Hi everybody. Well, it's happened again.
The Boston Bruins have kicked sand in the face of
the Toronto Maple Leafs,
stolen their lunch money and beaten them in another playoff
series.
The Leafs have not beaten Boston in a playoff series
since
1959. So do you know what that means?
That means that the Bruins have become to the Leafs
what the Canadians used to be to the Bruins,
and that's their nemesis that they can't beat.
And I've got a theory about where it all started,
and it started way back in
1961 when the Boston Bruins stole Bobby Orr right out
from under the Maple Leafs nose in their own backyard
in
1961 and signed him to to a contract.
Now the Leafs in
1961 were a little busy.
They were busy putting together a dynasty team that would
win three straight Stanley Cups.
But they took their eye off the prize
and they lost Bobby Orr.
And since then, well, we've seen seven playoff series.
Since then the the the Bruins have fleeced the Leafs
and on several occasions, once in
2006, by dealing Andrew Raycroft to Toronto for Tuka Rask.
You can only imagine what Toronto would have done with
Tuka Raskin their Nets over the past 15 years.
They fleeced the lease again in
2009 when they traded Phil Kessel to Toronto and in
return got the picks that got them,
Tyler Sagan and Dougie Dougie Hamilton.
If that wasn't enough, in
2011 they dealed Thomas Cabriolet at the trade deadline to
the Bruins.
And what happens? Cabriolet goes on to win a Stanley
Cup in Boston,
but the real chef's kiss here,
The absolute chef's kiss here,
is at the draft in
2017, when 110th overall, the Maple Leafs pick a goaltender
by the name of Ian Scott.
One pick before the Boston Bruins pick a goaltender by
the name of
Jeremy Swayman. Yeah, the Leafs could have had Swayman one
pick before the Bruins got him.
And that's just to to me.
That's just the icing on the cake here
And now you've got seven playoff series in a row.
You've got a, you know,
50 plus years of the Bruins dominating the Leafs and
who knows when it's all going to end.
I mean, Brad Marshawn was a Leafs fan when he
grew up
and has been a huge nemesis to them.
And now the Bruins are moving on as usual after
playing the Leafs.
The Bruins are moving on in the playoffs
and the Maple Leafs are not.
And you heard it here.
It all started back in
1961 with Bobby Orr. For The Hockey News,
I'm Ken Campbell.