Just for the record, the reason the Bruins lost this series is they failed to put up a good effort after they won the 3rd game of the series, they didn't put up a very good effort after that game. After game three the Flyers beat the Bruins in all three zones of the ice. The Flyers played with fire the Bruins were listless.
Everyone I talk to mentions the too many men on the ice penalty but it's more than that, it's about a team that stopped playing as a team and started playing like individuals. The too many men on the ice is just one minor thing that happened along the way to the EPIC failure. The more I hear Barry Melrose talk the more I think the guy is out to lunch.
Five keys to failure
1.) Didn't play disciplined hockey, lacked leadership.
2.) Didn't cash in on offensive opportunities.
3.) Too many turn overs that lead to scoring opportunities for the Flyers.
4.) Too many passengers not pulling their weight.
5.) Poor defensive efforts at key times in the games.
The loss left the Bruins one of three teams in NHL history to blow a best-of-seven series after holding a 3-0 lead.
"The bottom line is we had a 3-0 lead in the series, we had a 3-0 lead tonight, and we blew them both," Boston coach Claude Julien said. "We have to take the responsibility that goes with it. Everyone."
There's no word. No phrase. No historical statistic. No excuse that can be made to describe the second coming of the Boston Massacre.
Visions of Ruth, Dent, Buckner, Boone and Manning quickly entered one's mind at the sight of Bruins players sitting at their locker room stalls, wary and trying to comprehend how something like this could happen. [ESPN.COM]
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