Doesn’t seem like it now but yes definitely was huge seeing Florida of all teams at that time just bully the bruins who had a historic season. Now we see why
As a leafs fan, I'm still sad we never got to see the best version of those leafs and bruins duke it out. Toronto's trade deadline that year was all about matching Boston and Tampa's physicality, they had no answer for the speed of a forecheck as aggressive as Florida's was because it seemed a given those two would be their opponents for the first two rounds
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Doesn’t seem like it now but yes definitely was huge seeing Florida of all teams at that time just bully the bruins who had a historic season. Now we see why
As a leafs fan, I'm still sad we never got to see the best version of those leafs and bruins duke it out. Toronto's trade deadline that year was all about matching Boston and Tampa's physicality, they had no answer for the speed of a forecheck as aggressive as Florida's was because it seemed a given those two would be their opponents for the first two rounds