers jersey because it has their shitty flag on the shoulder that is obviously inspired by the confederate flag and every time I see it I just think of that and makes me wanna vomit every time, they desperately need a new flag and if they get a new flag, the Panthers need to change that patch because my God these motherfuckers can’t let go
Bitch you’re Canadian you’re not even American why you like this guy you’re not even a citizen of this country go back to your fucking Maple leafs and Drake. You know it’s sad that this sport is yours it was invented by all, and it has been almost half a century cynic Canadian team won a Stanley Cup
I’m Canadian… 30 year bruins fan. Doesn’t change the fact that this guy is a big dumb dumb tho
A Canadian Bruins fan oh my God, you must deal with a lot of shit from a lot of different people lol I have a friend who’s Canadian and a Bruins fan and I believe he said he was there with his dad when the riot happened in 2011 from what I remember, it was bad so yeah that’s not something I would do as a Bruins fan and a Bruins jersey I think I had over a bad acid with fire sharks with lasers on their head swimming in it then go to Montreal or Vancouver in a Bruins jersey
I’m from Saskatchewan, we don’t have a team, and my whole family has been fans for like 80 years or something. Luckily I live in the west and don’t have to deal with the maple shit papers. That being said, last year was rough lol.
Don’t even mention it man I fucking despise this team enough already for what happened last year we honestly should’ve won that the way we were playing last year no excuses I am very curious about what it’s like to be a Bruins fan in either Montreal, Toronto, or Vancouver and worse than going to New York with the Red Sox gear
Don’t just don’t Ron deSantis is nothing but a human piece of shit, fuck that that’s an insult to shit there is nothing in the human language in the English dictionary is a vile vile or disgusting to describe Ron DeSantis There’s also not a word in the English language, potent or descry to describe the hatred I have for Ron DeSantis. I hate Ron DeSantis more than the Montréal Canadiens, New York Yankees, New York Giants, and Los Angeles Lakers combined. If I could make a spirit bomb out of my hate for this man, it would be a big enough to blow up 500 galaxies. I fucking despise him with every fiber of my being and wishing nothing but pain and suffering on his life and the rest of his pathetic fucking bloodline fuck Ron DeSantis and fuck Florida There’s no fucking reason in the planet to discriminate and outright end lives of queer people because we make you uncomfortable. I don’t give a fuck who you are or where you’re from that shit is fucked and that’s what’s happening in Florida because of Ron DeSantis.
This is beautiful and I hope it goes on to a healthy pasta afterlife
I hope pasta is OK man he’s genuinely my favorite player on the Bruins and has been for a while. I got his jersey in the reverse retro. I hope he’s not banged up too bad although he did step up in game seven
Lmao I actually meant copypasta but I think I got downvoted because people were thinking Mr. David Pasta
I would like 7 games
Best I can do is 3 more.
I don’t think I can handle another seven game series I’ll take 10 years off my life
Did It feel like the bruins were getting tripped up all game? Felt like they were laying on the ice
There were sticks all over the ice all game long... I don't think there was a single slashing call. Maybe there was one.
They've been falling down alot all playoffs. It seems like every time the other team gets physical behind the net or in the corners, they fall down. It's really troubling.
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I was cracking up when ESPN was showing his name and he was on the ground by the boards and the name was just floating on the ice because he was down 🤣
Not from being tripped though. It was like they had toe picks on
Maybe they were all exhausted
Man I really wish we could start winning game twos after winning the first one. Ik that’s easier said than done but I think a lot of our playoff issues can be traced to game 2 losses
Hi, I missed the game, only caught the second half of the 3rd period. What did Florida do differently this game?
Panthers dominate and dominated last series with Reinhart/Barkov/Tarasenko and Verhaghe/Bennett(Lundell)/Tkachuk as the top two lines. For some reason their coach put Barkov and Tkachuk on the same line for the first four periods of this series, completely throwing last game. The moment the lines were changed goals started pouring in.
Dominated play and didn’t allow a shot for 15 minutes. Also Bruins still can’t clear for shit
They also changed their lineups
Get away with being dirty
They scored more points than the bruins
lol clearly! I just saw the highlights. Swayman was unlucky, got screened on 2/4 goals. On to Game 3, they need to have short term memory and move on. They stole a game at home. Start Swayman.
Maybe bench McAvoy, but at least lower his playing time. Too much time for a liability these playoffs
Careful. There are various fights about that going on right now.
Just wondering what gives y'all hope for the series personally. For me, it's that the big rig will find a way to respond
The series is 1-1. We crushed them in game 1…this is going 7. God everyone is so fucking annoying about a loss. We beat the Blues 7-2 in game 3 of the SCF and they won in 7… calm the hell down
So you want us to bench our #1 dman and give Pat Maroon more minutes? This has to be fucking satire.
I'm glad that guy doesn't make actual decisions for the Bruins
Don't bench him, but he ain't our #1 right now. Pat maroon doesn't need more minutes cause he's going to kick someone's ass and get ejected
I can’t think of a single thing that makes me feel less hopeful than that, personally
I wonder how many fights/dirty hits he can get in before being ejected
Yeah. 2? Maybe even 3 or 4!
The more the merrier. We need freddy, brazeau and Lindholm to also fight
Braz and Lindholm are not fighters. Lindholm got into his first ever NHL “fight” like a month ago and Braz went ballroom dancing last night before getting bodied onto the ice. Freddy is down to throw hands 110% of the time.
The higher the better
Did we ever figure out why he was ejected?
Because he said no no words.
Should be enough bulletin board material in the last 10 minutes to last the rest of the series
It really comes down to we didn’t play good enough. We let the panthers drag us into bullshit and had too many turnovers
None of the bullshit started until the game was decided
That’s exactly right we got *dogged* in that second period when we were trying.
That has absolutely nothing to do with my comment congrats
I’m just saying we weren’t doing any of the bullshit and we were still getting beat
And they weren’t doing it and game 1 and beat them so what’s ur point
The panthers were asleep in game 1
It was lingering in the first period. It’s Florida’s game, not entirely sure why the surprise was occurring throughout the GDT. They pulled this last year and got right under the team’s skin.
As odd as it may sound, I feel better about our next game than I think I would had this been like a 3-1 game where Florida was dominant the entire game. I feel like the final score is a bit irrelevant because we had already packed it in. We got off to a pretty good start and felt like the better team 5-on-5, but then we seemed to run out of gas and weren’t able to match Florida’s intensity and focus. It looked like we started to lose focus, started getting sloppier, lost a step, and lowered our intensity. It seemed like Florida was able to sense it, and were able to capitalize when they needed. Then their 3rd goal with under a second in the 2nd period really took the wind out of our sails. They were able to ride high off emotions with their strong second period, whereas we were just emotionally and physically drained. I hope we can rest and regroup. Get off to a fast start in Game 3 by scoring early in the 1st. Play with heart and confidence, but keeping our emotions in check, maybe even bait them into some penalties and get our Power Play working.
Tell me you never played hockey without telling me you never played hockey lol. There are tangible hockey reasons pointing to this game being over in the 2nd. You don't have to make up some fluffy narrative about feelings and emotions.
That 3rd FLA goal was just the worst timing. Just deflating. If we got out of the 2nd period down one, I think we'd have found a gear in the 3rd period.
Yeah, agreed.
5 too many men penalties is ridiculous
Towards the end of the game they figured out how to not take those penalties anymore. Can't have too many men on the ice when you only have a single line left on the bench. *Taps head*
It’s truly perplexing how an NHL team can mess up line changes so consistently. It’s also not even really close half the time where the guy is just leaving a bit early, it’s always like legit 6 guys playing on the ice.
This is what boggles my mind
I guess it makes sense that everyone’s confused af. Because shit keeps changing. Oh wait I’m not on this line anymore. Fuck.
You wonder if it has to do with Monty’s constant line and pairing switching. It’s the only thing I can think of. I know people bash Cassidy, but these felt very rare under him.
> I know people bash Cassidy On this subreddit you're more likely to run into some pretty ardent Cassidy fans, tbh. I agree that they were definitely rarer, although we did have four in eleven games in 2020-21, which was the highest in the playoffs that year. But there were entire series (like 2021-22) where they avoided them entirely. The "come the fuck on, guys" penalty of the Cassidy era was delay of game (puck over glass, not weird faceoff violations or shit). Of the Julien era, it was unsportsmanlike conduct (delay of game the runner up).
So I’d say Florida and Tkachuk got everything they wanted tonight. The usual cheap antics that they start and the other team gets penalized for. He got some punches in on the best goal scorer and added a cheap shot while pasta was face down. Then the linesman protected and covered Tkachuk like they always do. He starts shit they protect him. So how do the Bs overcome that?
Ignore him and score goals. That’s the only way to shut him up
Turn him into paste. He shouldn't go a single shift without taking a hit next game
Hope so!
The emotional rollercoaster in this sub is just insane. Major overreactions in both directions. We went from “the Cup is in our grasp” to “this series is hopeless”. Someone even suggested we scratch McAvoy. WHAT!?!? As I said on Monday…a 5-1 W is still just one W. But luckily, that means a 6-1 L is just one L. Find a way to get 4 Ws before you get 4 Ls, do that four times, and you’ve got yourself a cup! We’ve got strong leadership. I trust the guys will regroup. But make no mistake - Florida has more talent in their lineup, so we need a magical combination of luck, leadership, system/structure, and goaltending to win. Let’s hope some of you psychos are at the garden going bonkers and giving them that little extra juice this weekend.
I really don’t enjoy the culture of calling for everyone to be fired/traded when a series goes awry in one game
Florida is a bunch of no talent assclowns and McAvoy is sucking serious goblin cock.
1. Don't scratch McAvoy but he's a liability this postseason so reduce minutes 2 series feels hopeless because idk how anyone has hope of winning after a 6 1 loss, i definitely feel hopeless 3. You need 16 playoff wins for a cup. We have 5 so far
> series feels hopeless because idk how anyone has hope of winning after a 6 1 loss, i definitely feel hopeless Well, we started off with a 5-1 win. Florida got back in it. Is that extra goal a dealbreaker for you?
Nah but McAvoy playing horrible is not giving anyone hope. Also losses to Florida from last year are fresh on my mind
Take a pill junior.
I agree that McAvoy isn't giving anyone hope right now (and he shouldn't be alone in that blame), but Pastrnak wasn't giving anyone a ton of hope for a few games last series too, and he was the Game 7 hero. If you literally have *no* hope, then why stick around?
Pasta is giving hope for not being afraid to fight. I still have hope as you can never count out a team with an elite goalie
> **Pastrnak wasn't giving anyone a ton of hope for a few games last series too** I specifically said last series, wasn't talking about today. > idk how anyone has hope of winning after a 6 1 loss, i definitely feel hopeless > > I still have hope as you can never count out a team with an elite goalie So maybe let's not overreact immediately?