Ah, hockey's greatest rivalry: the Leafs vs. The first round!

"The core four"... that is a nice name for a golf club!

Oh yeah I feel bad for the players. Multimillionaire players...not the idiots who spend $1000+ a ticket to watch this effortless garbage

You can't coach heart. Matthews was disappointed that he didn't get that 70th, and didn't seem too excited about the upcoming playoffs. He doesn't get paid for playoff games, and it shows. love him or hate him, Marchand makes almost HALF the money of at least 4 leaf players and plays with everything he's got every night.

"Stop f**king crying Marner, this isn't f**king junior anymore"

Anyone that knows hockey would know leafs aren't built to go anywhere in the playoffs. They're only regular season entertainment.

Marchand has outperformed their entire lineup.

Keefe will bench Nylander for being mean to Marner.

Am shocked that Shannahan is still there. Grab a clue Leafs 🧐

This team needs to be boycotted

Feel bad for them? are you kidding?

A tale of two captains: Brad Marchand cranks it up to 11 when the playoffs start and becomes as clutch as David Ortiz. Meanwhile, John Tavares disappears and makes Toronto wonder why he wears the captains C.

i blame shanahan for not signing ohtani.....

They'll just get a new coach. Its always worked out well for em in the past. 🤣 😂

Leafs biggest mistake was signing Tavares at 11mill caphit! No goalie defense sucks! Its actually pathetic thank god I'm no leaf fan

This season proves they are just a regular season team

You cannot pay 4 guys $11M+ and expect to be successful.

Matthews left because it was reported by the Leafs he has food poisoning. Was that an excuse because of what was going on at the bench. The Leafs are a mess, the Leafs will be strapped with contracts. They can't afford to retool the team especially with Matthews and Nylanders contract. If I was a GM and had to choose between Matthews or MacKinnon, I would choose MacKinnon because of his work ethic.

At least it’s the first time Marner dropped the gloves.

The core-four? More like soft-core, am I right or am I right??🎤🤣😂🤣😂

I love the Bruins annual “Bouncing of the Leafs” event _every_ spring. I have zero expectation of a cup run for my B’s… buuut this comes _close_ to making up for that.

To quote shoresy, its not that the boys dont love to win, it's that they dont hate to lose

Big egos, weak goaltendeing, not playing a team game; but they had no chance against the playoffs built bruins...The bitching on the bench says it all

The Leafs GM screwed up big time by not upgrading the Leaf Core 4 over the past this. This isn’t the players - it is the Leaf Executives screwing up. 😀

Here's the worst thing, they're all signed for next year with no move clauses. Meaning we could be seeing this all over again next year, besides who are you trading? Mathews? who just put up nearly 70 goals and an mvp quality season? Nylander? who just got an extension? Marner or Tavares? who's gonna take on them and you'll get nothing for them. Rielly is the only one I can see being traded, but then you're bringing back the same offense core with a different defense. Next year is gonna be no different.

Whenever the leafs lose a smile is on my face

They need some grit in the corners and front of the net like Hyman...oh ya sry.

But hey, at least Matthews will be getting over $13M starting next year, and Nylander will get his $11.25M starting next year. It's all about those contracts and regular season stats.

i am not sorry for toronto all year its about the leafs getting the cup and saying they have the best players ever and yet they cant get through the bruins. Its brutal. Toronto needs to blow up the roster. John Tavares is a no show. Send him packing

Montreal has built a playoff team ! Watch out next year !

The Maple Losers never disappoint their fans. They know what to expect 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Literally the Dallas Cowboys doppelgängers wow

Apparently Matthews left after 2nd intermission because of food poisoning, but this just goes to show the difference between a team like Boston and a team like Toronto....Bergeron played with a PUNCTURED lung in the playoffs and in Toronto in a pretty much a must win game for the Leafs, their star player doesn't even finish the game because of food poisoning. Shows you how much different a team these 2 are.

LETS PUT IT THIS WAY...IF YOU WERE PAID MILLIONS AND HAD A CHOICE FOR 5 MONTHS OFF,HEALTHY AND NOT BRUISED AND BEAT UP VERSES PLAYING UNTIL THE END OF JUNE AND BEAT UP WITH ONLY 3 MONTHS OFF AND TAKING A MONTH TO HEAL....WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE?

I’m not sorry, I’m loving this.

In the regular season you can win a lot of games with a small group of highly skilled forwards. In the playoffs however that goes out the window. You win in the playoffs based upon things like your second and third D-men pairings and your second unit penalty kill. Requires a deep team with talent spread throughout. This isn't rocket science. Except to the Leafs. Everyone else has figured it out.

regards from Vancouver

If your "Core 4" doesn't include a Goalie, you will never be successful.

trade em all for picks. did auston really quit

Plan the Parade...... Anyone remember the the April 2018 issue of The Hockey News? I kept it just for such occasions. Series isn't over though so just maybe

Everyone talks shit about Marchand but he is the epitome of heart and a perfect example of "team friendly" deal. You want to chase cups or tee times?

Marchand has more passion playing hockey than the entire Leaf group

It's so toront-over

Move the team to Arizona, make matthews captain watch them win the cup.

Dubas gave up Hyman (50+goals), Moore (30+ w LA), Brown (Pk specialist), Marchment, Jared (awesome for Seattle) and Freddy (going on a cup run w Carolina. Oh yes and Kadri, who WON A CUP. 😅 SHANAHAN OUT.

year 10 of the shanascam 😂

Bruins in 5 boys

I predict an OT Boston victory in game 5 with Woll in the Leafs net, standing on his head throughout the game only for them to get their hearts broken, yet again, by a Boston team willing to do whatever it takes.

Its a psychological issue in leafs town. This has been happening for years! Never fully rebuilding, outlandishly HIGH contracts, and, like most Leafs fans, self induced blindness to the situation. There is a reason good players have left that team, more importantly, that town. It sucks to go thru a real rebuild. But having a team thag gives you false playoff hopes by having an "ok" season regularly, with "much better" seasons sprinkled in, is just unrealistic in reaching the cup. They should have rebuilt for real before mathews got there, and they would be in a real position to make at least ECF. It sucks, but maybe the fans need to not boo their home team in a pre-season game, because the redwings are whipping them without any starting stars playing. Players want to leave because of the pressure of unrealistic expectations from fans on players who are playing on a team whose management wont go all in on having a well rounded team. As i understand it, the Leafs have very little in regards to draft picks coming in the next 5 yrs.(they r1 of lowest rated teams for draft picks coming up in their system) they have paid cup winning money to players (not mathews) who are literally not cup winners. And unfortunately, they wont be while in tor for yrs to come.

I kinda' feel sorry for the Leafs.... Nah, just kiddin'. Go BRUINS.

Not even a fan of neither but Marchand tripping players right in front of the refs that lead to game winning goals is grimy.

Gilmore, Clark, Andrechuck and Potvin is the last Leaf team to do anything in the playoffs and that was 30 years ago.

Blowout. 10-0 Bruins. Condolences, Maple Leafs. I knew this was gonna happen.

"You have to split the core 4" All 4 have NMC.

Leafs are just not a playoff team.Not built for it.

Did anyone manage to read lips there (especially Nylander)?? I'm terrible at reading lips, so can someone who's good at it please provide a sort of transcript? I'd appreciate it. 😊

Domi and Reaves. Great additions. Treliving is on glue.

When a team names a group of their players "the core four" it's the first sign of their demise.

Lou would never have gone all in on the core four like Shanahan has insisted. Obviously it is a fundamental mistake. Yes, Nylander is a very good player, but an opportunity was missed by not trading him this year to gain some balance.....Shanahan, Treliving and Keefe need to go....

It's not the core 4, the problem lies with coaching. Keefe is not the coach for this team. I realize that this comment has been made before but it is true. Paul Maurice of Florida is a prime example. The Leafs are just as talented as Florida, but Maurice knows how to utilize his talent that he has on the bench.

Needs to go: 1. Sheldon Keefe 2. Brendan Shanahan 3. Auston Matthews. You can't win with Auston Matthews.

Who's going to take on inflated contracts for any of the 4?

Did the people who bought tickets get refund since there wasn't a hockey game tonight?

Was Matthews ear ring bothering him

So why do all the first round series go to a game 7

Leafs need two teams: Team A gets them to the playoffs, and Team B gets them to the cup. Send Mathews, Marner and Tavares to the golf course and keep Nylander, Reilly and the cheap players for the playoffs.

McDavid gets 5 assists in 1 game, Hyman has 6 goals in 3 games... yall must be envious... I'm not making fun i would be too and you're absolutely right, Tavares and Marner gotta go.

This just in. The Leafs have broken KZfaq commentators, all over the internet!

Bet you they still find a way to lose in 7, just to give us fans that last little bit of hope before crushing it again

In this league the last thing a team wants to be is down 3-0 or 3-1 in the playoffs. We have seen teams come back from a 3-0 deficit and win so it is not over until it is over. If this happens again i do see a major shakeup within the organization.

Without Matthews this would be a sweep. He's the only one worth anything. Every team they face knows that all they have to do is cover Matthews and the Leafs will lose. Welcome to Laughs nation!

Did Auston Matthews tell Marner and Nylander he can't play anymore, and that what started the arguing on the bench?

You nailed it in the last bit, no changes!

Boston will win game 5 too and send the Leafs packing Bruins in 5. The Leafs lack the grit and toughness in the playoffs especially from the core 4. It’s an absolute disgrace and an embarrassment why Matthews didn’t play in the third period. I mean this your season on the line for him not to play because of an illness nope that doesn’t fly with me this is the playoffs I don’t care how sick you are. I agree they have so many chances with the core 4 it’s time to finally split this current group of players on the Leafs. I’m very disappointed in the Leafs game 4 performance the fans have every right to boo and be upset they are big money to go watch the Leafs in the playoffs. It’s shameful how easily they just fold up like a cheap suitcase in the playoffs year after year. And I don’t consider last year a success either they only won one game in the second round against a Florida team that they were favourites to win against before the series started winning one game in the second round I don’t consider that a success

Yep. Coach is gone. Marner is your problem. Tavares is NOT your captain, he should go too. But how now brown cow, how now?

Marner needs therapy for his Dads abusive hockey parenting.

Been saying this since they traded Hyman and Kadri. They shoulda traded Nylander long ago. It would have changed the trajectory of this team

ON A POSITIVE NOTE THE LEAFS HAVE SOME OF THE BEST GOLFERS IN THE NHL

Hogtown Hoser here... My Buddy is an avid Golfer and Leafs-supporter. I told him the Bruins would win the Series in five games - I didn't have the heart to say "FOUR!"...

Nobody can't get over the pressure of the Toronto market. Maybe if the Toronto market took on a winning and not a winging attitude they might win more.

Being a Leafs fan all my life, my son naturally became a fan, too. Now I feel like an abusive dad.

Toronto has outplayed Boston for most of this series other than game 1 where they got dominated. They just can't score & have stupid penalties.

It's more so the coaching. Look at van. They would not be the same team without tocchet. They have been doing the shanaplan for too long with the most embarrassing results imaginable only to keep hitting the redo button. Leafs ownership is the definition of insanity.

Matthews threw up in the lockeroom after second period.

Everyone in Canada except for Toronto is having a jolly good time 😂 move the team to Quebec City if it doesn’t work out

“Stop fucking crying Marner… this isn’t fucking junior” - Nylander. Truer words have never been spoken by any of the core 4 before that

The classic hockey formula for success is a couple of star forwards, a star d-man, a kick-ass goalie, and a solid supporting cast. But Shanahan and Dubas thought that they were smarter than everyone else, and they decided to over-invest cap money in four star forwards. And with Tavares getting older and slower, they have four star contracts, but really only three star players. And of those, Marner has consistently shown that he is not a strong playoff performer. Now we have a situation where all four are either injured or old. The Leafs would have been better off if they had kept Freddie Anderson in net, and traded one of their marquee forwards for a great d-man and a bunch of draft picks or supporting players.

I'll be back in five years when the new rebuild hits its stride. This time let's start with the D corps.

I have been saying this for years. Get rid of the 'Starts' and get players that work hard....like Bertuzzi and Domi. A whole bunch of them is better than these barbie dolls.

Keep The Golf Quartet together😅 seriously though they don't block shots

Will never feel bad for the leafs. They’ve had 68 years to make something happen, and yet they’ve been nothing but garbage for that entire time. Will forever amuse me knowing they’re leafs fans out there (who’re the most classless, stupid, delusional people ever) that actually think they’ll contend for a cup with matty (who ain’t top 5) Marner, Rielly tavs, and willie on their team. Dumpster fire franchise.

Not sure why this is such a shock honestly. The Bruins have owned Toronto in the playoffs for quite awhile now and they swept all 4 games in the regular season. It was strange to me when Bruin fans were upset we dropped our last 3 games and ended up second instead of first. I was happy because it meant Toronto in the first round and not Tampa, a team we have had issues with. Some teams just match up against other teams much better than they would others. Could boil down to systems etc. Throw in lack of confidence due to past results and this is what happens. What Toronto needs is to deal some of that salary cap weight they carry in 4 players and get a few Bertuzzii types and a good young goalie along with a few good draft picks. They will not win a cup with this crew. I see Edmonton as very similar. Certainly right now Skinner is very confident and playing well, but if he went down or lost that confidence, good bye Edmonton. Due to a much easier conference and division, Edmonton will win a round or 2 but no cup either. Not deep enough !!!!!!!! IMO

But how are they going to manage that? They can't move Tavares contract. They can't move Matthews without getting robbed. Are you moving Nylander, the one who usually shows up in the play offs? So just Marner?

Predictions?! Really?! We're fucked, there's no predictions. I'm 48 yrs old and I'll probably die without seeing a cup in Toronto. Stupid penalties, Sammy should've had that first goal. The team needs a goaltender first. We haven't had great goaltending since Belfour. Build a decent defense core then build offence. Players now want money.. that's it. That's all we've had in T.O. production comes second. Real testing comes during adversity and this team flops EVERY TIME! We need to abandon everything we know and start from scratch. Terrible thing is it will probably cost Sheldon his job and in my opinion he's been the best addition since Taveres. I'm just sick of it all!

I’m not a leafs fan at all. But I hope lessons are being learned here about hockey. Anyone who’s watched enough hockey knows it isn’t over until it’s over. The game is a game of momentum swings and anything that can happen WILL happen.

I don't know how they can move any of those guys. No trade clauses and long contracts.

There are multiple players on the Canucks that have scored multiple goals in one game than Austin Matthews. Lindholm, two Goals and OT winner tonight. Dakota Joshua, two goals. Brock Boeser got 3 tonight. I too feel bad for the leafs.

I agree the core 4 isn't working but who in their right mind is going to make a trade for any of them after what they have shown in any playoffs ? The Tavares signing was a HUGE MISTAKE as well as keeping Keefe behind the bench. Sheldon is gone but they are stuck with Tavares for at least one more year and i don't see Matthews , Marner or Nylander going anywhere.

Yeah, it's time to split the Core Four. Sure. The thing is... how? Who will want to trade for any of them? Maybe I can see someone trading for Matthews - the only one Toronto probably wants to keep - but other than that, you can only move them by getting a similarly bad contract in return - something like the Oilers going Nylander for Nurse and Campbell. So, when they say "Let's give those guys one more shot", I hear "It's not like we can move any of them anyway".

I hope jomboy dose a lip read of that bench