It doesn't exactly make me feel better, but at least the Panthers are showing that they aren't some pushover. They're up 3-0 on the Leafs.
At least the Leafs fans had their celebration for getting out of the first round
Below was my comment from a week ago:
And people seem to still be saying that FL is not a good team. I am not so sure about that. They looked like a really good team to me in this series. They had the best regular season record last season. I am curious to see how they do against Toronto in the next round. Based on what I saw, I expect FL to blow through Toronto. I guess we'll see.
Toronto beat Tampa which is still a good team. Toronto is no slouch of a team. And now Florida is blowing through Toronto.
None of this makes me feel better about the Bruins either. But down our two top centers (missed games/not 100% otherwise), we lost in 7 games in overtime to what is actually a very good team, not an 8th seed level team. It is still very disappointing, a missed opportunity and really the closing of a window on an era for the team. A very inglorious end to an era.