Post-Game Talk: GAME 29 - TD GARDEN has become the Leafs BLACK HOLE - BRUINS 6 Hogtown 3 FINAL

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

Ironically the best fan base around me are always always the Leafs at the games which makes it all the more maddening

Ugh

 

[DKH]

Ugh

Yah we had Leafs fans in back of us in their early 20’s and my daughter & nephew spent every break yapping with them like they all knew each other for years

 

[BruinsBtn]

I'm still trying to understand how Grzelcyk got a 5 minute major for cross-checking on that play.

 

[BRUINS since 1995]

Happy with the result. Didn’t see the game .

Heinen did score a beauty.

Great win.. i hate the Leafs!

 

[Dr Hook]

I'm still trying to understand how Grzelcyk got a 5 minute major for cross-checking on that play.

Because it's the Leafs and the game was on HNIC for good measure. Still waiting for DOPeS to suspend Hyman . . .

 

[KnightofBoston]

It's baffling to me how anybody can say things like that. I hope they got banned.

Fat chance, their mods protect. This board has become a joke when it comes to discipline

At least @Gee Wally is firm and fair with us but lays the hammer down when we deserve it. I would hope a bruins poster would get severe consequences posting something like that

That fan base deserves another 50 years in the dark

 

[veganbruin]

That whole area so much nicer than when I was a kid. Great place to get a beer before hoping on the commuter rail.

I will be spending some time there soon. The wife and I just bought a house in Groveland right over the bridge.

 

[Bruins Bhoy]

Well, as first games at the garden go, that was about as good as I could have hoped for! Great game, great atmosphere and great people. I love that your sporting events feel like a party! The particular highlight of the night for us was the guy next to us screaming for blood and shouting "old time hockey" after every hit/scrum/fight

 

[BRUINS since 1995]

Even when you stop this frame by frame it's a clean hit. Leafs may not have liked it, but clean. Skates are on the ice, Wagner was in full glide and only came off the ice after the hit to the shoulder. Rielly's head is down with the puck in his feet, he has possession. I can't believe they called a charge on it, they should have got Hainsey for initiating. Why were they both given 10 as well?

I am not sure you would have love that hit on Pastrnak...from a leafs player.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

I am not sure you would have love that hit on Pastrnak...from a leafs player.

If Pasta skated with his head down like that then he'd deserve to get blown up same as Reilly

 

[CaperJay]

I am not sure you would have love that hit on Pastrnak...from a leafs player.

And I'm sure leaf fans would of loved that Hyman hit on Matthews goes both ways

 

[BRUINS since 1995]

And I'm sure leaf fans would of loved that Hyman hit on Matthews goes both ways

Yes .. you are right. So my point is all the emotion going thru a hit and when you are on the giving side, most will appreciate it like the Leafs fan on the Hyman hit. Most fans will have a different view when their team is on the receiving side.... like we are overlooking the Hyman hit. ( still a suspendsble hit in my pov)

I think that these kind of hit will always be part of the game, especially in a best of 4 series where hate, retaliation and emotion will be there.

Hyman hit was a retaliation hit from my understanding. That is why Boston needs to be bigger upfront. This game was against a soft Leafs teams. Playing Winnipeg and/or Washington type of tesm will be a nightmare.

Won’t avoid these hits, but we need to be more often on the giving side then the receiving end.

 

[Tmac37]

Reilly chirping Wagner in the penalty box behind 3 refs was hilarious.

Thank Hyman for that hit there Morgan.

 

[KrejciMVP]

Bruins play their best when they show emotions and dont take any crap like they did against Montreal and Toronto

 

[LouJersey]

This is why you should play your division teams 8 times.

When Seattle joins

56 division games

16 teams vs other division in conference

8 games vs one division in west (rotates every other year)

2 games vs your seed from year before vs other division. If bruins 4th seed in conference you play the teams that finished 3rd and 4th

 

[PlayMakers]

The hit on McAvoy was timed at .97 seconds after he released the puck and I believe the Office of Player Safety deems the official cut off for a late hit at .6 seconds. Pretty cut and dried there.

Wagner's hit was vicious and old school. Call me a homer cave man but I love that he went after their best D after the dirty hit on McAvoy. I haven't seen enough slow mo video to know if he crossed any lines but at first glance it looked clean to me. Head on, so it wasn't blind side. I didn't think he launched or got his elbows up but again, haven't seen a slow mo version yet so won't claim to be an authority on it.

That said, I thought Hainsey embarrassed himself in the ensuing fight. Acting like "come on, come on" while backpedaling as fast as he could... he backed himself into a corner, then got dropped. He would have had my respect if he just stuck up for Reilly but all the theatrics only to get dropped was laughable.

 

[PlayMakers]

Gotta say, it was a pleasure to watch this defense with McAvoy, Krug, Carlo, Moore and Gryz. They were the difference in the game.

Nice to see Heinen get off the schneid too. That was a gorgeous, confident goal so hopefully that puts some pep back in his step.

 

[KnightofBoston]

Gotta say, it was a pleasure to watch this defense with McAvoy, Krug, Carlo, Moore and Gryz. They were the difference in the game.

Nice to see Heinen get off the schneid too. That was a gorgeous, confident goal so hopefully that puts some pep back in his step.

Both he and Heinen, often chided, deservedly so, for only playing at one gear all the time , stepped it up I thought last night

Would have liked the game to end 6-1 for a really brutal win, bruins went on their heals a bit shell shocked after Mack was hit, but a wins a win and hopefully the kid wakes up feeling good today

 

[Ladyfan]

Yah we had Leafs fans in back of us in their early 20’s and my daughter & nephew spent every break yapping with them like they all knew each other for years

In the years I have had ST the best visiting fans have always been the Leaf fans (and there are usually many of them).

 

[xStanleyCupsFor]

Just here to see what those who've **** on this team for the last few days have to say tonight.

Nobody was shitting on the team, just giving their honest opinion on a freakin message board. Grow up.

 

[BBB24]

Carlo has been absolutely brutal with the puck since returning to the lineup. He was embarrassing tonight.

I think you forgot

 

[xStanleyCupsFor]

On a good note, that Leafs team is fully healthy and they suck. They aren’t a threat at all in the playoffs. Fraud team

Loved Wagner crushing Reilly in response.

McAvoy had a great game

I loved it. That's exactly what needs to happen anytime a skilled Bruin player is targeted. That's what we mean by PUSH BACK.

 

[Tbrady12]

I am not sure you would have love that hit on Pastrnak...from a leafs player.

Nope, didnt like it last week when Krejci got stepped up on in the neutral zone either and got laid out, but it was a clean hit. Just like that was a clean hit.

 

[smithformeragent]

It’s clear to me that Boston has a severe type advantage over Toronto.

“It’s super effective.”

 

[elMatador]

Rewached the game. Some tidbits:

Vintage Backes, his best game of the season.
McAvoy defensive awareness is underrated.
Heinen can do it on both sides, created offense and bailed out Donato couple of times.
Carlo's skating not at the level as pre injury.
Krug with Kampfer on PK is a disaster.
Krug's unwillingness to shoot one timer is maddening.
Donato is a defensive liability.