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The NHL playoffs kick off this Saturday. In the East, we already know the identities of the four first-round match-ups, so we know that the Toronto Maple Leafs will face the Boston Bruins.
Poor Toronto fans will be reunited with the team that has given them hell in the playoffs in recent years.
That said, Toronto’s season finale wasn’t exactly a huge success, as the club lost its final four games of the season outright.
Momentum enthusiasts will say that the Leafs don’t exactly have it, right now.
On the other hand, in Toronto, we’re motivating ourselves as best we can… and today’s motivation comes from Sportsnet, which reported that the last club to enter the playoffs after a run of four consecutive losses was the 2021 Canadiens.
The Maple Leafs enter the playoffs on a four-game winless skid.
The last team to enter the playoffs on a four-game winless skid?
The 2021 Canadiens, who upset the Maple Leafs and went all the way to the Cup final.
(h/t @SNstats)
– luke fox (@lukefoxjukebox) April 18, 2024
Remember that this was the edition that reached the Stanley Cup Final, notably by overcoming a 1-3 deficit in the series against the Maple Leafs in the first round.
In Toronto, we remember that team quite well.
Naysayers will say that, unlike the Canadiens of 2021, the Maple Leafs of 2024 won’t have an easy opponent in the first round. But there’s a big difference between facing Jack Campbell and facing a tandem led by Linus Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman.
Last year, however, the Bruins were eliminated in the first round despite being heavy favourites against the Florida Panthers after a season that brought the Presidents’ Trophy back to Boston.
On the other hand, recent history suggests that the Bruins have a good chance of reaching the final.
Interesting fact on the eve of the NHL Series: 3 of the last 4 Presidents’ Trophy winners reached the Stanley Cup Final the following year. If this trend continues, @Bruins fans will be very happy for the 2024 series @TVASports
– Mathieu Bédard (@MatBedardTva) April 19, 2024
We’ll see if the Maple Leafs can match the Habs’ playoff run in 2021, but considering the almost surreal nature of the Tricolore’s, Toronto better be ready to match their Montreal rival.
Especially since, in the regular season, the Leafs maintained a 0-2-2 record against the Bruins…
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– Interesting information in this segment.
INSIDER TRADING – The latest from @DarrenDreger & @PierreVLeBrun after the NHL’s BOG voted on Thursday in favour of the sale of the Coyotes franchise to the Smith Entertainment Group and its relocation to Utah: https://t.co/TKc2rH3X8R pic.twitter.com/Hj2mE9suCD
– TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) April 18, 2024
– Nice read.
See @JiCLajoie ‘s “season post”: https: //t.co/HzDKznfyJT #GoHabsGo
– TVA Sports (@TVASports) April 18, 2024
– Love this.
See this post on Instagram
– Well done.
I absolutely loved Luke shutting down rumours that he wanted to go to Buffalo to play with his brother. He talked about remaining loyal to the team that drafted him. Jordan Harris told me the same thing when he signed after his fourth year. Character kids. https://t.co/OfKEHw8Ezw
– Grant McCagg (@grantmccagg) April 18, 2024
– Let’s hope she can deliver such a performance on Saturday at the Bell Centre.
A spectacular comeback by the Montreal team
https://t.co/W9MI9KlQoE
– TVA Sports (@TVASports) April 19, 2024
– It didn’t happen.
Les Amateurs de sports I As @Syl_St_Laurent explains to @LangloisMario, Brady Thachuk of the @senateurs is somewhat responsible for his misfortune.https://t.co/96KME7lif8
– 98,5 Sports (@985Sports) April 19, 2024
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