It's going to gall me forever that a piece of shit like Patrick Kane has 3 Cups while Bergeron will only have one.Watching this happen in slow motion fucking sucked.
Bergeron's career overlapped with the first year I really started getting into hockey and watching the B's. It'll suck to not see him suit it up again, but even more so to continually relive and wonder what could have been if a couple bounces broke more kindly over the past decade.
Fuck
Or a guy like Pat Maroon who was along for the ride 3 timesIt's going to gall me forever that a piece of shit like Patrick Kane has 3 Cups while Bergeron will only have one.
Yeah I will not be watching. I’ll check the box scores in the morning, and will root for whichever team comes out of the west. Hoping Seattle or Vegas or Dallas.I will say that amongst the worst things is that I doubt I will be able to enjoy playoff hockey the rest of the season. We'll see.
I'll trade ya.Last night I said to the partner that one of the things I hate most about this is that I know I'm going to go into work tomorrow and random coworkers who don't know the red line from high sticking will be superfans who want to talk to me about "what happened to the Bruins" and "boy that was rough" and "how nervous" they were and I'll want to tell them to fuck off and get the fuck away from me but I'll have to smile and make chit chat.
Took less than 5 minutes and there's a knock on the door and sure enough. Fuck me.
The absolute fucking worst.Last night I said to the partner that one of the things I hate most about this is that I know I'm going to go into work tomorrow and random coworkers who don't know the red line from high sticking will be superfans who want to talk to me about "what happened to the Bruins" and "boy that was rough" and "how nervous" they were and I'll want to tell them to fuck off and get the fuck away from me but I'll have to smile and make chit chat.
Took less than 5 minutes and there's a knock on the door and sure enough. Fuck me.
To me, this is worse: I didn't have the justifiable expectations of a Cup the way I did this year. Just...fucking hell.It was same for me in 2003, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2019. And now this. It's ridiculous - fandom. I'm 56 and I didn't sleep last night! I kept replaying the series and missed opportunities. After tough, inexplicable gut wrenching losses this place is always here. This place always understands. I'll watch some but my heart won't be in it. But surely enough, my heart WILL be in it come October. I don't post much but I am a faithful and dedicated lurker and wanna say thanks for making the ride this season so memorable.
Edit: Removed.I'll trade ya.
CONS: I work with a bunch of Leafs and Habs fans who are always eager to take a chunk out of the Bruins at the best of times.
PRO: I just did a set of weekend overnights, so I'm deferring the pain to tomorrow.
Yeah. Hard to accept "randomness" when the team has a record season.To me, this is worse: I didn't have the justifiable expectations of a Cup the way I did this year. Just...fucking hell.
Same.Even the thought of the Panthers winning wouldn't bother me as much as I thought it would last night.
Honestly, will they? Best regular season in history disappears like a fart in the wind. No one is gonna get overly excited for a long time going forward.Still really stunned today. Fans will come back but this left a big scar. Guard is up until proven otherwise in the playoffs.
I've been trying to process- is it easier to get over a round one loss or a Stanley Cup loss? I think the road to fan recovery for a round one loss is easier, even though it's somehow more embarrassing for the franchise overall.
They will. It's still a good team and people like watching the sport. It's huge part of Boston culture. But yeah, it sucks right now.Honestly, will they? Best regular season in history disappears like a fart in the wind. No one is gonna get overly excited for a long time going forward.
Not today it isn't.Because watching Professional hockey is enjoyable?
For you. You are not everyone.Not today it isn't.
I dunno guys. I don't have the confidence you do about attendance and interest. This is going to leave a bad taste for a while.
8 home games a year is a lot different than 41, and the NFL is vastly more popular than the NHL.I dunno. It stinks and it sucks but this shit happens more ofthen than not. There's a reason the Presidents Trophy winner rarely wins the Cup.
Did fans stop showing up in Foxboro after 18-1?
It will, but it's difficult to believe it'll last through opening day next season.I dunno guys. I don't have the confidence you do about attendance and interest. This is going to leave a bad taste for a while.
Yeah @The Napkin , that truly may be the worst part of this.
My 10 year old son and 8 year old daughter were sobbing in bed last night, that sucked. But consoling them took less energy and fortitude than calmly explaining to people 'Too soon.' A guy pushed me for more this morning and I said "Well, short answer I think they got away from doing what made them successful this year..." and he immediately started in with "well, that's not good enough blah blah blah"
I just patted him on the arm, said I had to get to class, and walked away. He's lucky I didn't stab him.
Yeah, this is a person you need to drop like a bad habit.I got the other side of this--a facebook message 5 minutes after the game ended "Let's go Panthers!"
I said that's kinda rude and he said "I've been a Panther fan since day 1" and I said "First off, being a fan doesn't make it less rude, secondly your profile pic is you in a Red Wings jersey next to the Cup, and finally, you said that since Detroit wasn't in the playoffs this year you'd be pulling for Boston."
I love hockey and specifically Bruins hockey, so I will pay attention. But yeah, one of my first thoughts was that I sure as hell invested a lot of myself in every aspect of that regular season, the wins record, the points record and how they finished up...for fucking nothing.I honestly don't know how they'll get fans to get into paying attention to the regular season next year. The answer to that forever will be "regular season clearly doesn't matter."
Attendence numbers will bear close watching. I suspect they'll go down. It's a fucking terrible shame.
I feel this pain. My 10yo wasn’t quite in tears this morning, but I could tell how broken up he was. He was ALL IN on this team from day 1. I remember him saying something silly after their first game / win of the year - “they’re on a roll” - I was like, bud, it’s been one game. Turns out and they were on a roll for 82. I hope he is able to regain the passion in the fall. Kids are resilient. It wasn’t the same when the ‘95 Sox lost for me because I didn’t have quite the same expectations. But I’ve tried to tell him that the pain is worth the ultimate payoff. Just hope he gets to see that sooner than later in life.Still just stunned. After the goal my 8yo just got up from the couch and walked him self to bed. My 13yo just curled up into a ball in the chair. I went and tucked in the 8yo, who I think is still a little young to care the same way my 13yo does. Came back down and he was a mess, just crying in a ball. I stopped shedding tears for sports team losses a while back. But, this one hurt more, and in a different way, because I know that feeling, and I hate it for him. We've watched so much hockey together, more this year than ever. A signature high-five after every goal, even retracting the ones (many) that were called back. Too many games together at TD to count. Just enjoying the ride with him all year long and it ended way too soon. Sounds dramatic and totally a FWP kind of thing, but I really wasn't ready for this to end, and the way it did. 60 fucking seconds, come on. Interested to see how he held up today at school, should be home any minute and I feel like I need to have a talk about the journey not the finish yada fucking yada.
Sports has to be (more) about the journey than the destination. It just fucking has to be or we'd all go insane. And even if you could somehow quantify how much negative there was in this season's destination compared with the positive from the journey, and determine the negative outweighed the positive...there was a whole shitload of positive throughout the journey. So it can't be for nothing.I love hockey and specifically Bruins hockey, so I will pay attention. But yeah, one of my first thoughts was that I sure as hell invested a lot of myself in every aspect of that regular season, the wins record, the points record and how they finished up...for fucking nothing.
To me it’s all about expectations, and also about how you connect with the team as a fan. I have been way more into the Bs the last couple years due to my son. So this one hit harder than 2019 and 2013. If this team had even gone out say 4-2 to Toronto it wouldn’t have been all that tough to swallow. They’re a great team. To blow a 3-1 lead with home ice, losing twice in OT, and having 3 separate one goal leads in the 3rd period… it’s just devastating because as @IdiotKicker said they did the work to put themselves in position to end the series.I've been trying to process- is it easier to get over a round one loss or a Stanley Cup loss? I think the road to fan recovery for a round one loss is easier, even though it's somehow more embarrassing for the franchise overall.