Series Talk: ECQF: Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs (Series Tied 3-3)

[Summer Rose]

0-4 in game 7s he has reffed according to what I read this morning. I get the whole Leafs choke in game 7s, but it's not a good look for the NHL if they keep trotting McCauley out for Toronto playoff games, especially given their record in games he refs. Plenty of refs to choose from.

Out of genuine curiosity, who would you select as the four officials for tomorrow night?

 

[sxvnert]

He was holding the stick, so if the refs did their job, Boston would have been on the PK.

Speaking of 5 and a game, McAvoy headshot ?

Should have been a 2 min penalty each: Holmberg for boarding and Lohrei for holding.

Earlier this year. He's literally standing like 4 feet away from the play watching it happen, Lily misses significant time, no call. I just can't stand this guy. One or two missed calls sure, but it seems like there are a significant amount of dirty plays like that to go uncalled whenever he is officiating our games, always in favor of the opposition.

Also he likes to be the center of attention all the time. Guys straight up trash at his job.

He went too far this series early on and embarrassed the refs. Now the calls are going against him + they're ignoring his obvious dives.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Out of genuine curiosity, who would you select as the four officials for tomorrow night?

Larry, Moe and Curly are probably three better options than anything the NHL has.

 

[Summer Rose]

Larry, Moe and Curly are probably three better options than anything the NHL has.

I volunteer myself as one of the linesmen, then.

 

[AvroArrow]

Out of genuine curiosity, who would you select as the four officials for tomorrow night?

There's only 2 officials who I genuinely believe throw games in the NHL, Wes McCauley and Chris Lee. I don't even know the names of most of the other refs if I'm being completely honest with you.

I'll even settle for Lee, he's still not as bad as Wes, but like literally anybody else just not him.

 

[Ghost of Murph]

Out of genuine curiosity, who would you select as the four officials for tomorrow night?

Honestly it wouldn't matter to me. Just not a guy for a game 7 who has a history with one of the coaches. I think this series has been fairly well reffed so far. Missed calls have evened out the way I see it.

 

[CupsOverCash]

Matthews is resting for Carolina

Leafs are gonna win game 7 in Boston. 3 years in a row is bad.

 

[Strangle]

The image is still damn funny. Clown him (and me) when the Leafs win the cup, not after they won game 6 of the first round smh.




And you'd still want him on your team just like the other 31 GMs

I hate the Sens just as much as the next guy btw

Maybe hold your chirps until the habs can even make the playoffs, not to mention win a Stanley cup

 

[Just Rude]

curious to see how leafs fans are feeling, do you feel confident for game 7 or do you still have PTSD?

100% PTSD.

Apologies for the Woll reference, but I'm shitting bricks.

I don't feel anything this year, so I guess relaxed/calm ? Even for game 6, didn't have that nervous energy like years past.

Yeah, I'm nervous but I kind of wrote them off after that Game 4 performance. I wasn't expecting this the way that game went, especially without you-know-who.

 

[Just Rude]

Keefe on Matthews: "There's progress, but no determination on his availability (for Game 7)"

https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs/latest-news/auston-matthews-progressing-but-playing-status-for-maple-leafs-game-7-against-bruins-remains-unclear

 

[goeb]

So it I possible for the Leafs to come back from a 3-1 deficit and lose for the third time in about 10 years.

I don't like the Leafs, but damn, it would be so frustrating is they lose game 7 again to the Bruins in this situation.

Aside from playing the Leafs, I don't believe the Bruins recent game 7 performances have been any good. I think they have lost the last 3, if memory serves me correctly.

Also, whichever coach loses could very well lose their job.

 

[JadedLeaf]

Domi is a Bruins killer. He has been as advertised and I wish the Bruins had signed him just to avoid his abilities against them. But the other nostalgic part of me loved seeing him in Toronto with the Domi on the back of the Blue jersey again.

Plus papa domi has been at a lot of games recently watching him which is cool to see. It's funny how frustrated he gets seeing little domi fighting though lol

 

[BayStBullies]

Out of genuine curiosity, who would you select as the four officials for tomorrow night?

Not the brother-in-law of someone that abused Keefe. It shouldn't be difficult to not select the one with a conflict of interest.

 

[leafsfan5]

curious to see how leafs fans are feeling, do you feel confident for game 7 or do you still have PTSD?

I expect us to play our worst game of the series and lose 4-1

We're like 0-5 in game 7, easier to assume the same old story will continue

 

[JadedLeaf]

if the Leafs pull this off, I will be the first to admit that, especially coming at the expense of the Bruins, they will have had their retribution and can close a very ugly chapter

The Leafs fan in me can't help but think I'm just getting set up for a much harder shot to the nuts in game 7 than it would have been if they lost in 5 or 6. I know you aren't a Leafs fan but my god would I be happy if they found a way to actually break through this year and at least get over the Bruins demons.

 

[JadedLeaf]

curious to see how leafs fans are feeling, do you feel confident for game 7 or do you still have PTSD?

Ptsd

 

[BTO]

Woll outperforming Sway

Who would have thought it? Except for me, of course. Woll stans rise up!

Putting this guy in down 3-1 and asking him to let in 1 or less every game sounded crazy, but the stupid, sexy bastard is doing it!



Water that bitch!!

So far.

 

[Over the volcano]

Earlier this year. He's literally standing like 4 feet away from the play watching it happen, Lily misses significant time, no call. I just can't stand this guy. One or two missed calls sure, but it seems like there are a significant amount of dirty plays like that to go uncalled whenever he is officiating our games, always in favor of the opposition.

Also he likes to be the center of attention all the time. Guys straight up trash at his job.

No call because there was no penalty there.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

No. It's just the Bruins without Patrice and a crappy coach.

You have to give the Leafs credit. They held the Bruins to just 1 shot in the 1st period. They did a excellent job of clogging up the middle of the ice and getting in front of shots. How often do we see teams held to just one shot In a full period?

 

[TimeZone]

Seen this in 2013, 2018 as well...Bruins choke a big 3-1 series lead against the Leafs, Leaf fans get overly confident....

Tears tomorrow.

 

[JadedLeaf]

Out of genuine curiosity, who would you select as the four officials for tomorrow night?

In my opinion? Pretty much anyone else. He's the only ref I have a big enough problem with that I rember his name without someone bringing them up first. There's other bad refs but I don't think they're biased. And while I can't say for sure if its McCauley , 0-8 record with him is just hard to feel good about lol

 

[JadedLeaf]

Seen this in 2013, 2018 as well...Bruins choke a big 3-1 series lead against the Leafs, Leaf fans get overly confident....

Tears tomorrow.

Who on the Leafs is still there today that was there in 2013? The Bruins roster today has a lot more in common with the one that lost after being up 3 games to 1 than todays Leafs have with the teams that lost in 2013, etc. Bruins were also a top team against a Leafs team that was just starting to get their crap together after a rebuild.

Leafs may lose tomorrow but bringing up results from 6 and 11 years ago is irrelevant.

 

[Summer Rose]

Who on the Leafs is still there today that was there in 2013? The Bruins roster today has a lot more in common with the one that lost after being up 3 games to 1 than todays Leafs have with the teams that lost in 2013, etc. Bruins were also a top team against a Leafs team that was just starting to get their crap together after a rebuild.

Leafs may lose tomorrow but bringing up results from 6 and 11 years ago is irrelevant.

According to what I found, nobody. Morgan Rielly was acquired in 2012, but spent the 12-13 season with the Marlies. Everyone else was acquired in 2014 or later.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Who on the Leafs is still there today that was there in 2013? The Bruins roster today has a lot more in common with the one that lost after being up 3 games to 1 than todays Leafs have with the teams that lost in 2013, etc. Bruins were also a top team against a Leafs team that was just starting to get their crap together after a rebuild.

I'm sure JVR still remembers it pretty well.

Marchand, too. Don't think anyone else was around; Rielly's the ranking veteran on the Leafs but he wasn't on the roster til the following year.

 

[tom leafers]

Something to note- in 2018 and 2019 we had Freddy Andersen in net for both of those game 7s, who was a notorious game 7/series clinching game choker up until that point, going something like 0-4 in game 7's and 0-8 in series clinching games up until that point. That' s something that can mentally ruin a team