The Dream Comeback

Not enough can be said about the stunning comeback orchestrated by the Boston Bruins in their do-or-die unlikely Game 7 (unlikely because the Leafs should have spared everyone -including themselves and, most of all, their delusional fanbase- and simply died in Game 5, really)  As they suddenly trailed in the game by three goals in the final frame, the Bruins once again mounted a resilient effort to dig themselves out of the hole they unjustly found themselves in and triumph over adversity in amazing fashion!  What they did, once again and quite simply put, no one had ever done it before in NHL history: they tallied one to make it 2-4, through the poised stick of forward Nathan Horton whose air of professionalism, calm demeanor after scoring, imposes respect right there and then.  Had the comeback fallen short, it would have still remained.  But it wasn't done at all - in fact, the record-setting feat hadn't even begun yet...  And no team had ever comeback after being down three goals in the third period of a decisive game seven: until these Boston Bruins did just that... Watch:




Once the final two minutes of play in regulation were underway, time truly started pressing the Bruins to make something happen.  Pulling the goaltender in favor of an extra attacker almost never works, but they did so anyway - they had no other choice.  The result would not only be favorable this time: it would be magical.  Within 1 minute and 22 seconds, the Bruins scored twice and almost scored a third!  The two goals salvaged their season and sent the game to overtime. And once there, within six minutes of play, the Bruins completed the rally by scoring the winning and decisive goal for the series - and once again it was assistant-captain Patrice Bergeron who scored, he who had tied the game in the first place.   His tying goal had been verbally requested by teammate Milan Lucic too: in the video above you can read on Lucic's lips ''one more'' after he scored on a rebound to make it 3-4.  And they did get ''one more'' - and then nearly another before the end of regulation, which would have been fair given that the Bruins should have won that series in five or six games maximum.  But the suspense - it had to last a little while longer - for the feat to be all that much more impressive, surely.  The same hero who had tied the game was destined to also net the winning tally. 

No Bruin partisan could have dreamed of a better ending, given the incredible circumstances: and what was a dream ending for B's fans was a nightmare for T.O. delusionals. 
And so it goes, as Linda would say...