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Eastern Conference Final Bruins (4) vs Pens (1)

oakl0008 said:
LittleHockeyFan said:
honestly, I think Crosby's playing injured. No way do you shut him out of the scoring four games in a row if he's healthy.

I was actually thinking the same thing. He's been through injuries over the years so it wouldn't be a surprise. Either that or the Bruins are THAT good at shutting him down.

Boy Boston sure has improved after letting the Leafs take them to 7 games.  :o

I don't think the Bruins have suddenly improved by leaps and bounds the past two rounds. The Leafs played them really well. Leaf fans need to realize the fact that we finally have a team to get behind in the coming years!

Nik will love this.....

Again I ask. Would fans rather have the last minute game 7  collapse, or go down embarrassing fast in four games ala the Pens?
 
Can't believe how easy Boston made that look.  To be honest, I don't think Rask stole the series either, Pittsburgh never seemed to make him work that hard.  Lots of long wristers it felt like, although it could just be me putting a slant on it subconsciously.
 
and now it's true, not just an internet meme?.. The Leafs did win more playoff games against Boston than both NY and Pittsburgh combined. That's something too :-)
 
Shero forgot about defence and goaltending. It is his fault to overlook goaltending. Everyone knew Fluery was not an elite goaltender anymore.
 
mc said:
Shero forgot about defence and goaltending. It is his fault to overlook goaltending. Everyone knew Fluery was not an elite goaltender anymore.

Pittsburgh barely scored in this series. As much as goaltending is a problem, it certainly didn't cost them against Boston.
 
Andy007 said:
mc said:
Shero forgot about defence and goaltending. It is his fault to overlook goaltending. Everyone knew Fluery was not an elite goaltender anymore.

Pittsburgh barely scored in this series. As much as goaltending is a problem, it certainly didn't cost them against Boston.

Yeah, this is more a everything went wrong sort of situation. I mean, even last year where Fleury couldn't stop a beach ball the Pens were able to push the Flyers to six because they could score.
 
RedLeaf said:
oakl0008 said:
LittleHockeyFan said:
honestly, I think Crosby's playing injured. No way do you shut him out of the scoring four games in a row if he's healthy.

I was actually thinking the same thing. He's been through injuries over the years so it wouldn't be a surprise. Either that or the Bruins are THAT good at shutting him down.

Boy Boston sure has improved after letting the Leafs take them to 7 games.  :o

I don't think the Bruins have suddenly improved by leaps and bounds the past two rounds. The Leafs played them really well. Leaf fans need to realize the fact that we finally have a team to get behind in the coming years!

Nik will love this.....

Again I ask. Would fans rather have the last minute game 7  collapse, or go down embarrassing fast in four games ala the Pens?

Ok, so maybe I was being a wee bit sarcastic with that Boston getting better line. I do think they improved though, as most teams have to moving deep into the playoffs.

The fact that the Leafs made the playoffs for the first time in 9 years with one of the youngest teams in the NHL is not lost on me. I also know it was a shortened season with next year being longer with Detroit moving to the East. The future is far from certain.

I never said anything about wanting the Leafs to be the Pens right now, especially seeing that this is the team that Iginla was traded to because they were a strong contender. I still think that maybe Crosby and a few others may have been injured. Of course I would rather the 7 game heart breaker instead of the 4 game sweep. Doesn't change that there's A LOT the Leafs need to fix, the first being on retaining a lead. I hope they do.
 
Nik the Trik said:
Andy007 said:
mc said:
Shero forgot about defence and goaltending. It is his fault to overlook goaltending. Everyone knew Fluery was not an elite goaltender anymore.

Pittsburgh barely scored in this series. As much as goaltending is a problem, it certainly didn't cost them against Boston.

Yeah, this is more a everything went wrong sort of situation. I mean, even last year where Fleury couldn't stop a beach ball the Pens were able to push the Flyers to six because they could score.

I'd throw coaching down on that list.  Pittsburgh ran into a wall against Boston and just kept on running into it over and over again.  You have to figure that the top 6 forwards of Pittsburgh could have employed a similar system that the Leafs did to try and break up the neutral zone and get a consistent attack going. 
 
RedLeaf said:
Nik will love this.....

Less than you think. I've seen someone pull the exact same routine:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDAmPIq29ro[/youtube]
 
LittleHockeyFan said:
and now it's true, not just an internet meme?.. The Leafs did win more playoff games against Boston than both NY and Pittsburgh combined. That's something too :-)

The Leafs were Boston's toughest opponent in teems of everything, as opposed to Pittsburgh who looked like chumps, or, the New York Rangers, for that matter.

Yes, epic collapse, but perhaps not anymore.  The Pens results can be termed epic fail which is much worse since their top forwards registered nearly 0 points and a team total of just 2 goals for the entire series!

Now that, LeafsNation, is an embarrassment to say the very least.  It makes what happened to our Leafs seem like pablum by comparison!
 
Boston 1  Pittsburgh 0  Boston wins series 4 games to 0.

Call it epic fail, call it what you will, but the Penguins inability to score goals in this series especially when your top forwards (Crosby & Malkin to name but a few) register zero points and the entire team registers just two goals in an entire series, well, that was certainly  unfathomable and unthinkable a thing to happen.

The Bruins poise and aggression were too much for Pittsburgh to overcome.  Boston's total team play, both offensively and defensively, seem to 'suffocate' the Pens in all areas of their game.  This was all too prevalent in Games 3 & 4 when Pittsburgh came to life in this series (after having lost the first two games at home by score of 3-0 & 6-1).  All the Pens could muster were shots that hit posts, crossbars, pucks that just wouldn't go in try as they might.

Heck, MVP for Game 4 may very well be Zdeno Chara's gloved hand -- with Malkin and a gaping net in front, a sprawled Bruins defeceman Chara swiped his hand and Malkin's shot hit it instead of the net.  Crucial save?  You bet.  It would have given Penguins the lead.  That play practically summed up Pittsburgh's scoring frustrations.

Bruins goaltender Tukka Rask's save off the Pens Jerome Iginla at the last second will serve as "poetic justice" to Bruins fans, as well as McQuaid's goal tipping Iginla's stick giving Boston the lead in the third period, a lead they never relinquished.  (in case memory serves, Iginla signed with the Pens and had rejected being traded to the Bruins during the season.  What irony!).

So, off to the Stanley Cup Finals go the Bruins. 
While, lots of questions remain to be answered for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the off-season, and quite possibly changes to the team (and even staff) will be made after evaluations are done.

 
LittleHockeyFan said:
and now it's true, not just an internet meme?.. The Leafs did win more playoff games against Boston than both NY and Pittsburgh combined. That's something too :-)

Actually the Leafs outscored the Rangers and Penguins put together, against the Bruins.  ;D
 
Spider said:
LittleHockeyFan said:
and now it's true, not just an internet meme?.. The Leafs did win more playoff games against Boston than both NY and Pittsburgh combined. That's something too :-)

Actually the Leafs outscored the Rangers and Penguins put together, against the Bruins.  ;D

Phil Kessel outscored the Penguins against the Bruins.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Spider said:
LittleHockeyFan said:
and now it's true, not just an internet meme?.. The Leafs did win more playoff games against Boston than both NY and Pittsburgh combined. That's something too :-)

Actually the Leafs outscored the Rangers and Penguins put together, against the Bruins.  ;D

Phil Kessel outscored the Penguins against the Bruins.

nice!  :-)
 
LittleHockeyFan said:
CarltonTheBear said:
Spider said:
LittleHockeyFan said:
and now it's true, not just an internet meme?.. The Leafs did win more playoff games against Boston than both NY and Pittsburgh combined. That's something too :-)

Actually the Leafs outscored the Rangers and Penguins put together, against the Bruins.  ;D

Phil Kessel outscored the Penguins against the Bruins.

nice!  :-)

Indeed.

And yet the Toronto Star releases another article today on why he should be traded (his value is high!). I won't even post the thing as it has no new insight. Is there something these guys know that we don't because I have never seen so many "Trade Said Player" that I have seen with Kessel while in Toronto.

Anyways, back to the subject. I wonder if there will any significant changes  made after the Penguins unforeseen collapse in this round?
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Spider said:
LittleHockeyFan said:
and now it's true, not just an internet meme?.. The Leafs did win more playoff games against Boston than both NY and Pittsburgh combined. That's something too :-)

Actually the Leafs outscored the Rangers and Penguins put together, against the Bruins.  ;D

Phil Kessel outscored the Penguins against the Bruins.

In fact, he doubled their goal output and had the same number of points as the entire Pittsburgh roster.
 
bustaheims said:
CarltonTheBear said:
Spider said:
LittleHockeyFan said:
and now it's true, not just an internet meme?.. The Leafs did win more playoff games against Boston than both NY and Pittsburgh combined. That's something too :-)

Actually the Leafs outscored the Rangers and Penguins put together, against the Bruins.  ;D

Phil Kessel outscored the Penguins against the Bruins.

In fact, he doubled their goal output and had the same number of points as the entire Pittsburgh roster.

Maybe Shero will move Malkin and Crosby for Kessel, so he doesn't have to go through this kind of embarrassment again..
 

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