Wayne Gretzky will be angry if Bruins collapse in playoffs!

Despite fans and pundits expecting them to begin a downward slant and take a considerable backward step this season, the Boston Bruins have taken those predictions and tossed them into the Atlantic Ocean. They've already clinched the President's Trophy as the top team in the National Hockey League will several games left remaining on the regular season schedule, and have also set a handful of new records. 

And as such, they're easily considered the favorite to be raising Lord Stanley's Cup when it's all said and done later this year. But what are the chances that something completely unexpected takes place in the opening round of the postseason, as the 62 win Tampa Bay Lightning found out against the last-seeded Columbus Blue Jackets in 2019? 

While the odds of that happening remain as slim as ever, that's the great thing about the Stanley Cup Playoffs - anything can happen. And there will be one particular well known member of the hockey community who won't be pleased if Boston isn't the last team standing. You may have heard of him, his name is Wayne Gretzky.

“In ’71 there was eight teams I guess that it was with Bobby Orr, Esposito, Cheevers, there was eight teams that they could beat, six in the west, and Toronto and Detroit weren’t very good, so eight of the 12 teams, and they didn’t get 62 wins,” Gretzky explained. “This team is playing a good hockey club every single night. There’s no days off; there’s no nights off, every game is hard. What they’re doing to me in this year is absolutely amazing."

"Listen, it’s almost like you feel bad for them if they don’t win the Stanley Cup because they’ve done so many good things for the game, and they’ve played so unselfishly, and they’re so much fun to watch, you know, you almost feel mad if they don’t win the Stanley Cup.”

Strong words from the Great One!