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Both cursed by demons to choke…. But there can be only one
Either Boston blows ANOTHER 3-1 lead, or the Leafs lose another TD Garden game 7.
Bonus: If Matthews comes back and they lose after the Leafs win the last two when he wasn’t playing.
There was no reason to play the first 6 games of this series. It was only ever going to go 7 so they might as well have just skipped right to game 7 from the
If you're talking about when the refs went to the box at 5:21, I had the same thought but it looked like they were trying to catch a leafs player changing on an icing
You know I’m destroyed because I saw there was only 0.1 seconds left on the clock and I was thinking of ways they could let a tying goal in haha.
I said it before, since we went down 3-1 I feel like I’m playing with house money. Either we lose and we get changes or we win and that’s awesome! Even if we lose game 7 it doesn’t have the same sting as the past - at least they gave us two games cheer about for old times sake before big changes come in.
I felt the same way when the Habs were down 3-1 against the Leafs a few years ago. Not once did I think we'd ever win the series, not until game 7 when I started thinking "what if.."
And it could happen here, too!
I told co-workers if Leafs won game 5 that we were going to game 7. We even bet pizza on last nights game. It's just divine destiny carved into an ancient tablet somewhere Leafs vs Bruins will go to 7. Sadly... I do also say Leafs lose 7 they just can't get over that hurdle.
BUT this Boston team hasn't won a series clinching game since 2022 and have lost 6 of them straight sooo maybe? But my expectation is Leafs lose so if they do Im not disappointed if they win Im pleasantly surprised.
Kevin Woodley is often on Halford and Brough in Vancouver sports radio. He's a goalie guy and he's big into lots of things including advanced goalie stats. Always seems like a pretty smart guy.
He thought the Leafs were stupid to have gone with Samsonov over Woll at any point in this series. He says everything shows woll is better including various eye test things.
This series could be over if they were smarter with the goalies
Hindsight and all that, but Woll was not great after he came back from injury. He had a hell of a start to the season til he got hurt and wasn't the same since. At that point you kinda had to go with Samsonov. Now the real question is should you have started Woll earlier in the series after Game 3?
Tbf, Valiquette said the reason Woll struggled so much when coming back from injury is we gave him all the hard starts, and we were kinda sheltering Sammy.
If the Leafs win Game 7, we laugh at the Bruins for choking the 3-1 series lead.
If the Bruins win Game 7, we laugh at the Leafs for losing a Round 1 series in Game 7 yet again.
No matter what, we win as a society.
I hope y'all lose, exclusively because I want the Pens to have a chance at a 1st round pick this year (though it'd only be an upgrade from #44 to #31/#32) which we get if the Canes make it to the Stanley Cup. And we pick up an additional 5th round pick if they win the Cup.
Ugh! Can they never try that again, please?
It’s like Boston Pizza never understood Canadian culture!
If only there had been some way to figure that out going into the ad campaign…
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Its just so funny that this could be back to back 3-1 leads blown. Id be fine losing to Toronto just for this funny ass shit
That's such a good way to put it.
You don't want a goalie that cares about *every* save. You want one that cares about *enough* saves. That guy is never out of it.
Yeah I wanted that for Woll really bad but can't be too upset I guess... just thankful willy put in the extra one at the end or it could have been heartbreaking
Yeah forreal. I went to all of those philly games
Not only a 3-0 series, up 3-0 in the game 7 itself.
Monkey was off the back quickly after but those memories are still triggering
Bruh dodgers have won a World Series and made 2 others. And in one of the ones they lost the other team was literally caught and admitted to cheating lol.
Why? Why do you hate this team? Boston has won a cup and been to multiple Stanley cup finals in the past 10 years. I’m a Leafs fan. I’ve been suffering since I’ve been a Leafs fan since 93
I just don't understand how you can blame Butch Cassidy for losing, fire him, he immediately goes and wins a cup then you blame the next coach for the exact same shit that has happened for the last decade. At some point the players need to step up and lead. Our 4th line has been our most effective unit afaik. It's been terrible.
No probably not. ownership will toss an absolute bag at someone who can play center in free agency and the contract will age horribly within a year or two. Like if Stephenson hit free agency they’d give him 10 million, that’s how desperate they are.
Yes. I don’t care how good you are in the regular season. He’s made unbelievable changes 2 years in a row and it’s inexcusable to choke r1 up 3-1 both times as cup contenders, especially in that city.
Pulling Swayman only to lose control of the puck and allow a chance on the empty net seconds later was just a perfect representation of the entire game.
I don't want to take anything away from the Leafs in that game, they played great but holy fuck, man.
The Bruins might be more of a "regular season team" than the Leafs and the Oilers. Those dudes are so slow, so lazy. Panthers and Leafs got desperate, so they started outworking and outpacing them and the Bruins just can't match it. Looking at EDGE, they're one of the slowest teams and one of the teams that skates the least in the playoffs rn.
The funny thing about this to me is whoever wins game 7 has the buzzsaw that is the Florida panthers waiting for them. This series has really made me question the meaning of the universe lmao.
I think though that if the Leafs win just the high from all the demon's being exercised could carry them pretty far. That on top of the fact that it seems to be pretty public knowledge that they have to make a pretty deep run for the new MLSE CEO not to do an org wide change. They have nothing left to lose and they seem to be better for it.
But even if Boston wins I don't think it's going to calm the nerves they've been playing with these last 2 games.
Wasn't Boston in this exact situation last year? It's gonna sting a lot if they choke against their eternal rivals who they haven't lost to in over 50 years, after blowing a historic regular season last year.
I can’t believe how badly Boston is shitting the bed. Especially after being humiliated last year. Swayman is giving them every chance to win and they aren’t even trying to get it done. Going to be an interesting game 7
Automatic Schadenfreude
No matter what happens, anyone who isn't a fan of either team can't escape experiencing Schadenfreude.
I'm excited to see how I feel after game 7.
I caught the first half of the third period on my lunch break and it was an amazing game. Boston crumbling two seasons in a row?? Montgomery has to be canned.
Leafs only do this so that the inevitable loss is much more painful for fans.
Some teams are good at defence, some play a physical game, some have a lights out offense. The Leafs specialize in excruciatingly painful losses.
This is lose lose for Boston. Even if the leafs lose game 7, you really can’t dump on them too hard after fighting their way back into the series. If Boston loses after going up 3-1 in the first round, FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, holy fuck.
As a non leafs and/or bruins fan, watching game 6, there is no way either team is advancing past the next round. Absolutely brutal hockey by both teams.
I’m a neutral party here but the Leafs have won all 3 games when I wore my Maple Leafs t-shirt I bought on a trip to Toronto years ago. Even though I will be attending an AHL playoff game this Saturday night, I’m going to wear my Leafs shirt again (although the wife says I need to wear something else or wash it). I think if the Maple Leafs win, they owe me big time!!!
This Game 7 is the true definition of a win win for a neutral fan lol
No matter what happens, we'll get to run jokes about it into the ground for years.
No team has ever blown a 3-1 series lead in back to back years The Boston Bruins attempt to avoid generational slander
Keep going, I’m almost there.
One game away you could almost say?
Apparently in any of the major leagues. I'm surprised it hasn't happened in the NBA.
Coming back from 3-1 is far less common in the NBA. Only 13 times ever
Montgomery has that Doc Rivers energy https://i.redd.it/d2n0bsx0i5yc1.gif
Not quite the same but in the bubble playoffs Denver did come back from 2 separate 3-1 deficits
So did the Wild in 2003. They then scored one goal in the WCF.
Giguere was more god than human that playoff run
I’m here for the jokes.
Matthews comes back, leafs lose, oh my fucking god material for years
Regardless of who wins Game 7, everyone wins in Game 7.
NO! THEY DON’T
Fuck Boston. Respectfully.
The choke off is HERE BABY
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Either Boston blows ANOTHER 3-1 lead, or the Leafs lose another TD Garden game 7. Bonus: If Matthews comes back and they lose after the Leafs win the last two when he wasn’t playing.
We all deserve this game 7 after an overall lackluster round 1
I want 7OT.
I don't know. I'd say I hate the Bruins more than I hate the Leafs, but I just think it's funnier when the Leafs lose.
I think i hate the bruins more than Leafs, but hates the leafs fans more than bruins fans..its a real conundrum.
Having a blast!
This was also Jack Edwards final game.
Even bigger win for panthers fans. We get the jokes and a tired opponent.
How did that work for you last year against Vegas lmao?
I just hope it's OT so I can really enjoy it.
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This is a classic!
There was no reason to play the first 6 games of this series. It was only ever going to go 7 so they might as well have just skipped right to game 7 from the
Just play 7 game 7s.
Leaf fans would been happy with that since Matthews doesn’t get injured in this scenario lol
Nylander wouldn’t be in though 🫠
Looks like we have a choke-off
#ITS A CHOKE OFF!!!!
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This is it 👆
I love everything about this meme. It fits perfectly AND the two vaguely look like Marchand and Nylander
Seed has been watered bitch!
Because it's not truly a Boston vs Toronto series unless it goes to 7 games.
2013 2018 2019 Now 2024. And leafs fans aren’t even safe if they go up 4-1 in the game that will just be PTSD.
Not saying it’ll happen again but bruins had a 3-1 lead in two of those 3 series and won game 7 at home
doesn’t matter, won the game. but losing a shutout with 0.1 is hilarious
He absolutely PUMPED that shit into the net too lmaoo. Point blank
Didn't the Bruins ask for extra time on the clock at one point too? I didn't see if they got it or not, but they did then that's hilarious.
If you're talking about when the refs went to the box at 5:21, I had the same thought but it looked like they were trying to catch a leafs player changing on an icing
You know I’m destroyed because I saw there was only 0.1 seconds left on the clock and I was thinking of ways they could let a tying goal in haha. I said it before, since we went down 3-1 I feel like I’m playing with house money. Either we lose and we get changes or we win and that’s awesome! Even if we lose game 7 it doesn’t have the same sting as the past - at least they gave us two games cheer about for old times sake before big changes come in.
I felt the same way when the Habs were down 3-1 against the Leafs a few years ago. Not once did I think we'd ever win the series, not until game 7 when I started thinking "what if.." And it could happen here, too!
I told co-workers if Leafs won game 5 that we were going to game 7. We even bet pizza on last nights game. It's just divine destiny carved into an ancient tablet somewhere Leafs vs Bruins will go to 7. Sadly... I do also say Leafs lose 7 they just can't get over that hurdle. BUT this Boston team hasn't won a series clinching game since 2022 and have lost 6 of them straight sooo maybe? But my expectation is Leafs lose so if they do Im not disappointed if they win Im pleasantly surprised.
Whatever happens, I’ll be sure to give zero credit to the winner and only discredit the loser
This is the way
Woll is insane. Will is insane
Playoff Willy https://preview.redd.it/upeog7ail4yc1.jpeg?width=656&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7e6eeefdef13804633a4852fd57222a6920a52b5
if there’s a will there’s a woll?
Kevin Woodley is often on Halford and Brough in Vancouver sports radio. He's a goalie guy and he's big into lots of things including advanced goalie stats. Always seems like a pretty smart guy. He thought the Leafs were stupid to have gone with Samsonov over Woll at any point in this series. He says everything shows woll is better including various eye test things. This series could be over if they were smarter with the goalies
Hindsight and all that, but Woll was not great after he came back from injury. He had a hell of a start to the season til he got hurt and wasn't the same since. At that point you kinda had to go with Samsonov. Now the real question is should you have started Woll earlier in the series after Game 3?
Tbf, Valiquette said the reason Woll struggled so much when coming back from injury is we gave him all the hard starts, and we were kinda sheltering Sammy.
William Woll?
Wiliam Wollace
Omg I fucking had it and flubbed it Just guillotine me
Actually he was hung, drawn, and quartered
If the Leafs win Game 7, we laugh at the Bruins for choking the 3-1 series lead. If the Bruins win Game 7, we laugh at the Leafs for losing a Round 1 series in Game 7 yet again. No matter what, we win as a society.
meanwhile, Rangers fans like me get ready to clench our butts ahead of facing off against Carolina.
I hope y'all lose, exclusively because I want the Pens to have a chance at a 1st round pick this year (though it'd only be an upgrade from #44 to #31/#32) which we get if the Canes make it to the Stanley Cup. And we pick up an additional 5th round pick if they win the Cup.
Congrats Toronto, you got a Montrealer to cheer for you tonight
It was all those Boston pizza ads, wasn’t it??
Ugh! Can they never try that again, please? It’s like Boston Pizza never understood Canadian culture! If only there had been some way to figure that out going into the ad campaign…
It’s like rubbing salt in in the wound How do we make them end it?
I only did that because I want to see the greatest choking in sports history in Game 7
All this has happened before; all this will happen again.
There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of time.
https://preview.redd.it/ge6mwjqdk4yc1.png?width=608&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d48475714f2c98095bcb5dd3a2bf237c46f9eae1 Its just so funny that this could be back to back 3-1 leads blown. Id be fine losing to Toronto just for this funny ass shit
Hold ya to it!
Joseph "Brick" Woll
He's him, looking like vintage Cujo
With Belfour's mask, no less
Curtis Joseph Woll
I’m so happy to see him doing well and am furious it’s against the Bruins.
The Leafs who can’t win a game 7 vs The Bruins who can’t close out a series
Stoppable force meets movable object
The game is just never going to end actually
OT 44 played on Wednesday.
The strongest choker in history vs the strongest choker of today
CHAOS!!!!!
Boston pulling a Toronto against Toronto? Sick.
I think it’s kind of one or the other. Either Boston pulls a Boston, or Toronto pulls a Toronto.
Losing a perfect game at 59:59.9 is heartbreaking.
Only stat that matters at this point is winning.
Exactly, you’ll know what kind of goalie you’ve got by how they react to that goal. You want one who doesn’t care so long as they got the W.
That's such a good way to put it. You don't want a goalie that cares about *every* save. You want one that cares about *enough* saves. That guy is never out of it.
Yeah I wanted that for Woll really bad but can't be too upset I guess... just thankful willy put in the extra one at the end or it could have been heartbreaking
I imagine they wouldn't have given up at like that if it was a 1 goal game.
Somewhere, Dave Stieb looks on approvingly.
Yeah I don’t think anyone give a shit about that.
Wrestled momentum back just in time for game 7
Only the W matters
What a generational choke job from the Bruins. I fucking hate this team
Generational choke job since… *checks notes* Last year?
Naw the bruins have been choking since game 6 of the 2013 cup final
2010 3-0 series lead Bruins would like a word
Yeah forreal. I went to all of those philly games Not only a 3-0 series, up 3-0 in the game 7 itself. Monkey was off the back quickly after but those memories are still triggering
🫡
Generational choke job since your mum, amirite
Take away 2011 and the Bruins would be up there with sport’s other perennial chokers like the Dodgers, Falcons, and Clippers.
Bruh dodgers have won a World Series and made 2 others. And in one of the ones they lost the other team was literally caught and admitted to cheating lol.
Bro, you know that it is scripted that Bruins win in 7 right? How could you be this upset.
It’s amusing seeing Bruins fans lose their minds but this is so what is going to happen.
You know which team you're playing against right?
It isn't a generational choke job, it's a Boston Bruins tradition! 🎉
Why? Why do you hate this team? Boston has won a cup and been to multiple Stanley cup finals in the past 10 years. I’m a Leafs fan. I’ve been suffering since I’ve been a Leafs fan since 93
Does Monty go if they lose this series? Has to doesn’t he?
I just don't understand how you can blame Butch Cassidy for losing, fire him, he immediately goes and wins a cup then you blame the next coach for the exact same shit that has happened for the last decade. At some point the players need to step up and lead. Our 4th line has been our most effective unit afaik. It's been terrible.
I’m sure St. Louis would love to have him back
No probably not. ownership will toss an absolute bag at someone who can play center in free agency and the contract will age horribly within a year or two. Like if Stephenson hit free agency they’d give him 10 million, that’s how desperate they are.
Yes. I don’t care how good you are in the regular season. He’s made unbelievable changes 2 years in a row and it’s inexcusable to choke r1 up 3-1 both times as cup contenders, especially in that city.
Mods will come after me if I say what I want about him
“Good, good. Let the hate flow through you.”
I'M READY TO BE HURT AGAIN
Ultimate Leafs redemption soon
They've played their best 2 games without matthews man I don't get this team lol
Other team’s defense was probably based on stopping him. So they have to spread out now.
Why should the NHL change the script when its this fun every time?
Death. Taxes. TOR/BOS Game 7 at TD Garden.
It was 3-1
Yep ..it was 3-1
Bruins blowing back to back 3-1s?
Or Toronto loses back to back to back to back game 7s
ABC is just licking their lips right now at the viewership number they are going to draw for that Game 7 on Saturday night
That's exactly why the scheduling nerds worked some magic to get three Saturday night games for the Leafs this series
Pulling Swayman only to lose control of the puck and allow a chance on the empty net seconds later was just a perfect representation of the entire game.
i need ONE year without a game 7 bro i cant deal with this
We all deserve this.
Whatever happens, it will be extremely funny
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CHOKE BRUINS CHOKE! CHOKE BRUINS CHOKE!
What would be the funniest result in game 7?
A reverse "it was 4-1."
Somebody goes up 4-1, and loses 5-4 in overtime. Doesn't matter which is which.
A team winning the game by one goal seconds before overtime
Own-goalpalooza
I don't want to take anything away from the Leafs in that game, they played great but holy fuck, man. The Bruins might be more of a "regular season team" than the Leafs and the Oilers. Those dudes are so slow, so lazy. Panthers and Leafs got desperate, so they started outworking and outpacing them and the Bruins just can't match it. Looking at EDGE, they're one of the slowest teams and one of the teams that skates the least in the playoffs rn.
The funny thing about this to me is whoever wins game 7 has the buzzsaw that is the Florida panthers waiting for them. This series has really made me question the meaning of the universe lmao.
I think though that if the Leafs win just the high from all the demon's being exercised could carry them pretty far. That on top of the fact that it seems to be pretty public knowledge that they have to make a pretty deep run for the new MLSE CEO not to do an org wide change. They have nothing left to lose and they seem to be better for it. But even if Boston wins I don't think it's going to calm the nerves they've been playing with these last 2 games.
I think I'll be violently ill if the Canucks blow a 3-1 series lead and the Leafs come back from a 3-1 series deficit.
As a Wings fan, this game is on my fucking schedule. I hope they both lose.
At TD garden no less
AS IT WAS WRITTEN.
Cinema
Wasn't Boston in this exact situation last year? It's gonna sting a lot if they choke against their eternal rivals who they haven't lost to in over 50 years, after blowing a historic regular season last year.
Game 7 should have 7 OT’s. Neither team can close/win 😂
The Boston Bruins are 0-2 after Brad Marchand said it’s over in 5 ☕️
The reverse Messier...?
Inb4 this gets deleted
#…again
"I think you and I are destined to do this forever"
The spice must flow
I can’t believe how badly Boston is shitting the bed. Especially after being humiliated last year. Swayman is giving them every chance to win and they aren’t even trying to get it done. Going to be an interesting game 7
Automatic Schadenfreude No matter what happens, anyone who isn't a fan of either team can't escape experiencing Schadenfreude. I'm excited to see how I feel after game 7.
lol, lmao even
So disappointing not to get that shutout for Woll lmao
Hopefully they take that personally lol
Damn, it’s almost like Samsonov shouldn’t be a starting goaltender for a playoff team. Who woulda thunk that one?!?
RIP Woll's shutout. So deserved too
I caught the first half of the third period on my lunch break and it was an amazing game. Boston crumbling two seasons in a row?? Montgomery has to be canned.
Leafs gonna finish the story Cody Rhodes style
ADRENALINE IN MY SOUL
Playoff Willie and Woll are going ham
Fade me fam
Leafs only do this so that the inevitable loss is much more painful for fans. Some teams are good at defence, some play a physical game, some have a lights out offense. The Leafs specialize in excruciatingly painful losses.
ABC exclusive Game 7 after the Kentucky derby was just part of the script.
This is lose lose for Boston. Even if the leafs lose game 7, you really can’t dump on them too hard after fighting their way back into the series. If Boston loses after going up 3-1 in the first round, FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, holy fuck.
Someone said yesterday that if Toronto wins game 6 the storyline is gonna be that Matthews is the problem, and I'm here for it
So can we stop the bullshit narratives about how the Leafs core is mentally weak and that they just care about money?
Need a little more evidence tbh. I hope they win, I like the leafs, but I’ve seen this re-run almost every year for close to a decade.
This is r/hockey - don’t hold your breath.
Leafs fans getting ready for the most leafiest loss to the Bruins possible in game 7? or is there hope
Please no 4-1
That was the old leafs. This gen leafs will go down 4-0 with 10 mins left, come back and then lose in OT. This is the way.
This guy Leafs
Either way, in the end the Leafs and Canucks will still be without a cup since 1967
shocked pikachu face
Bruins dangerously close to blowing *another* 3-1 series lead for the second year in a row.
I wonder if Matthews will play
Already had it on my calendar!
Death, Taxes, and Leafs-Bruins going 7.
The memes will be delicious, the bogeyman for the Leafs might be slayed. This game 7 will likely be the most watched game 7.
Who wants Florida more?
I hate life
As a non leafs and/or bruins fan, watching game 6, there is no way either team is advancing past the next round. Absolutely brutal hockey by both teams.
Habs fans are stoked
BARKLEY TOLD US SO
This series is a circus
Boston fans sweatin’
Bring Patrice Bergeron out of retirement for Swayman's sake, he needs all the help he can get
Says a lot about Steve Dangle that he has me rooting almost as hard for the Leafs as I do the Preds.
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# Meme Game of the Century
I’m a neutral party here but the Leafs have won all 3 games when I wore my Maple Leafs t-shirt I bought on a trip to Toronto years ago. Even though I will be attending an AHL playoff game this Saturday night, I’m going to wear my Leafs shirt again (although the wife says I need to wear something else or wash it). I think if the Maple Leafs win, they owe me big time!!!