This Should’ve Never Happened in The NHL.

[@mattdolbec]

As a Bruins fan I think to myself “Don’t click on this video”, I clicked on it. Once he’s done taking about game 4 I think “Okay time to get off now!” But no, I stay and watch the recaps of games 5, 6, and 7 somehow hoping for the outcome to be different, it never is. My god this loss hurt me :(

[@DarC_25]

boston tears taste great just like in 2013

[@MaxLogic150]

Boston would have won the Stanley cup if it wasn’t for the first round

[@wyldrice]

@@MaxLogic150 nah vegas was built different

[@Panache_]

As a Canucks fan suffering from game 7 vs Boston flashbacks, the Bruins choke healed me a bit.

[@Triplecharmfan224]

I know right!?

[@sanaon7453]

One of the most memorable hockey games I've ever watched in the 20 years I've watched hockey. Unreal.

[@julioiblanco0989]

ima panthers fan until game 4 of carolina thats the best moment ive ever watched

[@Thundertusk]

As a Lightning fan, I can relate.. Losing in the first round against the 8th seed after a historic regular season. However, the following 3 years were fantastic. Two Stanley cups and an Eastern conference Championhip.

[@l.a.w.5738]

Well bad news for Boston is they will be a mid tier team only getting worse from now on.

[@quills7820]

"We don’t have any words and we know you don’t want to hear them. We understand your anger, your frustration, your sadness. Everything you’re feeling - we get it. This isn’t the ending we imagined, and certainly not the one we wanted. Thank you for being there the entire way." Sorry, I had to 😂.

[@ballsincement]

u tampa fans are spoiled u should be happy with your performance for at least the next 10 years lmao

[@jasonahders728]

What happened in 2019 proved to be a blessing in disguise for the Lightning. Columbus thought they felled the beast after sweeping the Bolts; instead, they created something even more powerful.

[@ianism3]

agreed, getting swept by the 8th seed was probably a worse choke than this one imo. but yeah, without Bergeron I don't think Boston is as much of a contender anymore, though I expect they'll comfortably make the playoffs

[@NakedOwl501]

I love playoff hockey for one reason: anything can happen. The favorite for the cup whiffs it in the first round, the bottom team makes it to the cup, the all-season silent rookies comes out with 2 hat-tricks, it's just so awesome to watch. This game was one of them, the Panthers had no right to be as good as they were, but mad respect to them for getting as far as they did. Just two months to go start counting down again!

[@ballsincement]

crazy thing is name any major sport where the favourite team to win most often doesn’t other than hockey

[@DSMillwright]

I was just going to say this. The Panthers just put Buffalo out. and Buffalo could have done some damage too!

[@BodyofWater_]

They had won the presidents cup the year before bruv… I think people forget how good they already were and still are 😅

[@MP-dn4bs]

a lot of people would lose money if I asked them to pick which league between the NBA and NHL has more unique champions in the last 15 years.

[@brettrossi034]

I felt the same way with my Devils playing Round 1 vs Rangers. Down 2-0 in the series and lost BAD, but 1 game in OT changed it all and went on a tear that series to win in 7. Although, Carolina wasn't fruitful, still got the win despite all the turmoil and underdog feeling

[@robertisyourface]

This was the Luongo's Revenge for the 2011 cup finals. Florida played this series just like Boston did against Vancouver

[@ZackyBonk]

Swayman should have started game 6 instead of Ullamrk. Ullmark looked injured during game 5 and it wouldnt have put as much pressure on the bruins if Swayman wasnt just a last minute change

[@nghiliny9420]

I know right, It was obvious there was an issue for waaaaay too long before a change was made. As a neutral fan, idc if he's the vezina winner, its obvious something is up, and you have a more than capable backup

[@cammycat3558]

This and that, whatever. shit happens, you gotta get over it

[@M_11_m41n]

The Bruins should've kept Bruce Cassidy.

[@CheeseGrater69]

​@@M_11_m41nlmao

[@afhostie]

Lots of people played injured that didn't need to play

[@jeremykraenzlein5975]

I have seen many series where a team actually plays worse when their star player returns from injury. All of his teammates are subconsciously thinking "We don't have to work as hard now, because we've got the big guy back". Conversely, sometimes teams actually play better when the star player is injured, thinking "Now we've got to work twice as hard to have a chance without him". In hockey, a clearly harder-working team will usually beat a more skilled team.

[@malcolmapplet4313]

Highly agree. They should have just finished out the series with the same line up. For whatever reason, mojo, whatever, when teams bring "The King" back... It's the kind of move, You know you're dealing with old school, give 210% on a broken leg coaches.

[@thomassnider2491]

Great point. When Morgan Reilly who’s an all star defenseman was suspended 5 games this season, the leafs won all five without him. Seemed like other guys felt the need to step up in his absence.

[@254zero]

This series is why I love the best of 7 playoff format over footballs 1 and done. You get to see the best and worst out of a team as they battle out over 7 games.

[@edun4513]

If only football wasnt football and wed get to see games of 7. To be fair i think it would make it more predictable if anything though, like you cant tell me if the ravens played best of 7 with KC they wouldnt have taken it.

[@liam2710]

went to game 1 and 7, everybody got so quiet when florida scored the ot goal in game 7 and we all walked out speechless.

[@coyotwolf8]

Yeah

[@CALL0US.]

SHEEEESH....i seen it live lol

[@NicEeEe843]

It’s so satisfying to watch (especially) Bostonians look upset. They looked especially upset during the heat/Celtics series. Loved the Boston fans flipping of the cameras too

[@WillGonja]

Best thing i ever saw on television in my ENTIRE LIFE.... Minus the Canes Winning The Cup in 06 of Course! FUCK BOSTON!!

[@modernwarfaremaniac12]

Ur killing it with the off-season content. Keep ‘em coming!

[@jasonanderson5034]

this is not killing it lol dont encourage off season content its all just bs

[@bryansette5053]

As a Florida Panthers fan this off season was the best one of my life.

[@busfeet2080]

Same here. We will be back soon though.

[@brandontong759]

Yes

[@zombiejesus7445]

Rigged as fuck

[@Hockey7234]

@@zombiejesus7445 Outplayed as fuck

[@LMr773]

Don’t get used to it

[@-mrquackers-4495]

Bobrovsky shutting down two president trophy winners that were record breakers is wild, also on two different teams against two different teams.

[@emmanuelbrown8685]

The mood swings from TD Garden were crazy

[@BahamutBreaker]

I’m an avid Bruins fan, and have been for 30 years. To answer the question posed near the end of this video: obviously the Ullmark mishandle below the goal line in Game 5 OT was soul-crushing. However, the biggest error made was not starting Swayman in Game 6, when it was (I think) obvious that Ullmark was playing-while-injured during Game 5. Even if Ullmark wasn’t injured, though, the coach needed to start Swayman in Game 6 - Linus & Jeremy excelled last season, in part, because they shared the workload and stayed fresh, both physically & mentally. The psychological impact on Ullmark from (essentially) single-handedly throwing Game 5 in OT, plus the physical wear & tear of playing five straight games, makes it an easy decision to start Swayman in Game 6. I need to be clear that the Panthers played really well in this series; they (mostly) matched Boston’s effort & intensity, and they played to their team’s strengths. Still, I believe Game 7 never happens if a healthy Swayman plays in Game 6, rather than an injured Ullmark.

[@samnendze5640]

As a Bruins fan, I have never seen my team forget how to play Bruins hockey quite like they did in games five through seven. I have no clue how they went from dominating games three and four to being scared reckless and skittish with the puck in a way that they weren’t all season long. Not to mention the fact they had some of the weirdest flukiest worst luck imaginable all series and you have the recipe for what is at least as a Bruins fan the very incarnation of pain

[@tomrusso88]

3-0 3-0 any bruin hockey fan remember this blow up?

[@Jonzzz-xs8nh]

I was there at that game, once that puck went into our net in OT. It was absolute silence... You could even hear a pin drop in TD

[@Lava1964]

As an amateur Bruins historian (I've written a few sports history books), you must remember that the Bruins have an awful history of blowing playoff series when they are the overwhelming favorites. This was just a continuation of this trend.

[@StevenJohnson737]

All of this sounds like a Cinderella story if you intentionally neglect some major factors. The 2022 Panthers were the 2023 Bruins. They had the highest scoring offense in the league and also won the presidents trophy and were favored for the cup. For some reason people compartmentalized that team from the 2023 team but the major contributing factor was lengthy injuries to key players. The 2023 panthers were still the 122 pt team the year prior deceptively masked by injuries. This was indeed an upset but not to the extent most people think

[@behindthebros3248]

Great insight. Now can you explain Columbus sweeping Tampa Bay?

[@codypendency9482]

That's a good idea !

[@gordonbgraham]

Parity...the NHL is known for it

[@cdigames]

Imho that was a bigger choke. Florida was a powerhouse the season before this. Whereas in 2019 Columbus was just coming off of injury city, scraping into the playoffs as they usually do with the last game or two.

[@gordonbgraham]

@@cdigames The bigger choke was Boston blowing a 3 games to 0 lead vs the Flyers in 2010...Then blowing a 3-1 lead in game 7 to blow the series.

[@pauldunn5287]

@@cdigames Columbus was in "playoff mode" for 2+ months and the President Cup is most certainly a "thing" eh???

[@ulrichsuter3548]

Good topic and very good video - I guess one of the key issues is indeed pressure. Sometimes youth and the absence of experience help not realize pressure. But, the Bruins were not really a young team and so pressure did creep up on them, while the Panthers really did, as you mentioned, play with house money. A friend of mine who is a professional hockey coach always tells his players: "pressure is a privilege"...

[@AKKILLAZ]

As a Boston sports fan, this was the worst loss I've ever endured. Worse than the Yankees beating the Sox in game 7 of the '03 ALCS, and worse than the '07 Patriots losing their perfect season in the Super Bowl. Bergeron and Krejci deserved a better ending to their careers, especially after such a dream of a regular season. As painful as this was to watch... great video, I really enjoy your content.

[@vancguy9204]

From Vancouver - loved it.

[@redrazr6269]

@@vancguy9204The only thing to smile about in the city of Vancouver.

[@mazafaka8015]

Now you understand our pain - Leafs fan

[@mazafaka8015]

Now you understand our pain - Leafs fan

[@mikeJones-zo8si]

Excellent video , you forgot to mention the goaltending changes on Florida’s side . Bob came in and made a big difference

[@viperswhip]

This was not the worst choke, that was Lightning - Blue Jackets. Florida won the President's Trophy last year, they had some injuries a new system, and all sorts of reasons why they were poor throughout this season, but the 43-point separation is an illusion. Let's say it was the Blue Jackets sneaking in, yes, that would be a massive upset, but people forgot how good this Florida team could be.

[@justinmiller5660]

they love to forget that Florida and boston split the season series 2-2.

[@DrJonLubin]

I honestly believe this win is what sparked the Panthers for this year's playoff run. That confidence you get from winning a series like this is unreal

[@ThePaulfullTruth]

As soon as I learned that the B's coach was going off their successful goalie rotation system and putting everything on Ullmark's shoulders, I knew they were in for trouble. Unfortunately, the Bruins management wouldn't recognize their fatal mistake, until it was too late.

[@romanyoutube3141]

Imagine Penguins overtaking Panthers in standings and Blue Jackets drafting Bedard.

[@theawayfan6052]

What an excellent video, great breakdown of how it went down. I'm glad you highlighted game 5, that really was the huge turning point. Keep up the great work

[@dennisbrannigan9523]

Die hard Bruins fan here. This one was tough for me. I was screaming at everyone. My wife, my boss, the truck drivers at my job, my direct supervisor, fucking everyone. No one talked to me for a week bc of it. I never thought I’d ever let sports get to me like that but there was something about this loss that just made me snap out and want to lash out on everyone, and I almost burned all my Bruins sweaters over it. I still get all twisted up about it. But it’s a new season getting ready to start and we’ll be back at the top of the pile again.

[@rosarioyeen1371]

I hope you're doing okay after the recent Maple Leafs series, I can't believe it almost happened again, and I myself am a new Bruins fan (I was originally a Blackhawks fan but I live in NE now)

[@thechannelwithnoname8512]

@@rosarioyeen1371 and NOW we saved ourselves against the panthers and forced a game six. I lived near boston and moved to texas. I became a fan in like '19. Welcome to the Bruins Brotherhood

[@MinnesotaVikings1922]

U don’t have to apologize for long form videos I personally love when vids are longer than us usual it’s a nice break form short videos from tik toc and shorts

[@wizardry06acer]

We up in Boston heard about some of the things that happened behind the scenes: Ullmark got hurt about a month before the end of the season, and somehow the goalie coaches went from alternating goalies (to give Ullmark rest) to putting Ullmark to start every game except for Game 7. Headscratcher. Monty (Jim Montgomery) had a mental lapse when Bergy returned and slotted him with the wrong line. Ully had a mental lapse in OT. Not sure what he was thinking. The game winning goal in Game 7, the Bruins weren't just physically beat, they were mentally tired, and weren't thinking about coverage.

[@pickachu69]

They got clapped

[@Erin-bd6jg]

Sounds like a long list of excuses for getting smoked in round 1. And at the end of the day - they got smoked in round 1.

[@higherground9888]

Boston got paid too Fold. Simple as that. The players won't do it. But the staff happily will. Money corrupted this sport.

[@768lbman]

"mental lapse" aka out fucking played.

[@laughingbeast4481]

@@Erin-bd6jg Reasons are not excuses. And to lose 7 games series is hardly being "smoked."

[@willyupshaw]

Worst choke by far is Vancouver against Boston in 2011. Because that was for a cup, and they hadn't won one, and haven't won one since.

[@inconnu4961]

Who knows: maybe there will be a Stanley Cup 2011 rematch?

[@SteelyEyedMissileManic]

Total respect to Florida's play, but I would have loved a Vegas/Boston Final.

[@BeastOfMetal1989]

I don't know that you can really call Swayman going in for game seven a "seed of doubt" when Ullmark was visibly hobbled in game six. If anything, pushing on with Ullmark when he already looked shaky in game five was probably the bigger error.

[@FindingFlorida24]

malcolm gladwell has a chapter in i think outliers that talks about how sometimes the most favored team / player ends up losing.. its super interesting ...also, this game and series was th emost fun ive had watching the sport in years

[@jeffreywolfe1]

I was at game 6 in Sunrise, FL and the 6 lead changes culminating in the Panthers going up 6 - 5 and then 7 - 5 to win was the dagger into Boston. No way were we losing game 7, even on the road.

[@SonOfTamriel]

Great analysis, hope you're channel keeps blowing up!

[@ZER0-C00L]

Boston’s coach made a bad call switching the goalies heading into game 7. That cost them the series.

[@MarsMan2482]

The best regular season to watch and the worst playoffs to watch as a Bruins fan

[@SaunaPerkele_5]

Boston would have won Stanley cup if they didn't lose to Florida. They clearly had the best team. Just unlucky at the wrong time.

[@201LiLE201]

@@SaunaPerkele_5best regular season team lmfao. They would’ve got clapped by Vegas too. Bruins couldn’t handle the pressure of Florida tf makes you think they would handle that same pressure x2 from Vegas? Bruins have been choke artist for the last decade. They weren’t making it out the 2nd round

[@SaunaPerkele_5]

@@201LiLE201 You may be right but who knows. Boston could have been way better against everyone else. They just had really unlucky series against Florida. Team had potential and firepower. Make it past that round and everything could have been different.

[@misterduelog]

Love the Secret Base rewinder style of video. Keep ‘em coming!

[@76Ibenez]

You may like to mention that the Panthers had the best regular season record in the NHL the season before this . They're a good team. The regular season is a long exhibition season for the most part , however I believe if Chicago did not upset Pittsburg on the last day of the season ,Florida would not have got in to the play offs and on to the finals. It seems I remember Toronto having a 4-0 lead in the third period of game 7 and choked to the Bruins. That's a pretty sever choke!

[@kevinlitton1399]

It was 4-1

[@kellenc_]

Though the cup didnt end the way I wanted, this series followed by the 2 after were my best memories watching hockey after seeing this team fail time after time. Our cup will come.

[@rock_xx]

Ah a habs fan i got the panthers winning the cup!

[@Diabrolic]

@@rock_xxyou were right

[@whalehunter9640]

I understand how much of an upset the series was overall, but acting like the panthers were a bad team / stood no chance is a tough sell. They were presidents champs the year before, and got better that offseason. Panthers were not an 8th seed.

[@tbmcustoms9117]

If u watched any of the panthers vs bruins games this yr u would of seen this coming. The panther had the bruins number somehow and when they lost tht last game of the yr to end up playing the bruins in the first round was the worst thing tht could of happened for Boston. If u look strictly at the numbers yes it was the biggest upset. If u take a deep look into the regular season games tht yr the panthers had more of a chance than anyone to knock off the bruins.

[@vanillaflounder376]

Imo the turning point was tkachuck getting Ullmark to melt down in game 4. To have the series wrapped up and to get so rattled by a notorious nuisance showed them in my eyes to be mental midgets and that doubt wasn’t hard to get in their minds

[@ThomasCornwell-bq9ne]

Worst choke ever. I as a fan of all Boston teams, will have to drop the choke artists for my health. The Boston Bruins Stink!!!!

[@TheIrishFist]

As odd as it seems, I think the series changes at the end of game 4. Even though it was a convincing Bruins win, Tkachuk crashing the net knocked something loose in the well oiled machine.

[@JesseNenninger]

As a Blues fan, I can say that it was a hard season to watch, but I did enjoy watching the Bruins bungle it in such a spectacular fashion. It was so good I started pulling for a the Panthers, but it didn't hurt to have a Tchachuk on roster as well.

[@neoishasaya4]

Jim Montgomery did a fantastic job in regular season. Easily one of the best coaching jobs I've ever seen. But I will never understand why he took a formula that worked wonders, being the goalie tandem, and decided to throw it out the window in the playoffs. Don't get me wrong, Ullmark and Swayman are incredible goalies on their own. But if it ain't broke, don't fix it. The tandem should have continued, because these goalies worked so well when they were alternating. I think that decision was the first sign of the cracks forming. Sticking to that decision after game 5 sealed their fate.

[@sn4tch0]

Such a good breakdown, the cats had a run to remember and it started with this series

[@ellamennop]

ugh this was so painful to re-live

[@yaboyted817]

Yah I'm not ready to re-live this yet.

[@inconnu4961]

I hear ya! I went 2 years sober, and game 7of the series BROKE me! Started a new streak though.

[@DrumBum561]

Nothing can explain the feelings I felt watching this happen over a 7 game series

[@davidchaves5333]

AMAZING!!!!! Was so sweet to see this happen as Panthers beat the best team in history after such a terrible season.

[@damorty24]

As a Panther fan, I went into this series with the thought "I'll be happy if we make this a 6 game series". Not to doubt our team, but Boston was just that team all year and the thought of inconsistency was always with us this past season. Once we made it 7? I had hope, but I was still VERY cautious about that hope. Which carried over every game the rest of the way to the Final. Just enjoying every game and moment like it'll end any day. Low and behold it took us all the way to the Finals in what was such a fun experience. This series though was the best/worse/shocking of em all. Well. That and sweeping Carolina. That series was a complete shock to me. I had Carolina to the Finals in my bracket. But to sweep them...that was the second shock to me.

[@rosarioyeen1371]

Live it up while you still can: we're back to make up for our mistakes tomorrow night...but my god, we almost made the same ones against Toronto so I'm genuinely nervous... You guys shouldn't even have made it to the playoffs last year: Pittsburgh and Buffalo almost had y'all. But you somehow turned that into going to the Finals (good job) and then creating a hell of a team this year. Florida belongs up here now and I can't wait to see what comes of this series in the second round.

[@kel9855]

Since the inception of the President's Trophy, the trophy winners were bounced out of the playoffs in the 1st or 2nd round 20 times (including the Bruins of 2022-23). Of the previous 19 times, those early round disappointments came back to reach the final within 3 seasons 11 times. Nine of them even won the Cup. 1986 Oilers (won the Cup a year later) 1988 Flames (won the Cup a year later) 1991 Blackhawks (reached the Final a year later) 1992 Rangers (won the Cup 2 years later) 1993 Penguins - 2000 Blues - 2004 Red Wings (won the Cup 3 seasons later, as the 2004-05 season was cancelled) 2006 Red Wings (won the Cup 2 years later) 2009 Sharks - 2010 Capitals - 2012 Canucks - 2014 Bruins - 2016 Capitals (won the Cup 2 years later) 2017 Capitals (won the Cup a year later) 2018 Predators - 2019 Lightning (won the Cup a year later) 2020 Bruins - 2021 Avalanche (won the Cup a year later) 2022 Panthers (reached the final a year later) 2023 Bruins ??? There you have it. So Bruins fans, take heart.

[@dannycarlow8204]

That's why you play the games. The names on a piece of paper mean nothing.

[@SethFinberg]

I was at all 3 games in Florida for that series. That game 6 was one of the most loud and exciting games I have ever been to. Games 3 and 4 had tons of Bruins fans but strangely game 6 was a whole lot more red.

[@casewojo6186]

And here I am happy my Panthers won a cup. I remember watching last regular season when Maurice went off on the Panthers bench. The team was never the same after that. Hockey truly is unpredictable. Let’s go Panthers.

[@ppshootecopew.-]

They were 3-1 without Bergeron and 0-3 with him. Makes ya think.

[@Mr.Quinlan888]

Same with Dallas. They played better without Jaime Benn.

[@angushiltz4880]

Both Bergeron and Krejci were not 100 percent. Bergeron's back was bothering him and Krejci said in his retirement statement that his body just couldn't take the full season anymore. With everything those two have done I can't criticize them playing when they did.

[@Flatearth69]

my uncle knocked mathew tkuchuck out cold at a bar in central florida a few years back

[@zombiejesus7445]

Glad everyone forgot that the bruins "suspiciously got a stomach bug" that was passed around the team the week of the playoffs starts.... There are no true coincidences! Playoffs are rigged

[@Astincone]

Panthers were a much better team than their record. They spent most of the year losing a new system under Maurice. They got healthy and had time to know the system late. They were finally healthy going into the playoffs. Panthers were ultimately the better team.

[@mauricioponce1853]

So happy we got to humble the bruins and maple leafs, 2 of the worst fan bases on the planet got embarrassed by the panthers

[@HOCKEYDIVA]

Absolutely....im a golden knights fan. And I'm so tired of BOSTON AND TORONTO FANS acting Privileged and entitled. YOU EARN THE CUP you don't get knighted by the queen. Bruins and leafs are cry babies 👶

[@Sir_Sydney_live]

Anyone who says statements like that are part of those "bad fans" All hockey fans are great. As much as I hate Rangers fans because of how annoying they got after they beat us to go play in the ECF they are still amazing fan bases. The Leafs, Bruins, Canadiens, Senators, fans are "annoying" because they are passionate for their team. If you got a problem go watch Tennis. Where there aren't "annoying" fan bases. Generalizing is not good.

[@HOCKEYDIVA]

@Sir_Sydney_live hockey 🏒 is evolving. Anyone who has been to a GOLDEN KNIGHTS game and witnessed our incredible opening festivities can atest to that....THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS take the ice like WARRIOR KNIGHTS WITH JOHN WICK MODE as our BATTLE CRY...watch the Golden KNIGHTS entrance song on KZbin and feel the power and purpose our Battle song does for Us STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS WIN IN 6

[@edited1325]

⁠@@HOCKEYDIVA”You earn the cup” mf acting like he’s apart of the team or something 🤡

[@harishussain3967]

Biggest Choke was the leafs in 2013 game 7 vs boston where they were up by 4-1 with 10 minutes left and then lost in OT 5-4.

[@gordonbgraham]

The Bruins were up 3 games to none, then 3-0 in game 7 vs the Flyers before losing 4-3 in regulation in 2012.

[@kennethalarsen1637]

@gordonbgraham That was one of the biggest high-points as a Flyer fan and that was the week of my birthday as well as the year I was graduating elementary school. However, I have to correct you. It was 2010 when we did the reverse sweep.

[@gordonbgraham]

@@kennethalarsen1637 OK...that was off the top of my head so forgive the incorrect date

[@kennethalarsen1637]

@@gordonbgraham You have been forgiven. :)

[@matthewbenoit2066]

As a Panthers fan ! This is the 2nd greatest thing to ever happen! 1st ? Well ! 🏆🐆🐆🔥

[@unmitigated-claustrophobia]

Great video. Officiating should be a part of this video. The playoffs are officiated drastically different than the regular season. That imo is why there is a history of losses like this in the NHL **choke** 😆

[@HeritageWealthPlanning]

That was painful - almost as bad as the Pats losing to the Giants when they were 18-0

[@mcrockspa]

Great video! First off no one predicted that Boston would set all kinds of records last year or that 2022 Presidents Trophy winning Fla Panthers who got Matthew Tkachuk last offseason would be 13 points out of the playoffs in December. What do I think happened? I think Montgomery got out coached by PM for most of the series. As pointed out in the vid about the lineup changes and mishandling of the goalies. Could also argue that Boston bringing in a bunch of new faces over the last 3 weeks of the regular season with a coach who lacked experience was too many moving parts for him and it showed. Bottom 6 guys who were having career years and played a heavy game were being sat for purely offensive depth. The Bruins roster didn't need turnover prone Tyler Bertuzzi or Dimitri Orlov they needed a top 9 center who could back up Bergeron and Krejci, kill penalties and take faceoffs when needed.. Ryan O'Reilly was available and wouldn't have cost them what they gave up for those other two guys. In the end it was the backing away from the aggressive physical forecheck and d first to transition offense which was so successful all season and going to a wide open run and gun style that did them in. Paul Maurice took a page out of Craig Berube's 2019 SC run playbook and the Panthers goon'd it .. err grinded it out lol. Not the first team to take advantage of loosening of the rules during the playoffs. Last years Panthers would have tried to trade chances with Bos and they wouldn't have won the series. Just look at the games 3 & 4 in Fla. The Bruins turned the table and grinded those games out and it was frustrating for the Panthers. Tampa learned that lesson in 2019 from Tort's Bluejackets and the next season swapped out some of the depth skill for lets call them greasy players (Pat Maroon ring a bell?) and went to 3 straight finals winning 2. Cassidy who was on the wrong end of it in 2019 learned that lesson too and funny how physical Vegas were in the Edm series and how unfazed by the Panthers shenanigans they were in the finals. I wasn't that surprised by the outcomes tbh. I think the real shock was Fla beating Carolina so handily, Which just goes to show how much deeper Fla was/is then most gave them credit for.

[@pachho808]

i’ll never forget that night upstairs watching on the TV as a Panthers fan. i woke my parents up to tell them what happened lol.

[@joydjinn8692]

Yeah, that was pretty bad but at least, they didn't get swept and they're not the team that let the Leafs go to the second round for the first time in 14 years... Before you ask, yes, I'm a Lightning fan

[@inconnu4961]

Thanks for owning up to it.We knew you guys were banged up pretty bad, but you STILL gave the Maple Laughs a GOOD fight!

[@joydjinn8692]

@@inconnu4961 That's the least we could do with our aging core haha

[@TheWingus]

I think the Flyers - Bruins 2010 coming back from a 3-0 game deficit and an 3-0 score deficit in Boston in Game 7 is a pretty epic collapse. And the entire Flyers - Penguins series from 2012 going back to the regular season with the Final game being a border line bloodbath into the Playoffs where guys were just trying to kill each other and a ragtag group of turnstile players managed to take down a powerhouse team in 6 games. Of course then they got immediately bounced by New Jersey but we don't have to go THAT deep

[@patrickphillips364]

Man, if that breakaway was scored in game 5 on the last second, that could’ve changed the outcome of the entire playoffs… So much pressure on one guy!

[@lookinforthe70s]

As a Panthers' fan, It was a great series. And I think that can be agreed upon even from a lot of non Florida fans as well. And I don't think Boston played bad at all. They weren't perfect, but nobody is. Even the best teams, even in the playoffs. It's just that Florida caught their grove right at the right time. And I can say this was not a miraculous thing, because they had been building towards this for months.

[@Bromboosh]

The Bruins unfortunately have choked away so many chances at winning another Cup after 2011. Losing to the Capitals in 2012, not being able to finish the job in 2013 against the Hawks, losing to the Senators in the playoffs, laying an egg in game 7 against the Blues in the Final, then this epic choke is the worst I've seen, even worse than 2010's reverse sweep against the Flyers. It's gonna be a rough few years in Boston.

[@duhbullb]

I haven't and dont think I'll ever get over this choke by the Bruins. Brings back the Patriots' failed perfect season feeling. But seeing and cheering on the Panthers as they also destroyed Toronto and Carolina made me feel better.

[@inconnu4961]

I cheered for the Panthers ONLY against the Maple Laughs. I cheered against them the rest of the way.

[@nicholaswhitman4620]

Last season really was somthing else.

[@connorbrechbill6516]

I’m a Panthers fan so you’d expect me to say this is the biggest choke, but I disagree. And for a few reasons too actually. 1. This team won the Presidents trophy the prior year and still had a good chunk of the players on the team that played on that team as well. 2. New head coach and new depth players, along with a new franchise piece meant that the team needed to acclimate to the new system being run and needed to develop chemistry. 3. Key injuries, especially in January prior to the all star break led to some poor stretches that month. There was a point in the season where both Barkov and Bennet were out with injuries. Any team will have a tough time if both their 1C and 2C are injured. 4. The team got healthy at the right time. Barkov and Duclair came back in March, and the team went on a tear, and then Bennett came back at the start of the series and immediately made an impact. Despite our poor record we had two 40 goal scorers, and two additional 30 goal scorers along with a Dman that finished with 74 points on the season. Were there concerns? Absolutely. But there was still a ton of talent on the team and if they got hot at the right time, they could absolutely beat any team in the league and go on a tear, which is what ended up happening. Boston wasn’t playing against the 2023 panthers, they were playing a hybrid of both last years and this year’s team and they didn’t have an answer. I still hold that the 2019 Lightning pulled off the biggest choke. The Bruins were a fantastic team this year, but I remember watching that Tampa team and they felt less like a really good hockey team and more like a legitimate force of nature that year. And it looked like they hadn’t missed a beat at the start of game one that series. They then proceeded to lose every game and put out one of the worst playoff performances that I’ve ever seen. The Bruins at least won three games. That all powerful Lightning team got straight up swept.

[@jmac0608]

If brad had scored that goal…

[@HeritageWealthPlanning]

Exactly! Don’t forget 5 seconds left in 1st period in game 7 of thr SCF vs the Blues. They score a goal and that was it

[@ethanparker7900]

damn then it could be 2 cups for the bruins in the 2010s decade and in the dynasty talks like chicago, LA in the 2010s and Tampa in the second half of the 2010s and the early 2020s but one is better than none so@@HeritageWealthPlanning

[@jasonanderson5034]

tampa won in 2020 and 2021 ... not in the 2010s ... @@ethanparker7900

[@HeritageWealthPlanning]

@@ethanparker7900 don’t forget 2013 against Chicago. If we won game 6 we won the cup in game 7. We were dominating them

[@ethanparker7900]

yah the 2 goals and 17 seconds by bickell and bolland was indeed something else. 2013 doesnt sting as much cause it was in six games and if a game 7 had been played it wouldve been at Untied Center, 2019 is the one that does cause it was in seven and it was the one that wouldve been at home unlike 2011 being away cause game 7 2019 was at TD garden @@HeritageWealthPlanning

[@Cpelle19]

Reminds me of the fleury give away in the playoff vs Montreal a few years back absolutely brutal and ruined what momentum they had left

[@MountR]

I am still getting chills watching the last goal. Go cats

[@WFM]

I like rewinder from secret base but they rarely talk hockey, would love more vids like this one

[@LargeMouthBasstafarian]

Funny, the soon to be Vezina winner not starting for his team on game 7 .. that hasn't happened since .. Robin Lehner started over MAF in Vegas a couple of years ago 😅 Thanks for making this, great memories watching Boston go down in dramatic fashion

[@gallydex3566]

I like the longer videos

[@NicholasT588]

The turning point was that game five OT goal. Also I disagree with your take that starting Swayman in game seven was the wrong call. Ullmark was hurt, and anyone with eyes could see it. Except for Jim Montgomery.

[@RickyLafleur10]

Feels like the 80s and 90s all over again bruins constantly breaking your heart

[@Eagle-kp7fx]

The turning point was game two, every time the bruins won, it was expected, every time the panthers won, it was hard work and phycological. Our minds play crazy tricks some times.

[@Wattupaworkin]

I was at this game when the panthers tied it with under a minute in regulation I looked to my friend and said “we just lose the series”

[@dawnsempire8510]

this was a pretty epic choke, but it'd be pretty tough to top the Detroit Red Wings getting reverse swept in the 1942 Stanley Cup Final in part because Jack Adams threw a temper tantrum that got him suspended for the rest of the series. ditto another reverse sweep in San Jose getting embarrassed by the division rival LA Kings in 2014.

[@hypehky5326]

It was cool to witness an improbable run from the cats. But I really wanted to follow the ultimate story of the giant favourites that I thought for sure would be a blast with the rocking TD garden and the flashes of 2011 canucks in that team. Upsets are only fun when it's your team or a canadian one.

[@desyncer]

As a 2011 canucks fan, i will never forgive johnny boychuck for breaking mason raymond's back and ruining his career while the bruins fans just cheer. Any chance to see this team lose is a blessing.

[@muhammadchen6384]

Always love your videos

[@robbiemac13]

How this went down for the Bruins was AMAZING, I relished their take down as if my team had won the Cup at home with me front and center. ( chef's kiss )

[@jasonanderson5034]

you must really be pathetic if your biggest burden is a team with one cup in 50 years

[@philipdavis2187]

Sorry Toronto losing to Boston in game 7 was the biggest choke

[@Joel-gh3qn]

Being a Bruins fan, what actually made the difference was when Florida but in “Bobrovsky”.

[@michaelshields6326]

Nothing will ever top the Bruins blowing a 3-0 series lead to the Flyers and then blowing a 3-0 lead in game seven to lose the series.

[@johntanguay8350]

A worse collapse for a single playoff game that i can remember is 1971 Bruins winning 5 To 1 in the 3rd period over Montreal and lost the game 7 to 5.

[@Drakon332x]

How many videos have you done that end with a question mark? Please go next level.

[@Drakon332x]

This/why/when/ there/the/how/x fans/x team

[@austinjoseph7932]

A lot of people saw this series going to 7 games. Two teams beat Boston twice in the whole league, Florida and Ottawa. So realistically Florida had the best shot out of anyone to beat Boston in the playoffs. The only people who thought Florida was gonna go in 4-5 games were the "experts"

[@austinjoseph7932]

Also Florida doesn't play in Miami. In fact they're about 30-40 minutes away from Miami. Not even in the same county as them.

[@legacy1X]

People seem to forget that the Panthers were the best team in the NHL for the 2nd half of the season. Getting hot at the right time is the key to the playoffs.

[@RLSteffler]

Saw the thumbnail and thought he spent 9 minutes talking about how ridiculous it is that people call Grzelcyk "Grizzlick"

[@danglesnipecelly13]

Are we doing a little Sb nation/secret base rewind type video? Lol I like it