You all knew it would end this way. Everyone did.
From the moment Boston locked themselves in as Toronto’s first-round opponent, a seven-game outcome was more or less inevitable. These are the Maple Leafs we’re talking about, after all. They don’t make anything easy, and what is about to unfold at TD Garden tonight will surely be as hard as it gets.
This is the third time since the 2012-13 lockout that the Bruins and Leafs will have met for a game seven in the first round. We don’t need to relive the previous two occasions. You know what happened.