2013 NHL Season

[Pascal]

I don't know about the Bruins this year...

[Ned1701]

Originally Posted by Pascal

I don't know about the Bruins this year...

Yeah whats up with them this year? Its a closer series then you would expect Toronto may have a small chance to beat them. I wanted the habs to beat the leafs now they may have a hard time with Ottawa and Craig Anderson in net.

[Metroplex79]

Originally Posted by Pascal

I don't know about the Bruins this year...

Bruins had a choice:

1. Win last night...get the division leader title, face the Islanders in the first round, and guaranteed getting home ice advantage throughout until facing the Pens in the Conference Finals.
2. Lose, get the Leafs.

One would have thought the Islanders are easier than the Leafs. But what do I know?

But like I said earlier, Ottawa was probably giving their all to avoid facing the Pens in the first round.

[pandaprime]

Go Canucks!

The Sedins had an average reg. season because they are saving some effort for the playoffs!

The Canucks didn't beat the Sharks in the reg. season because they were saving all their wins for the playoffs!

[Pascal]

Rask had a fantastic year (2.00 / .929), but the offense can't buy a goal it seems. When they scored that late goal in the 2nd and the other one early in the 3rd (14 seconds apart I think?), I thought the magic was back, but nope.

[Ned1701]

Wow feel bad for leaf fans tonight.

[Pascal]

That was funny to watch. Too bad it didn't happen in Toronto!

[Metroplex79]

A 2-0 on home ice in Game 4, and a 4-1 in Game 7 leads blown in the series will probably be remembered as what did the Leafs in for the 2013 playoffs. Or maybe the inability to win faceoffs.

The Leafs did fight hard, no one can deny that. Unlike previous years, this year's Leafs weren't soft. Remember our last playoff series against PHI? The Leafs were pushed around like ragdolls.

Hits:
Game 1: TOR 36, BOS 30
Game 2: TOR 44, BOS 35
Game 3: TOR 48, BOS 51
Game 4: TOR 71, BOS 49
Game 5: TOR 46, BOS 39
Game 6: TOR 58, BOS 50
Game 7: TOR 47, BOS 46

As for this collapse, it's not a good way to make it into the history books.

If the team is mostly intact for next season, this would be their motivation.

-if BOS can lose a series up 3-0, and then blow a 3-0 in the same series' Game 7, then the next year come back to win the Cup;
-PIT lost to DET for the Cup, the very next year they beat them to win it

...if TOR can learn their lesson, we could be in for a treat next year.

As hard hitting as the LA/StL series was, it still doesn't stack up against TOR/BOS series.

Hits:
Game 1: LA 41, StL 38
Game 2: LA 38, StL 38
Game 3: LA 53, StL 39
Game 4: LA 42, StL 47
Game 5: LA 30, StL 41
Game 6: LA 36, StL 35

I'm just wondering if NYR realize how bruised up BOS is after the series with us?

[Robimus]

Yeah, that was a shitty way to loose. I feel like Boston got rewarded for only showing up for 2 minutes of yesterdays game.

[Metroplex79]

I'm not sure which Game 7 pill is worse to take:

-blowing a lead in the 3rd to a recent Cup champ team, after coming back down 1-3 in the series; or

-not showing up on home ice, getting blanked, while being up 2-0 early in the series.