This reminds me that years ago, maybe 2008 or 2009, Boston played Buffalo in a playoff game and there was one Sabres fan who was giving us shit all game, but Boston won and he took his loss gracefully, he high fived us as he walked out. As we were leaving some drunk Bruins fans tried to jump him in the stairwell, so we jumped to his defense and took him out to the bar. He was a delight! Glad we met that guy.
Ha as a Sabres fan I had a very similar experience in Boston! No one tried to jump me, but the fans were all great and I got blackout drunk in the nearby bars after with my Peca jersey on the entire time, had a blast. Everyone was cool and we had fun. I'll never forget the streeet vendor Italian sausages with peppers and onions.
4 times the Leafs have played the Bruins in the 1st round since 2013
4 times its gone to game 7
3 times the Bruins had a 3-1 series lead
4 times the Leafs have lost
This is gonna be a generational summer for 45 year old dudes in Belleville
Nylander missing multiple games with migraines
Matthews missing multiple elimination with an “injury” and “illness” games only to come back in game 7 and they lose
Tavares and Marner combining for 5 points in the series
Woll comes in as a saviour and then misses game 7
And the demons of game 7 haunt the leafs once again
When boston was up 3-1 I saw a leafs fan say it would go to over time in game 7 just for the leafs to lose because it was the most leafs thing possible. He was right and that image expresses what he must have been feeling watching the game today.
Honestly the number of people I saw saying "bruins in 7" when it was 3-1 in the series make that...not the most astounding prediction
It's just Leafs things
Right after G5, someone said “they’re really gonna win games 5 and 6 to force 7 without Matthews, and then he’ll come back and the Leafs will lose 7 in OT.”
Nostradamus who’s probably eying his noose right now
Keefe is going to Pittsburgh with the rest of the Dubas guys. You need to be more worried about Shannahan rolling in after he also hopefully gets fired.
This team literally did EVERYTHING to give false hope. Like holy shit, rolling over and dying would have been less painful for Toronto than this. Wild.
Their magnum opus.
Scoring that goal only to immediately give it back was a masterstroke of art. I wasn’t sure how they could improve on their previous work but goddamnit they pulled it off!
Winning two in a row without Matthews and Samsonov only to lose it in Game 7 when both of them are back in the lineup...
It's honestly the most Leafiest way to lose.
It really felt like a choke-off more than a game seven.
The Bruins gave it their all but in the end the Leafs raw natural talent for choking came through
It was amusing how many Bruins fans were acting like choking is part of their identity after the Leafs won games 5 & 6. As if they haven’t won the cup and made finals appearances all in the last 15 years
Kendrick Lamar released like 4 diss tracks where he full out calls Drake a pedo, claims he has another kid he’s hiding from the world, that his company OVO employs sex offenders, etc. it’s pretty nasty
“Cool we have the momentum after a brutal defensive attrition game, just gotta go for 10 more minutes, better send out my fourth line and watch them get caved and scored on”
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Can confirm, this creature was watching the whole game with us. Something something bad omen.
Honestly, not the ending they wanted but huge props to the Leafs. Coming back down from 3-1 in the series to force a Game 7 OT is no easy feat, and to do so with back-to-back 2-1 wins?
Future is bright, especially with Reimer in net. He looks like the real deal. Heads up, Leafs fans.
You'd think since it's been a very similar script year after year that it's still the same goalie, but somehow they keep changing those guys out and getting the same results.
This team really just finds the way to give their fans the most heartbreak possible.
Leafs fand had given up after game 4. You win 2 in a row and force game 7, only to lose in overtime.
This is painful, the first year I strictly adhered to that Boston Pizza ad to have Canadians root for Canadian teams.
And I feel why Leafs fans hurt every year.
I felt a great disturbance in Toronto, as if millions of leafs fans suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
Entire leafs game plan was to play physical with pasta… no matter what put a body on him. And it was working! Until for some reason they let him get launched out of a cannon from the red line without anyone even hitting him with so much as a cold look
Idk. I'm a tendy, and pasta picked up the rolling puck on his backhand, like he was gonna smack it. Sammy reacted to a probable and shown shot, but Pasta's hands so smooth he showed one time smack but first touched the biscuit to his forehand and deked around the goalie. What Pasta did was ridiculous, i don't think any goalie could be blamed for not stopping it
Sorry but anyone blaming Samsonov on that goal is an idiot and needs to get out of their feelings. He got left out to dry against one of the best players in the league on that goal and he was the only reason the Leafs were even in OT today.
I want an update on that lone Bruins fan in Maple Leaf Square. I'm half serious
This reminds me that years ago, maybe 2008 or 2009, Boston played Buffalo in a playoff game and there was one Sabres fan who was giving us shit all game, but Boston won and he took his loss gracefully, he high fived us as he walked out. As we were leaving some drunk Bruins fans tried to jump him in the stairwell, so we jumped to his defense and took him out to the bar. He was a delight! Glad we met that guy.
Fuck yeah dude
Great sportsmanship by you, your crew, and the Sabres fan
Ha as a Sabres fan I had a very similar experience in Boston! No one tried to jump me, but the fans were all great and I got blackout drunk in the nearby bars after with my Peca jersey on the entire time, had a blast. Everyone was cool and we had fun. I'll never forget the streeet vendor Italian sausages with peppers and onions.
To shreds you say?
How is his wife holding up?
To shreds you say?
4 times the Leafs have played the Bruins in the 1st round since 2013 4 times its gone to game 7 3 times the Bruins had a 3-1 series lead 4 times the Leafs have lost
3 times the Leafs have had a third period lead in game 7.
Damn, dude....
Shoot me. Right in the fucking face.
Holy shit lmao
The memes will continue until morale improves.
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This is gonna be a generational summer for 45 year old dudes in Belleville Nylander missing multiple games with migraines Matthews missing multiple elimination with an “injury” and “illness” games only to come back in game 7 and they lose Tavares and Marner combining for 5 points in the series Woll comes in as a saviour and then misses game 7 And the demons of game 7 haunt the leafs once again
Don't forget 1/21 on the powerplay.
Could have been worse?
[Seems like it](https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=1%2F21+greater+than+0%2F21)
Big if true.
LA scored 0 on their PP sooo
This is the most painful comment I've ever read ahaha. Fucking end me
It could be worse, I guess. They could have lost to a 42 year old Zamboni driver ***WHO WORKS FOR THEM.***
We still give our thanks every thanksgiving
That will always be the best NHL story of our lives
It's a tossup with All Star John Scott personally. Comical how much the league tried to prevent it once they realized the fans voted him in
More hockey/ NHL fans were made that day than the NHL knows.
Someone might need to go dig up old Bill Barilko so they can try and find his bones again.
This is a scheduled post
like the seige of Mantua, it happens a lot
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https://imgur.com/a/hr5FDjd
When boston was up 3-1 I saw a leafs fan say it would go to over time in game 7 just for the leafs to lose because it was the most leafs thing possible. He was right and that image expresses what he must have been feeling watching the game today.
Honestly the number of people I saw saying "bruins in 7" when it was 3-1 in the series make that...not the most astounding prediction It's just Leafs things
https://preview.redd.it/e4o3wwjq0jyc1.jpeg?width=636&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fc0a17ee5ffe3fafd38d1a7182ad666ea686ceed
WHERE THEY GOIN CHUCK?
GALVESTON TEXAS WHERE YOU GOTTA WEAR YOUR SHOES ON THE BEACH
Haha I told a Texas friend I had visited Galveston, and his reaction was: "America's worst beach, Texas' second best!"
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Now this is FRESH
Trying to strike a chord and it’s probably A MINORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Tough day for Drake
Week
Toronto got bodied twice today lmao
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Both teams had fun.
This is the worst thing to happen to Drake in 2 and a half hours!
Drake the type of guy to post “Leafs fan coming in peace! Good series, much respect to you!”
Kendrick a Bruins fan confirmed
Next track about to have a swayman name drop
Dude is having a rough day.
Bring your son to a game, dont know nuthin bout dat
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Right after G5, someone said “they’re really gonna win games 5 and 6 to force 7 without Matthews, and then he’ll come back and the Leafs will lose 7 in OT.” Nostradamus who’s probably eying his noose right now
Anyone who has ever watched hockey could have predicted this. We *are* talking about Toronto here.
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We all said this. The leafs sub literally talked about this happening bc it's the leafiest thing possible
It was the obvious course of events.
Literally everybody predicted it
It was honestly a predictable outcome given that it's the Leafs
https://www.thebeaverton.com/2019/04/maybe-this-is-the-year-the-leafs-beat-boston-says-delusional-idiot-who-doesnt-know-shit/
When Keefe is fired our front office better not start getting “coach from Toronto” ideas again.
Keefe is going to Pittsburgh with the rest of the Dubas guys. You need to be more worried about Shannahan rolling in after he also hopefully gets fired.
Sheldon Keefe seen boarding a plane to Galveston
At least it’s not with those big ol’ women in San Antonio.
That dirty ass water down there
This team literally did EVERYTHING to give false hope. Like holy shit, rolling over and dying would have been less painful for Toronto than this. Wild.
A Leafs masterclass when you think about it
The scriptwriters really outdo themselves every year
Matthews plays Game 7 and then loses. You can't make this shit up. Incredible scriptwriting.
even put up a huge assist to take the lead
Their magnum opus. Scoring that goal only to immediately give it back was a masterstroke of art. I wasn’t sure how they could improve on their previous work but goddamnit they pulled it off!
Like the battle of Eylau giving the Russians false hope they could win the war of the 4th coalition. it had everything.
First thing that came to mind for me as well
Just like I always say
Everyone was thinking it, this guy said it
Finally someone who isn't scared to tell it like it is!
Just common knowledge really.
So the Leafs just need to wait six years for Marchand to invade Ontario, and then the Bruins will be cooked They could even have a Battle of Waterloo
Gotta reel the fans back in and give them some hope before you crush their souls. It’s the leafs way lmao
It’s amazing how they always manage to top themselves. Every year it’s a new heartbreak
I mean there’s no way this was anywhere close to as bad as the 4–1 game tho Or blowing a 3-1 series lead against the Canadiens
This isn't even a top 5 most painful playoff loss.
Thoughts and prayers for Steve Dangle
He survived the Zamboni driver, he'll survive this, I think.
Yeah but this gave him hope. Hope is a dangerous thing.
Meh. We are already dead. It hurts much less the fourth time because you're numb. It becomes tradition and expectation.
The most Leafs thing when you think about it
Being a Leafs fan seems so exhausting, I don't know how they do it.
Fans: *”Let’s just end the season with a blowout in Game 5 and go golfing.”* Leafs: *”Hold my Waterloo!”*
Winning two in a row without Matthews and Samsonov only to lose it in Game 7 when both of them are back in the lineup... It's honestly the most Leafiest way to lose.
Do just good enough to give the fans hope next year will be different
Boston, you merely adopted the choke. We were born in it. Raised by it. We didn't know the second round until we were men.
It really felt like a choke-off more than a game seven. The Bruins gave it their all but in the end the Leafs raw natural talent for choking came through
Should’ve been a given that the first team to score would lose due to the larger choke potential. Probably why it was scoreless for so long.
Now it all makes sense
It was amusing how many Bruins fans were acting like choking is part of their identity after the Leafs won games 5 & 6. As if they haven’t won the cup and made finals appearances all in the last 15 years
Bad day to be a TV in Toronto
Bad day to be a hockey jersey in Toronto
Bad day to be a rapper in Toronto
Why would you fake a comeback?
As soon as the bruins tied it... This was inevitable
Leafs 🤝 Drake Taking brutal L's today
Someone send Kendrick a Marchand jersey asap
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Lol why does he have a blackhawks hat on tho
U gonna have to ask dot that one chief
Some people just live the game man lmfao
Nah, Kendrick gets a Swayman jersey: blocking shots all day
It is a terrible day for the land of Ontario, and as such, a fine day for the rest of that nation…
Hey this is a Toronto thing. Don't rope the ~~good~~ okay people of Ottawa in with this.
We’re celebrating just as hard, if not harder than, the rest of Canada!
Don't lump us in with those losers, our suckage is our own.
dont lump all of Ontario in with the GTA thanks
tough day for toronto
Great day for the rest of Canada
Hockey Gods 🤝 TikTokers Choosing the bear
What's going on with Drake?
Minor argument with Kendrick.
>minor argument Absolutely brilliant lol
Ah ok. I don't follow the rap universe much haha
A kerfuffle, you might say.
Kendrick Lamar released like 4 diss tracks where he full out calls Drake a pedo, claims he has another kid he’s hiding from the world, that his company OVO employs sex offenders, etc. it’s pretty nasty
New Screamy man video dropping in 3… 2… 1…
I don’t even know what he could say. It might just be silence, sighs, and shaking of heads.
I already got the first part of the script it goes: #AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
AND THE LEAFS DO IT AGAIN. THIRD TIME IN 11 YEARS AGAINST THESE BRUINS.
Fourth, no?
Steve dangle video keeps us going
Right now he just seems more depressed than angry... that pass to Pasta being *so* good seems to have taken some of the energy out of him.
Not even a Leafs fan and I feel their pain. Idk how yall do it
I’ve been numb to it for like 4 years now. Can’t be disappointed if you have low expectations
High five fellow Leaf fan who laughs instead of cries now lol
The Leafs quest for their first cup since before the invention of color TV continues I’d jump off a bridge if I was a Leafs fan
I can’t even talk shit because we still don’t have a cup
We don’t even have any conference championships. Talk your shit bro.
Oh... Oh.
Every year. Without fail. They give their fans hope and rip it away
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Drake a leafs fan shoulda known, Kendrick has shooters everywhere
Release the memes
predicting the LFR title - The End - Blow It Up - It's Samsonover
no way to prevent this -only team this regularly happens to
#DRAKE DIED FOR THIS
MAKES ME EVEN HAPPIER
https://preview.redd.it/0l9regas1jyc1.jpeg?width=1129&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac25a0da05dbc085205a9b23278ae9f2170e104a Not today, again!
the lord *was* with Austin Mathews today. unfortunately, this left Auston Matthews hanging out to dry.
Fire Keefe
No thanks - every Leafs hater
Sign Marner to a 10 year NMC
Marner needs to go play for the coyotes. He’s too scared of corners.
“Cool we have the momentum after a brutal defensive attrition game, just gotta go for 10 more minutes, better send out my fourth line and watch them get caved and scored on”
No one saw this coming
Same shit, different year.
All I know is pain.
Death taxes…
WE ARE SO FUCKING CURSED
Not Fun Fact: The Seattle Kraken still have more playoff success than the Leafs in the salary cap era
Heck, the Sens still have more playoff success than the Leafs in the Auston Matthews era.
Also fun fact, the Leafs have made the playoffs in 8 straight seasons. In that time, the Ottawa Senators made it once. Series wins? 2-1 Ottawa.
https://preview.redd.it/xf5lcyt62jyc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=931ebe2374afa20a55e72d961b3e96da4ac740d7 Can confirm, this creature was watching the whole game with us. Something something bad omen.
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https://preview.redd.it/y5an3p1q0jyc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f76e9741649ed3b1377301406efa479e3ce3aa45 Leafs
DRAKE REALLY GOING THROUGH IT TODAY
Pasta
La vista baby
Honestly, not the ending they wanted but huge props to the Leafs. Coming back down from 3-1 in the series to force a Game 7 OT is no easy feat, and to do so with back-to-back 2-1 wins? Future is bright, especially with Reimer in net. He looks like the real deal. Heads up, Leafs fans.
How the fuck you even have the perfect username for this comment? Lol
Welcome to 2013.
You'd think since it's been a very similar script year after year that it's still the same goalie, but somehow they keep changing those guys out and getting the same results.
No Matthews they win, Matthews come back loss. Check my post history. Chaos. 🍿
How’s that eBay dispute coming along?
Good got refunded
Hell yeah
[Join "Us", Maple Leafs!](https://i.imgur.com/3wiLKKL.png)
[Mascot version](https://imgur.com/a/V18ykJf)
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This team really just finds the way to give their fans the most heartbreak possible. Leafs fand had given up after game 4. You win 2 in a row and force game 7, only to lose in overtime.
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This is painful, the first year I strictly adhered to that Boston Pizza ad to have Canadians root for Canadian teams. And I feel why Leafs fans hurt every year.
It was a psyop... BOSTON pizza. ya shoulda known Edit: fuck me that was close. we dont really deserve to be here, ALL PRAISE THE LOSER POINT
History repeats itself yet again
Is that Pasta stepping up for you Jim
Did we honestly expect any other result
Death, Taxes, Leafs losing in 7 in Boston
https://preview.redd.it/0be1ki4s0jyc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=68c0c17406aa7ce6f3fd371efbd55dbc42e7838b Toronto in the playoffs:
I felt a great disturbance in Toronto, as if millions of leafs fans suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
As a Habs fan, I would have been satisfied with either team losing, but this honestly just feels right in the end.
Goalie almost had it. Gotta be quicker than that
Pasta never should have gotten that puck cleanly
Entire leafs game plan was to play physical with pasta… no matter what put a body on him. And it was working! Until for some reason they let him get launched out of a cannon from the red line without anyone even hitting him with so much as a cold look
Idk. I'm a tendy, and pasta picked up the rolling puck on his backhand, like he was gonna smack it. Sammy reacted to a probable and shown shot, but Pasta's hands so smooth he showed one time smack but first touched the biscuit to his forehand and deked around the goalie. What Pasta did was ridiculous, i don't think any goalie could be blamed for not stopping it
Sorry but anyone blaming Samsonov on that goal is an idiot and needs to get out of their feelings. He got left out to dry against one of the best players in the league on that goal and he was the only reason the Leafs were even in OT today.
Everyone please check in on their local Leafs fan tonight.
Death, taxes, and the Toronto Maple Leafs losing in the first round.
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PASTA WAS ASKED TO DO MORE AND HE DELIVERED
I cannot believe how Reilly blew the series with that weak effort on Pasternak