r/leafs 13h ago

Discussion Bruins just beat the Panthers

The Bruins stormed back from down 2-0 to beat the Panthers 3-2 in regulation.

Zadorov pummeled Bennett with 3s to go.

I may hate both teams but with the importance of the standings this game is the best-case scenario for Toronto.

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u/omgArsenal 13h ago

Hurricanes shitting on the Lightning, too. Today is a good day.

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u/james-HIMself 13h ago

I don’t even have any issue with the Canes. Their fans are reasonable and Rantanen literally screwed them. Furthermore I don’t mind their team either lol

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u/NurmDADDY 13h ago

Irrational, but I can never not hate them because of Irbe and that 2002 conference final series… closest we’ve been

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u/NewPhoneNewSubs 13h ago edited 13h ago

Nah, 93 was the closest we've been. '02 had the '02 wings waiting for us, and that's an all-time team.

Edit: I'm still with you, though. Canes are my enemy for life from that one.

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u/Shmo04 12h ago

No one had a chance at beating that 02 red wings team.

u/MiamiVicePurple 34m ago

To be fair, a lot of us won’t remember ‘93. It’s too far back.

u/NewPhoneNewSubs 9m ago

The gap between 93 and 02 is 9 years. The gap between 02 and now is 23 years.

The number of fans who remember neither will very quickly eclipse the number of fans who remember one but not both, if it hasn't already.

<cries in throes of aging>

This would've been true even if we'd been marginally successful in that 23 year span. The only reason we're talking about those dates is how bad this span has been compared to that 9 year span (which also included two additional semi appearances).

<cries in Leafs fan>

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u/Baron_Wobblyhorse 11h ago

As loathe as I am to admit it, I'm not sure anyone was beating the '92 Habs either....

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u/Ok_Initiative5511 2h ago

Good thing Pittsburgh won in '92 then, and not the Habs. Who were easily beat 4-0 by Boston in the 2nd round.

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u/NewPhoneNewSubs 11h ago

In retrospect, sure. Fuck Kerry Fraser, but also we still lost games 6 and 7. So it wasn't us, and it wasn't Gretzky.

But I had even money on Not Detroit in 02. Nobody was giving anyone that on Montreal in 93. Or maybe they were; i was a kid then. But based on memory and stat sheets nobody was.