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The NHL Choke That Should Have Never Happened



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In 2021, the Toronto Maple Leafs & The Montreal Canadiens faced off in the NHL playoffs for the first time in over 40 years. Featuring superstars like Mitch Marner, Auston Matthews, Carey Price, & Cole Caufield, this series gave us a moment that we would never forget.

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37 Comments

  1. The clown hair on Mathews is growing nicely….I want to see him perform that trying to get into a woman's car pulling down his pants trick again !

  2. Need to mention Philippe Danault defensive work, doesn't excuse Marner and Mattews weak numbers, but he was on their back the whole time

  3. I don't get the idea of Toronto being notorious in chocking in game 7. They are just notorious in getting elimanated in first round. No matter what.Dam, I've heard a journalist of NHL sirus XM comparing Toronto to the free case of the Bingo game.

  4. I feel so lucky to have grown up witnessing prime Price, people won’t understand how unbeatable he was when he was on, devastating that he doesn’t have a cup to show for it

  5. “Let’s go back to the year 2020…” 0:57

    Actually, no, Hockey Psychology, my friend, I think I speak for millions of people, when I say, “No, no thanks; I’m good.”

  6. of course its mikehyev that misses an entire empty net, we witnessed too much of that as canucks fans this year

  7. "Numbers are funny. They can measure you, time you, and analyze you all they want, but they all know what really matters is how you play the game….You ever hear the expression you can’t measure heart? Well the truth is they can’t measure any of it: heart… want… need…. You can’t measure a dream."

    I will be forever sad that Carey Price wasn't able to bring us a Stantley cup. He worked so hard for the Habs and fans from other teams didn't get the chance to see that every night but his play level during that playoff run was something we could see weekly for years. Sometimes he would steal a 2-1 win or was just unlucky enough and would lose 3-2 but Price CARRIED the Canadiens for so long.

  8. 18 playoff games with 0 goals is literally insane. Ain’t winning a cup when that’s your second/ third best scorer

  9. Thank you for explaining how Carey Price broke the Leafs mentally. It literally explains why they can’t win in the playoffs now. Playing your best and most dominant and still not being good enough to win is incredibly demoralizing, maybe permanently, and for an entire career.

  10. I would love to see a video about the 2010 Flyers; got in to the playoffs in the last game of season in a shootout with the Rangers, took care of the Habs, went down 3 games to the Bruins and came back, including being down 3-1 in game 7, and finally lost to the Blackhawks. It was one of the most exciting playoffs ever and really felt like a Cinderella story at the time

  11. I still think the Loss to Columbus was worse. Joonas Korpisalo had a shut-out in game one and game five of the playin round.
    Pierre Luc Dubois was the offensive star scoring three including an overtime winner in game three. Nick Foligno had his value increase because they looked good versus the Leafs in this play in round.

    I do remember Craig Button around game six talking about how Auston Matthews was leading the entire NHL in the playoffs in expected goals.

  12. The fact that your mentioned Habs won 15 of remaining 38 games, while not mentioning due to Covid rescheduling that they had the worst schedule in the entire NHL with games EVERY night or every other night for the last 50 games of the season is a huge miss as to their record.

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