Ah, hockey's greatest rivalry: the Leafs vs. The first round!

"The core four"... that is a nice name for a golf club!

You can't coach heart. Matthews was disappointed that he didn't get that 70th, and didn't seem too excited about the upcoming playoffs. He doesn't get paid for playoff games, and it shows. love him or hate him, Marchand makes almost HALF the money of at least 4 leaf players and plays with everything he's got every night.

"Stop f**king crying Marner, this isn't f**king junior anymore"

Anyone that knows hockey would know leafs aren't built to go anywhere in the playoffs. They're only regular season entertainment.

Marchand has outperformed their entire lineup.

Keefe will bench Nylander for being mean to Marner.

Oh yeah I feel bad for the players. Multimillionaire players...not the idiots who spend $1000+ a ticket to watch this effortless garbage

Am shocked that Shannahan is still there. Grab a clue Leafs 🧐

A tale of two captains: Brad Marchand cranks it up to 11 when the playoffs start and becomes as clutch as David Ortiz. Meanwhile, John Tavares disappears and makes Toronto wonder why he wears the captains C.

Feel bad for them? are you kidding?

This team needs to be boycotted

i blame shanahan for not signing ohtani.....

They'll just get a new coach. Its always worked out well for em in the past. 🤣 😂

You cannot pay 4 guys $11M+ and expect to be successful.

At least it’s the first time Marner dropped the gloves.

To quote shoresy, its not that the boys dont love to win, it's that they dont hate to lose

The core-four? More like soft-core, am I right or am I right??🎤🤣😂🤣😂

Leafs biggest mistake was signing Tavares at 11mill caphit! No goalie defense sucks! Its actually pathetic thank god I'm no leaf fan

This season proves they are just a regular season team

Here's the worst thing, they're all signed for next year with no move clauses. Meaning we could be seeing this all over again next year, besides who are you trading? Mathews? who just put up nearly 70 goals and an mvp quality season? Nylander? who just got an extension? Marner or Tavares? who's gonna take on them and you'll get nothing for them. Rielly is the only one I can see being traded, but then you're bringing back the same offense core with a different defense. Next year is gonna be no different.

I love the Bruins annual “Bouncing of the Leafs” event _every_ spring. I have zero expectation of a cup run for my B’s… buuut this comes _close_ to making up for that.

Matthews left because it was reported by the Leafs he has food poisoning. Was that an excuse because of what was going on at the bench. The Leafs are a mess, the Leafs will be strapped with contracts. They can't afford to retool the team especially with Matthews and Nylanders contract. If I was a GM and had to choose between Matthews or MacKinnon, I would choose MacKinnon because of his work ethic.

The Leafs GM screwed up big time by not upgrading the Leaf Core 4 over the past this. This isn’t the players - it is the Leaf Executives screwing up. 😀

But hey, at least Matthews will be getting over $13M starting next year, and Nylander will get his $11.25M starting next year. It's all about those contracts and regular season stats.

In the regular season you can win a lot of games with a small group of highly skilled forwards. In the playoffs however that goes out the window. You win in the playoffs based upon things like your second and third D-men pairings and your second unit penalty kill. Requires a deep team with talent spread throughout. This isn't rocket science. Except to the Leafs. Everyone else has figured it out.

Big egos, weak goaltendeing, not playing a team game; but they had no chance against the playoffs built bruins...The bitching on the bench says it all

They need some grit in the corners and front of the net like Hyman...oh ya sry.

Apparently Matthews left after 2nd intermission because of food poisoning, but this just goes to show the difference between a team like Boston and a team like Toronto....Bergeron played with a PUNCTURED lung in the playoffs and in Toronto in a pretty much a must win game for the Leafs, their star player doesn't even finish the game because of food poisoning. Shows you how much different a team these 2 are.

i am not sorry for toronto all year its about the leafs getting the cup and saying they have the best players ever and yet they cant get through the bruins. Its brutal. Toronto needs to blow up the roster. John Tavares is a no show. Send him packing

Whenever the leafs lose a smile is on my face

Montreal has built a playoff team ! Watch out next year !

Literally the Dallas Cowboys doppelgängers wow

If your "Core 4" doesn't include a Goalie, you will never be successful.

I’m not sorry, I’m loving this.

Plan the Parade...... Anyone remember the the April 2018 issue of The Hockey News? I kept it just for such occasions. Series isn't over though so just maybe

"You have to split the core 4" All 4 have NMC.

Everyone talks shit about Marchand but he is the epitome of heart and a perfect example of "team friendly" deal. You want to chase cups or tee times?

The Maple Losers never disappoint their fans. They know what to expect 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I predict an OT Boston victory in game 5 with Woll in the Leafs net, standing on his head throughout the game only for them to get their hearts broken, yet again, by a Boston team willing to do whatever it takes.

Dubas gave up Hyman (50+goals), Moore (30+ w LA), Brown (Pk specialist), Marchment, Jared (awesome for Seattle) and Freddy (going on a cup run w Carolina. Oh yes and Kadri, who WON A CUP. 😅 SHANAHAN OUT.

LETS PUT IT THIS WAY...IF YOU WERE PAID MILLIONS AND HAD A CHOICE FOR 5 MONTHS OFF,HEALTHY AND NOT BRUISED AND BEAT UP VERSES PLAYING UNTIL THE END OF JUNE AND BEAT UP WITH ONLY 3 MONTHS OFF AND TAKING A MONTH TO HEAL....WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE?

Marchand has more passion playing hockey than the entire Leaf group

Not even a fan of neither but Marchand tripping players right in front of the refs that lead to game winning goals is grimy.

regards from Vancouver

When a team names a group of their players "the core four" it's the first sign of their demise.

Its a psychological issue in leafs town. This has been happening for years! Never fully rebuilding, outlandishly HIGH contracts, and, like most Leafs fans, self induced blindness to the situation. There is a reason good players have left that team, more importantly, that town. It sucks to go thru a real rebuild. But having a team thag gives you false playoff hopes by having an "ok" season regularly, with "much better" seasons sprinkled in, is just unrealistic in reaching the cup. They should have rebuilt for real before mathews got there, and they would be in a real position to make at least ECF. It sucks, but maybe the fans need to not boo their home team in a pre-season game, because the redwings are whipping them without any starting stars playing. Players want to leave because of the pressure of unrealistic expectations from fans on players who are playing on a team whose management wont go all in on having a well rounded team. As i understand it, the Leafs have very little in regards to draft picks coming in the next 5 yrs.(they r1 of lowest rated teams for draft picks coming up in their system) they have paid cup winning money to players (not mathews) who are literally not cup winners. And unfortunately, they wont be while in tor for yrs to come.

Leafs need two teams: Team A gets them to the playoffs, and Team B gets them to the cup. Send Mathews, Marner and Tavares to the golf course and keep Nylander, Reilly and the cheap players for the playoffs.

trade em all for picks. did auston really quit

Gilmore, Clark, Andrechuck and Potvin is the last Leaf team to do anything in the playoffs and that was 30 years ago.

I kinda' feel sorry for the Leafs.... Nah, just kiddin'. Go BRUINS.

In this league the last thing a team wants to be is down 3-0 or 3-1 in the playoffs. We have seen teams come back from a 3-0 deficit and win so it is not over until it is over. If this happens again i do see a major shakeup within the organization.

Lou would never have gone all in on the core four like Shanahan has insisted. Obviously it is a fundamental mistake. Yes, Nylander is a very good player, but an opportunity was missed by not trading him this year to gain some balance.....Shanahan, Treliving and Keefe need to go....

Move the team to Arizona, make matthews captain watch them win the cup.

Hogtown Hoser here... My Buddy is an avid Golfer and Leafs-supporter. I told him the Bruins would win the Series in five games - I didn't have the heart to say "FOUR!"...

McDavid gets 5 assists in 1 game, Hyman has 6 goals in 3 games... yall must be envious... I'm not making fun i would be too and you're absolutely right, Tavares and Marner gotta go.

It's not the core 4, the problem lies with coaching. Keefe is not the coach for this team. I realize that this comment has been made before but it is true. Paul Maurice of Florida is a prime example. The Leafs are just as talented as Florida, but Maurice knows how to utilize his talent that he has on the bench.

It's so toront-over

The classic hockey formula for success is a couple of star forwards, a star d-man, a kick-ass goalie, and a solid supporting cast. But Shanahan and Dubas thought that they were smarter than everyone else, and they decided to over-invest cap money in four star forwards. And with Tavares getting older and slower, they have four star contracts, but really only three star players. And of those, Marner has consistently shown that he is not a strong playoff performer. Now we have a situation where all four are either injured or old. The Leafs would have been better off if they had kept Freddie Anderson in net, and traded one of their marquee forwards for a great d-man and a bunch of draft picks or supporting players.

This just in. The Leafs have broken UKposts commentators, all over the internet!

Without Matthews this would be a sweep. He's the only one worth anything. Every team they face knows that all they have to do is cover Matthews and the Leafs will lose. Welcome to Laughs nation!

There are multiple players on the Canucks that have scored multiple goals in one game than Austin Matthews. Lindholm, two Goals and OT winner tonight. Dakota Joshua, two goals. Brock Boeser got 3 tonight. I too feel bad for the leafs.

Domi and Reaves. Great additions. Treliving is on glue.

Bet you they still find a way to lose in 7, just to give us fans that last little bit of hope before crushing it again

They are clearly talking about what suit to wear to Boston for their exit party.

Being a Leafs fan all my life, my son naturally became a fan, too. Now I feel like an abusive dad.

Blowout. 10-0 Bruins. Condolences, Maple Leafs. I knew this was gonna happen.

If you're core is comprised of talented players that have never had to fight hard to achieve success, you shouldn't be surprised they don't how to compete against more aggressive, motivated opponents.

Yep. Coach is gone. Marner is your problem. Tavares is NOT your captain, he should go too. But how now brown cow, how now?

Nobody can't get over the pressure of the Toronto market. Maybe if the Toronto market took on a winning and not a winging attitude they might win more.

It's the leaders. Keefe is a horrible coach. Woll should have started game 2. JT is NOT A CAPTAIN. Give the C to someone who cares. Keefe and JT don't demand ANY accountability

Leafs are just not a playoff team.Not built for it.

year 10 of the shanascam 😂

“Stop fucking crying Marner… this isn’t fucking junior” - Nylander. Truer words have never been spoken by any of the core 4 before that

You nailed it in the last bit, no changes!

The Toronto Maple Leaf's are like Stan Mikita's Chicago Blackhawks, full of talent didn't play as a team and only won one Stanley cup. You build a team from the back end forward. Brenden Shanahan needs to go.

I’m not a leafs fan at all. But I hope lessons are being learned here about hockey. Anyone who’s watched enough hockey knows it isn’t over until it’s over. The game is a game of momentum swings and anything that can happen WILL happen.

I'll be back in five years when the new rebuild hits its stride. This time let's start with the D corps.

I agree the core 4 isn't working but who in their right mind is going to make a trade for any of them after what they have shown in any playoffs ? The Tavares signing was a HUGE MISTAKE as well as keeping Keefe behind the bench. Sheldon is gone but they are stuck with Tavares for at least one more year and i don't see Matthews , Marner or Nylander going anywhere.

Not sure why this is such a shock honestly. The Bruins have owned Toronto in the playoffs for quite awhile now and they swept all 4 games in the regular season. It was strange to me when Bruin fans were upset we dropped our last 3 games and ended up second instead of first. I was happy because it meant Toronto in the first round and not Tampa, a team we have had issues with. Some teams just match up against other teams much better than they would others. Could boil down to systems etc. Throw in lack of confidence due to past results and this is what happens. What Toronto needs is to deal some of that salary cap weight they carry in 4 players and get a few Bertuzzii types and a good young goalie along with a few good draft picks. They will not win a cup with this crew. I see Edmonton as very similar. Certainly right now Skinner is very confident and playing well, but if he went down or lost that confidence, good bye Edmonton. Due to a much easier conference and division, Edmonton will win a round or 2 but no cup either. Not deep enough !!!!!!!! IMO

Bruins in 5 boys

Toronto has outplayed Boston for most of this series other than game 1 where they got dominated. They just can't score & have stupid penalties.

Been saying this since they traded Hyman and Kadri. They shoulda traded Nylander long ago. It would have changed the trajectory of this team

I had known for a long time that the Maple Leafs hadn't won a Stanley Cup since 1967, but I was stunned to learn last year that they had lost 18 consecutive Stanley Cup series! Geez Louise.

I don't know how they can move any of those guys. No trade clauses and long contracts.

ON A POSITIVE NOTE THE LEAFS HAVE SOME OF THE BEST GOLFERS IN THE NHL

This HAS to be it for Tavares as a Leaf .His massive $11M salary is preventing the LEafs from getting effective depth peices in goal ,on D and bottom 6.They had to settle for Edmunson at the deadline becsue that was all they could afford .Treliving HAS to approach Tavares this summer and ask him to waive his NMC so they can get rid of him and the final year of that deal .If he refuses they should sit him out ,put him on the 4th line and piss him off until he asks to be sent out .

Yeah, it's time to split the Core Four. Sure. The thing is... how? Who will want to trade for any of them? Maybe I can see someone trading for Matthews - the only one Toronto probably wants to keep - but other than that, you can only move them by getting a similarly bad contract in return - something like the Oilers going Nylander for Nurse and Campbell. So, when they say "Let's give those guys one more shot", I hear "It's not like we can move any of them anyway".

I have been saying this for years. Get rid of the 'Starts' and get players that work hard....like Bertuzzi and Domi. A whole bunch of them is better than these barbie dolls.

Needs to go: 1. Sheldon Keefe 2. Brendan Shanahan 3. Auston Matthews. You can't win with Auston Matthews.

It's more so the coaching. Look at van. They would not be the same team without tocchet. They have been doing the shanaplan for too long with the most embarrassing results imaginable only to keep hitting the redo button. Leafs ownership is the definition of insanity.

Everyone in Canada except for Toronto is having a jolly good time 😂 move the team to Quebec City if it doesn’t work out

Keep The Golf Quartet together😅 seriously though they don't block shots

Boston will win game 5 too and send the Leafs packing Bruins in 5. The Leafs lack the grit and toughness in the playoffs especially from the core 4. It’s an absolute disgrace and an embarrassment why Matthews didn’t play in the third period. I mean this your season on the line for him not to play because of an illness nope that doesn’t fly with me this is the playoffs I don’t care how sick you are. I agree they have so many chances with the core 4 it’s time to finally split this current group of players on the Leafs. I’m very disappointed in the Leafs game 4 performance the fans have every right to boo and be upset they are big money to go watch the Leafs in the playoffs. It’s shameful how easily they just fold up like a cheap suitcase in the playoffs year after year. And I don’t consider last year a success either they only won one game in the second round against a Florida team that they were favourites to win against before the series started winning one game in the second round I don’t consider that a success

Will never feel bad for the leafs. They’ve had 68 years to make something happen, and yet they’ve been nothing but garbage for that entire time. Will forever amuse me knowing they’re leafs fans out there (who’re the most classless, stupid, delusional people ever) that actually think they’ll contend for a cup with matty (who ain’t top 5) Marner, Rielly tavs, and willie on their team. Dumpster fire franchise.

All I can say is... good thing we traded Zach Hyman to Edmonton! (6 goals in first 3 games of their first playoff round... incl a hat-trick).

Matthews threw up in the lockeroom after second period.

Most NHL teams build a 23 man roster. The Leafs build a 4 man roster and rebrand it as a 'Core Unit'. Most NHL teams compete for the Stanley Cup. The Leafs provide 'Core 4' entertainment during the regular season.

To all of the Leaf fans that watch this video, I am not. You all deserve it. 🍻

Who's going to take on inflated contracts for any of the 4?