100%. Monty completely failed to steer them out of the skid.Outplayed and badly outcoached.
100%. Monty completely failed to steer them out of the skid.Outplayed and badly outcoached.
But this is also a sport where you can squeak in as the last wild card and go on a run. They don’t need to be the 1 seed all the time and frankly it might be refreshing to go into a playoffs with no expectations and a hungry team.I’m serious when I say at 51 I doubt I’ll see them compete for a Cup again in my lifetime. They’re losing a ton of guys and the prospects are very thin. This was there all in year and they choked it away.
They have blown it so many times in my life that I assumed they would blow it in 2011 too. That team had something special that no B's team has had since.In the last 13 years the Bruins choked a 3-0 series lead and 3-0 G7 lead at home, choked a G6 lead at home in an elimination SCF game without even forcing OT, didn’t even show up for a SCF G7 at home, and now choked as the best regular season team of all time against an 8 seed that barely squeaked in, with a 3-1 series lead, and a lead in the last minute, in G7, at home.
I have no idea how they managed to win in 2011 because they have otherwise wilted in the biggest spots probably more than any other franchise in that time. I guess Thomas being unreal, mostly.
Cool. I, OTOH, will slam the head coach that scratched better options than him in every game. EVERY. GAME.People will slam Forbort but he’s a 3rd pair defenseman
they were at least in a game7 finals game. Tbis is all time NHL choke.Ummm, the Bruins lost the SCF in game 7 at home and barely competed in it.
What did he say? I assume it’s more Grady-esque rhetoric?Fuck you Monty and this interview
They tried. Blew a 2-1 lead late in Game 7 against Montreal and a 3-2 series lead against Tampa.They have blown it so many times in my life that I assumed they would blow it in 2011 too. That team had something special that no B's team has had since.
Luongo shit himselfIn the last 13 years the Bruins choked a 3-0 series lead and 3-0 G7 lead at home, choked a G6 lead at home in an elimination SCF game without even forcing OT, didn’t even show up for a SCF G7 at home, and now choked as the best regular season team of all time against an 8 seed that barely squeaked in, with a 3-1 series lead, and a lead in the last minute, in G7, at home.
I have no idea how they managed to win in 2011 because they have otherwise wilted in the biggest spots probably more than any other franchise in that time. I guess Thomas being unreal, mostly.
Think there’s a difference between worst choke..and worst loss, which is where I believe that interchange startedthey were at least in a game7 finals game. Tbis is all time NHL choke.
The elusive combination of enough skill, wicked toughness, and stand-on-your head goaltending. That magic may never be replicated again.They have blown it so many times in my life that I assumed they would blow it in 2011 too. That team had something special that no B's team has had since.
Lol whatThat's THE worst loss in Boston in Boston sports history. All teams.
I don't do hyperbole. That's objectively true in history unless I'm missing something. Pats Super Bowls all neutral, Red Sox have all come on the road, ditto Celtics.
Holy fuck me.
They looked like they had tired legs to me, though that is also their fault because endurance matters.I still can’t believe how so many guys just stood and watched on the last 2 Panthers goals.
Scared, sackless hockey.
I do wonder also if long term his cup win is viewed as the footnote?The Bergeron Bruins having three of the worst chokes in Boston sports history is a really shitty footnote to a great player’s career.
That came to mind typing this. I think this is worse. The stakes were higher then without question but you have to do a lot of things right, especially in hockey, to get to a Game 7 in the Final at home. Same reason 2013 isn't here, although how they lost that one rots in my mind.Ummm, the Bruins lost the SCF in game 7 at home and barely competed in it.
When there are three of them, I’m not sure they’re a footnote.The Bergeron Bruins having three of the worst chokes in Boston sports history is a really shitty footnote to a great player’s career.
Okay, this is why it always comes back to Montgomery. When was the last time either guy played more that 2-3 in a row? November, while Swayman was hurt? Suddenly, a hurt Ullmark starts 6 in a row, and Swayman’s iced outside of garbage time in Game 4. They won the Jennings Trophy by holding to a rotation. Who cares what the idiots at NHL Network have to say about rotations in the playoffs, you have six months of proof it works.Thirdly, yea the Jennings Trophy winning goaltenders, particularly Ullmark. Just needed a couple more saves in Games 5 or 6.
Uhhh no? I can’t think of a great athlete where their championship(s) is/are a footnote, with the possible exception of Pete Rose.I do wonder also if long term his cup win is viewed as the footnote?
no one would ever coach here again and the players would be bullshitWhy not? They canned Cassidy after losing a first round series in 7.
We know after that.We don’t know what Bergy and Krejci are doing.
I thought that too. But whatever, you gotta gut it out. The Panthers did.They looked like they had tired legs to me, though that is also their fault because endurance matters.
This team had all the hallmarks of it. Four really strong lines, lots of grit, amazing ability to win puck battles and hem teams in, strong defense, strong goaltending, good special teams, clutch goal scoring, veteran leadership.They have blown it so many times in my life that I assumed they would blow it in 2011 too. That team had something special that no B's team has had since.
I was thinking this too, Ullmark was the better goalie but not to the extent that he should have been the only option in the playoffs until Monty had literally no other choice.Okay, this is why it always comes back to Montgomery. When was the last time either guy played more that 2-3 in a row? November, while Swayman was hurt? Suddenly, a hurt Ullmark starts 6 in a row, and Swayman’s iced outside of garbage time in Game 4. They won the Jennings Trophy by holding to a rotation. Who cares what the idiots at NHL Network have to say about rotations in the playoffs, you have six months of proof it works.
I personally wouldn’t, and I think most bruins fans wouldn’t. But I think that will be a lot of the narrative around the teams he lead.Uhhh no?
I didn’t think they’d lose unless they ran into a hot goalie, or at least a team in their vicinity talent wise, but here we are.Running into a hot goaltender is one thing. (I’ll never get over Dryden in 71). But Florida’s goaltenders were mediocre at best. Yup. The core of this team has underperformed over the years. Should have had a few more Cups. I can’t believe how bad the defenseman were in this series. And Montgomery was in over his head. Maurice out coached him badly. Ullmark turned into Ullmark.
This is because their first line defense kept giving the puck away.This is why I don’t want Bert back. To trick-or-treat. View: https://twitter.com/bruins_stats/status/1652857343476940803?s=12
Did you miss him crying and do a skate around the ice with his stick raised saluting the fans?No we don’t.
He was also on the ice for at least 8 goals. Probably more, but he had 8 points in the seriesThis is why I don’t want Bert back. To trick-or-treat. View: https://twitter.com/bruins_stats/status/1652857343476940803?s=12
People said the same thing when he did this last year.Did you miss him crying and do a skate around the ice with his stick raised saluting the fans?