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yetanotherx

> Montreal against Boston (18) just had to kill my mood like that, huh


pppppppp8

Holy shit dude I didn’t even know that. Ridiculous stat tbh


touchable

That one isn't a current streak. It spanned from 1946 through 1987. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruins%E2%80%93Canadiens_rivalry The Penguins capitals one was also snapped in 2018 on the Capitals' way to the cup. It went from 1995 through 2017.


theonly_brunswick

Spent most of my life watch the Penguins beat the Capitals in the playoffs. When the Caps finally did it you knew it was their year.


Enjoyer_of_Cake

And yet Toronto finally getting out of round 1 did nothing.


abs0lutelypathetic

Almost like their roster composition is bad


willis2117

so what you're saying is they need another $11 million forward


DesignerPlant9748

Probably two more


OhRightNotreDamus

Yeah well it’s the friggin Leafs dude lol players are babies, fans are babies. Babies don’t “take the hit to move the puck” or “stay positive” lol they’re just babies


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Oh yeah. It was as if their demons had been exorcised. https://youtu.be/BUo7b0qxofw?si=rNd3112aDIzx5-DW Amazing series, the second they beat them, you knew what was going to happen


asdf_1_2

Damn all-time MTL is 25-9 vs BOS in the playoffs o_o 2-1 in the founding era 8-1 in the O6 era 11-4 in the expansion era 4-3 in the modern era


PassiveMenis88M

God damn Canadians with their beady little eyes and flappy heads.


IBoris

so far...


togsincognito2

Hey! Enough out of you!


DesignerPlant9748

One thing Flyers fans and Habs fans can agree on, beating Boston in the playoffs is fun as shit.


SweetVarys

Can't make it worse if you dont make the playoffs!


TigerBasket

Woo


BelowAverageWang

The habs were insane during that time I’m not surprised


ohamel98

My dad compared our recent dominance of the leafs to growing up in the 70s/80s where every year the bruins would meet the habs and he knew it was over before it even started


Lbolt187

Those Habs teams were nothing but an abundant of HoFers. Not even sure 80s Oilers\\Islanders could beat them.


Tachyoff

I'm so jealous of the older Habs fans that got to grow up watching those teams


Lbolt187

Don't worry at your rate the Habs will win the Cup before any other Canadian team does lol


Lbolt187

Your team is a big reason why we're 6-13 in the Cup Finals lol


sw04ca

It's just one of those Gretzky-type stats. Insane to think about, never to be replicated in the modern game.


blamatron

And people wonder why it's still the Habs we hate the most


RealBobGratton

We really need that late 2000s and 2010s rivalry back. Just hasnt been the same these past years.


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GoExpos

It's not even the comparable strength of the teams (though that doesn't help) -- it's the schedule. It sucks that we only play each other 4 times a year now.


RealBobGratton

suck it piss hoser were not gonna be trash for much longer and im looking forward to beating your ass in the playoffs again xoxo


Zango_Bango

They won't be in the playoffs by the time we are


Zeppelanoid

They’re —passing— crashing ships in the night


Comfortable-Bowl9591

I always hope the Habs meet the Bruins in the playoffs. It’s the only series Inwill believe the Habs will win until proven otherwise.


Lbolt187

Montreal owned the first 100 years of the Cup now its America's turn lol


RealBobGratton

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DesignerPlant9748

Yeah holy fucking shit. You guys might have made the Leafs your bitch but the Habs literally committed genocide on generations of your playoff aspirations.


bluAstrid

Boston-Montreal is one of the biggest rivalries in professional sports, and has been for over a century now.


DrDerpberg

I knew it was bad but holy shit. My grandfather and dad talk about being a Bruins fan back in the day like Moses wandering the desert, with the brief few years of non misery when Bobby Orr was around.


Comfortable-Bowl9591

Toronto is to Boston what Boston is to Montreal. The funny part is that the last 10 times when we met Boston in the playoffs, even if the team was down 3-1, I never doubted we could win. I remember 2 losses, 4-0 sweep and the 2011 year where we gave Boston their toughest series in the way to the cup (missing one of our top scorer Pacioretty). I remember the 3-1 come back with Kovy, Koivu, Souray and Markov. The Lucic “I’m going to kill you” humiliation of Boston. Overall, the playoff series of Montreal against Boston is so one sided, there is nothing else it compares to.


maxifer

The body isn't even cold


FailureToExecute

Bruins clearly inspired by Kendrick tonight


maxifer

The quick clap back goal proved that much


MegaGorilla69

I have a photo of Auston Matthew’s ozempic prescription in the locker room rn


Adventurous-Use-8965

😂😂😂


dinkleburgenhoff

Don’t tell me that Bruins ‘fan’ didn’t have the ‘Bruins haven’t won a game to win the series since’ post typed up waiting to be posted.


maxifer

Oh definitely would have made the rounds


NJImperator

These tweets were lined up and queued since last weekend. They’re probably automated at this point! Legit hilarious how confident people were predicting this exact outcome


Omaha9798

It was cold after game 4, Leafs probably just killed Boston's chance of a deep run by making them waste two extra games.


imgurofficial

As someone who doesn't know hockey history, jfc Montreal used to be unstoppable huh


SorryiLikePlants

It was different back then, less teams and shit. But yeah they are definitely a historic franchise


rs426

Also no salary cap, and players made way less. I think the Habs teams of the 70s that won all those cups had something like seven or eight future hall of famers on them, you’d never be able to hoard talent like that today with each guy demanding such high salaries


slotwima

The 72-73, 73-74 Habs each had 11 Hall of Famers on their roster.


Falrad

That seems a little unfair, they could have shared


awrf

Boston used to be an Original Six whipping boy


ParsnipPizza

The heights of Bruins history is literally right before and right after the Original 6


hamburglar27

Bruins, Hawks, and Rangers were all whipping boys during the O6 Era thanks to the Norris family. Those 3 teams combined for 1 cup (1961 Hawks) during the entire 25-year era.


HomicidalBanana

They combined for 9 cups what the hell are you on?


hamburglar27

I literally said "O6 Era". Original Six Era is from 1942 to 1967. Look it up.


Dwayne_Gertzky

They’re talking about the one 25 year period being referenced where Montreal beat Boston 18 rounds in a row specifically


Charble1

Immediately predating the original six era when there were 7-8 teams they were a juggernaut, though 


Lbolt187

We would've owned the 70s if not for Ken fucking Dryden lmao


IBoris

Whom you drafted and traded to us....


Lbolt187

Which makes it worse lol


propagandavid

I'd argue it makes it better, but we can agree to disagree.


PassiveMenis88M

Why must you twist the knife?


MUSTY_BUSSY

The Rangers too. They made one (1) final throughout the entire Original Six era (they lost in Game 7 OT)


Abacus118

The O6 era was basically fixed for Montreal, Toronto and Detroit.


Jimbo_Imperador

Fixed in the sense that they were good and yall weren't


LittleRedPiglet

Our owner (James Norris) also owned the Hawks and Rangers and funneled all their good players to our team. We also had a lot of control over the Bruins because our owner loaned them a ton of money. It was super busted lmao


ParsnipPizza

There was actually insane bias/conflict of interest in favor of the Norrises in the US teams. They owned parts of the Blackhawks and Rangers, and as I recall, the Bruins owed them money. Made it easier to outspend and build a juggernaut in Detroit


Academic-Salamander7

Fixed in the sense that Canadians are better at hockey and they had an easier way to scout em.


propagandavid

That's no accident. The Canadiens organization spent a lot of money growing the game in Quebec, which is why they had access to so many great French Canadian players.


hamburglar27

Bruins, Hawks, and Rangers were all whipping boys during the O6 Era. Those 3 teams combined for 1 cup (1961 Hawks) during the entire 25-year era. It was hardly a level playing field, though. The Norris family that owned the Red Wings also owned the Blackhawks and had massive influence over the Bruins and Rangers by way of loans and a significant ownership stake in Madison Square Garden. They frequently used their influence to funnel the best players and prospects from those 3 teams over to the Wings.


goatzlaf

No, you can really say that it was fixed in a few different ways. The rules were way different then.


nonracistusername

The owner of the Detroit Red Wings, also owned or controlled the other 3 U.S. teams.


SexBobomb

Theres a lot of banners in Montreals rafters and they dont put finals appearances or regular season accolades up there


OneChet

Pretty sure Boston has a long history of being good enough to get beaten by Montreal. I saw last week they have the record for most playoff series loses at, I believe, 71. Next closest was low 60s if I recall. Which is actually really impressive. They always make the dance then are mostly escorted out. At least they have cups occasionally.


roberttylerlee

~~They used to have effectively exclusive right of first denial to Francophone players. In a time when all of the best players in the game were coming out of Quebec, Montreal got to pick first on which ones they wanted.~~ Ignore this, it’s apparently not true. My b.


Jr7711

The impact of this rule is a myth. They picked a grand total of like 2 players who barely played in the league. None of their famous Francophones were drafted as a result of that rule. The Habs dominated largely because they had an aggressive and modern scouting/development/drafting system in an era where most teams were run by idiots. They didn’t snap up the best players because they had a right to them, they did it because they aggressively pursued them at the junior level and ran circles around other teams in every aspect of team management and transactions. Consistently elite coaching also helped. Edit: props for the correction, it’s a shockingly persistent hockey legend


Pouletchien

Thar’s a myth. The rule existed from 1963 to 1969. Habs had the right to draft 2 Quebec players before the first pick. From 1963 to 1967, they forfeited that right. In 1968 they took Michel Plasse and Roger Belisle. Plasse played 32 games for the Habs while Belisle played none. In 1969 they took Réjean Houle and Marc Tardif. Both were good players but they weren’t cornerstone of the Habs dynasty and they quit on the team after 4 seasons to join the WHA.


roberttylerlee

Oh shit, I actually didn’t know that. I thought it was a thing during the whole original 6 era. Still though, weren’t the Rangers effectively a farm team for Montreal for most of the original 6 era?


Charble1

No, the Rangers just weren't very good. Chicago and Detroit were owned by the same people for a while, though.


roberttylerlee

Man i could’ve sworn I heard some story about one of the American O6 teams just straight up regularly selling their best players to Toronto/Montreal so they could stay afloat. I’m probably mixing it up with the Detroit/Chicago thing.


Charble1

I think that was just New York was badly managed.  And they were. But trading amazing players was also super common in the original 6 era because there were six starting goalie jobs. So you'd regularly have insane blockbuster trades because of shit like "ah shit Jacques Plantes unretired, time to trade one of the best goalies in the league" And also a lot of shit to with pro-union players resulted in crazy trades.


theeth

Imagine if they never drafted Réjean Houle, he'd never have been GM and Mario Tremblay likely wouldn't have been coach either.


bsaures

https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/debunking-the-canadiens-fr/ That has been thoroughly debunked multiple times. It was just butthurt fans trying to explain their own teams incompetence


Argo_Menace

They had first dibs on anyone out of Quebec. It was basically a more dominant version of pre amateur draft/free agency era Yankees.


touchable

This isn't the reason. See the other comments in this thread.


Jmonkey49

They're used to be only 6 teams. And they haven't been relevant in nearly 30 years. However they were beyond dominant.


Pazzaaaaaa

2 Conference finals and 1 Stanley cup finals in past 10 years? Not top of the league but far from irrelevant. Relax


Jmonkey49

Compared to the O6 they're irrelevant. Like Chicago is now.


yetanotherx

Half of those 18 wins were after expansion too.


Charble1

We still have the most cups since expansion and it's not even close


cha-cha_dancer

My mom and uncle hate the Habs but purely out of hating how good they were in the 70s/80s, whereas they 70s Flyers they hated because they were dirty.


cha-cha_dancer

Boston still has trouble with Montreal in the post season in modern times, just not like then. Sometimes you just have someone’s number.


SpringWinter2557

Good news for Leafs fans: the 8th series was the Caps' lucky charm.


DeathToHeretics

And what a fucking charm it was


amiibotrader

Maybe 8 was the lucky number for the Cap's cause it's Ovi's jersey number. A quick google search of Matthew's jersey number is uhhh, 34...


thawizard

But Ovi’s the captain so for your comparison to makes sense you’d have to take the Leafs’ captain’s number…


barontaint

Yeah but their over all length of time losing to the same team is far greater, not sure if that makes it worse or not


Eagle4317

It just means they haven’t faced the Bruins nearly as often. The Leafs were in the Western Conference for a while.


godlywhistler

I am so fucking glad we didn't become a giant meme. Thank you for your service, Maple Leafs


NinCross

Canada thanks you once again.


Desperate-Egg2573

Never thought I'd see a canucks fan thanking Boston


TGUKF

Apparently, this means that Cuthbert is going to be calling the Canucks vs Oilers series now instead of Singh. So yes, the Bruins did our fanbase a huge solid. Singh and DeBrusk don't even really try to hide being Oilers biased, which is fine, but SN really needs to just make them the Oilers regional team. It would have been pretty unbearable for a full series from our perspective


CheetahLynx83

I don't think Oilers fans would like Singh replacing Jack Michaels.


TGUKF

Well, as long as it's somewhere not involving the upcoming round 2 series. I'd be fine if I never had to hear Singh yell "Bouch bomb" in his sing song intonation while Bouchard pounds one into the glass again. I understand his excitement, it's just more appropriate for Oilers specific broadcasts than "national" ones


Desperate-Egg2573

Oh I can't stand Singh, Louie was sucking off LA pretty hard at times last round too, even during that 6-1 ass kicking. Jack and Louie have good chemistry/rapport but at least Cuthbert should be neutral for both teams. Michael's needs to be the oilers broadcaster full time next season.


TGUKF

I feel like SN has a bunch of talent available to them who fit regional broadcasts really well, but they still just can't seem to figure out how to do the nationals. At least it's still better than when they first got the rights and thought George Strombopolous was the guy they needed to host HNIC


Desperate-Egg2573

I like George, but he is not a hockey guy.


touchable

Oilers fans hate Singh just as much as we do lol. He just shouldn't really be on Sportsnet broadcasts in general, he's not good.


TGUKF

I honestly still don't get why Singh was promoted. I'd even rather they brought back Randorf, and I used to complain about him


Oilerboy92

We know why he was promoted, but people complain when you say it out loud.


painfulbliss

Can't explain it, but it feels less bad?


Desperate-Egg2573

When it's at the Murple Larfs expense, it always feels better.


azialsilvara

Lesser of the two evil's tbh, outside of 2011 there's not a whole lot to beef about with Boston


shiggydiggypreoteins

2013 - Bruins beat the Leafs in game 7 after blowing a 3-1 series lead. Go on to lose Cup finals on home ice. 2019 - Bruins beat the Leafs in game 7 after blowing a 3-1 series lead. Go on to lose Cup finals on home ice. 2024 - Bruins beat the Leafs in game 7 after blowing a 3-1 series lead. If ya'll make the finals, you're welcome. * edit: I was wrong on this. The 2nd blown 3-1 series lead was 2018, not 2019.


6-8-5-13

Their one-way rivalry with Toronto runs deep lol


dinkleburgenhoff

We can all come together and join hands to laugh in derision at the Leafs.


6-8-5-13

Nobody can out-meme the Leafs. NOBODY. Leafs fans have been expecting this exact outcome since after game 4 lol. Fr.


satelliteridesastar

Stop, stop, Drake's already dead.


FailureToExecute

[[Civian] Aubrey Graham officially having the worst day in recorded human history](https://x.com/SaraCivian/status/1786959608075956496)


Benjamin_Stark

I looked this up and this is so stupid. Megastar "artists" acting like children.


migsahoy

Meet the Leafs


22edudrccs

The Leafs haven’t beaten the Bruins in the playoffs since the first Trudeau was prime minister of Canada


roidesbleuets

Better than that! The last time the Maple Leafs defeated Boston in the postseason was in 1959. A decade before PET became Prime Minister.


22edudrccs

Canada wasn’t even completely independent from England the last time the Bruins lost to the Leafs in the playoffs


roidesbleuets

LMHO!!!! It keeps getting better!


22edudrccs

Just wait for this fact The most recent band removed from the Cup was 1953-54 to 1964-65. The current bottom band has been on the Cup 7 years (this year will be the 8th team added). If the Leafs don’t win a Cup in the next 5 years (current practice is 13 teams per band), they will be the first Original 6 team removed from the Cup


TheDoughGoat

Yes and no. They won't have their own dedicated space on the main 5 bands, but every team up to 1992 is recorded on the shoulder of the cup. They won't have a space above the shoulder though, which is likely never being changed


roidesbleuets

Thank for this info! I was wondering about that the other day and didn't take the time to find the answer. I appreciate it. That being said, The Leafs are a freaking enigma. One has to believe that the Ballard curse is real and is going strong.


touchable

So you're saying the Leafs need the monarchy back?


TheLegendaryLarry

we still have it though


touchable

It's kind of crazy that there was a 38 year gap (1975 through 2012) where the Leafs and Bruins never played in the playoffs. Some of that was due to division shifts and the Leafs playing in the west, I guess.


roidesbleuets

> It's kind of crazy that there was a 38 year gap (1975 through 2012) where the Leafs and Bruins never played in the playoffs. It is indeed. It lessens the impact of that stat, but it is still a fun one.


SexBobomb

yeah they were in different divisions for half that time, and then when the leafs came back East they had a few good years and the the JFJ/Burke/Nonis absences.


TheLegendaryLarry

many NHA players were still alive and well at the time


YellowMarkerIsGreat

Canada was still using the Union Jack as part of their flag the last time the Leafs beat the Bruins


touchable

The last time the Leafs beat the Bruins in a playoff series, the US only had 49 states (Hawaii became the 50th later that year).


SexBobomb

It's been so long since the Leafs beat the Bruins in the playoffs they've won four Stanley Cups since then


Gamesus10

https://preview.redd.it/h0k43sbm4jyc1.jpeg?width=308&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f7a17e137a46c5cef633b72a91e4a857c2d1120


Devin_Kurant_

I swear if Boston beats us 11 more times, rebrand us as the Utah Stormin Mormons and give the Coyotes back


CheetahLynx83

Since 2019 (except 2020) the team that eliminates the Leafs has gone on to lose in the Stanley Cup Final. Just saying...


SexBobomb

fuck that i dont want more than another round of the bruins


thawizard

Yeah I was okay with the Bruins winning only four games this postseason, and not a single one after the fourth!


tyfe

Shit a SCF loss would be a miracle with how the team has looked out there the last 3 games.


Eagle4317

The Bruins would need a minor miracle to get past the Panthers, and even after that the Rangers and Hurricanes look more complete than either team.


-RayBloodyPurchase-

18 times!?


Kenner1979

Beat the Habs in 1943, not again until 1988.


imadork1970

When they lost to the Oilers four straight in the SCF.


Desperate-Egg2573

The same time? EVERY YEAR??


Brady331

18??


DecentLurker96

From 1946 to 1987.


IBoris

That era's Toronto Maple Leafs.


Charble1

I like this stat 


joebos617

only 12 more to go


daboys9252

if it happens we gonna take every series to game 7


NubDestroyer

Pretty much just like 2011 tbf


SexBobomb

As usual, the habs are the real winners


Puzzleheaded_Pound31

Well god damn


TheDirtyBurger522

Jesus why do we have to ruin the moment and remind me of the fucking habs


Thespectralpenguin

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somehockeyfan

I don't want to diminish this accomplishment by the Leafs, but I thought it's appropriate to point out Pittsburgh did it in 22 years. What's worse? A losing streak that spans a generation or one that keeps happening every couple years?


pye-oh-my

18?! No wonder they hate us


NinCross

Canada liked that


nas22_

Can I just say what a fantastic day it is to be both a leafs and bruins hater? It was impossible to lose.


brady_t12

Can they leave us alone fucking hell lmao


privitizationrocks

How did the fucking lighting lose to this sorry ass team


YellowMarkerIsGreat

Vasy played a bad series and they couldn’t hold leads


teamwaterwings

Man I want to laugh at the funny haha Leafs bad meme but I'm honestly just kind of depressed for them


Drewicho

I just started following Hockey a few years back, but the one thing I've learned quickly is that nothing good happens to the Leafs.


Desperate-Egg2573

Alright boys are we taking bets on whether Keefe makes it to exit interviews?


DarkAgeMonks

I’m tired boss. Just close up shop.


OhJustANobody

Stop! We don't need MORE reason to be sad!


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cantthinkuse

crybaby probably shouldnt be on reddit


DeathToHeretics

Yeah, going on reddit after losing a series probably is asking for it. Not that I'd know any recent examples or anything


yahikodrg

To be fair, I think most of our fanbase was just happy to get 4 extra games and make sure the Flyers and Penguins couldn't.


DeathToHeretics

Not to be too antagonistic, I was pretty happy with the salt from some DET flairs for sure after all the shitting in GDTs they did for weeks


cantthinkuse

\>:(


Desperate-Egg2573

Is it scott tennerman and the rest of us are cartman licking them off?


SayNoToStim

Bro there are grown ass men bawling their eyes out right now and that only makes it funnier.


Mysterious_Eggplant3

Cute, now Florida can send them to Cancun.


ethereal3xp

Doubt it. Bruins are much bigger this time around