Bruins were bowled over by the Islanders

When all is said and done, your Boston Bruins got booted from the Stanley Cup playoffs because they were outmuscled and beaten by a bigger, and better team, similarly to what the St. Louis Blues did to them in beating them in Game 7 in the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals.
The New York Islanders’ defensemen were bigger, their forwards more precise in their shooting and, above all, their goalie, Seymon Varlamov, was almost impossible to solve after Islanders coach Barry Trotz yanked Game 1 starter Ilya Sorokin, starting with Game 2.
Meanwhile, the Bruins' starting goalie, Tuukka Rask, who was injured and not at 100 percent, was a shadow of himself after Game 3, and the free agent to be may have played his final game as a Bruin.
But then again, maybe not as on Friday, Rask told the media that he has a torn labrum in his hip and needs surgery that will likely keep him sidelined for the 2021-22 season until at least January, possibly February. Which begs the question that after Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy pulled Rask to start the third period of Game 5 due to his injury, why did Cassidy feel it was just fine and dandy to start the obviously hobbled netminder in Game 6? Cassidy hasn't answered that question, but the bottom line is that Rask shouldn’t have been in there for Game 6, and that’s on Cassidy.
Elsewhere, the Bruins’ third and fourth lines were practically no-shows, and except for some brief bursts, the Bruins’ top line except for Brad Marchand, didn’t play up to expectations against the Islanders, in large part because the Islanders’ defenders gave them precious little room to operate.
The referees weren’t ideal in the series, but then again, when are they? Although they clearly made some non-calls that hurt the Bruins --- notably no-calls on the brutal hit that defenseman Brandon Carlo suffered in Game 3 and the hit on Charlie McAvoy in Game 6 --- the refs weren’t the reason the Bruins lost.
They lost because without their big defenseman Kevan Miller and Carlo, they couldn’t match the physical presence of the Islanders’ players, who noticeably pushed the Bruins around, and their forwards couldn’t put the puck in the net enough times to win.
When you lose 5-4 despite outshooting your opponent 43-19, as the Bruins did in Game 5, then you have some serious issues and aren’t going to move on in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
And so Bruins' fans are spending yet another summer bitterly disappointed in their hockey team.