AAA 2015 Quarterfinals: 3) Belleville Bulls vs. 6) Edmonton Oil Kings

[seventieslord]

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[seventieslord]

c'mon guys...

 

[chaosrevolver]

Haven't been able to get on but I'll do what I can.

Belleville Bulls
2x Eastern Conference Champions, 1x OHL Champions

Head Coach: Jacques Martin

Vaclav Prospal - Billy Reay - Vincent Lukac
Joe Juneau - Clare McKerrow (A) - Charles Tobin
Harry E. Watson - Bob Gracie - Ron Duguay
Shawn Burr - Laurie Boschman (A) - Pat Boutette

Alex Smith - Reg Hamilton
Bob Murdoch - Mark Hardy
Gary Sargent - Arthur Moore (C)

Billy Nicholson
Marc-Andre Fleury

Spares
LW - Martin Gelinas
LW - Jay Pandolfo
F - Darcy Tucker
D - Bert Marshall

Power Play
Vaclav Prospal - Billy Reay - Vincent Lukac
Alex Smith - Gary Sargent

Harry E. Watson - Bob Gracie - Charles Tobin
Clare McKerrow - Mark Hardy

Penalty Kill
Shawn Burr - Joe Juneau
Reg Hamilton - Arthur Moore

Ron Duguay - Clare McKerrow
Alex Smith - Bob Murdoch​

 

[chaosrevolver]

1st Line: Edmonton (It's one of the best in the draft)
2nd Line: Even (Each has their own strengths over the other)
3rd Line: Belleville (Watson+Gracie are two of the best offensive guys on 3rd lines in this draft)
4th Line: Belleville (Has every element you could want on a 4th line)

1st Pairing: Belleville (Smith vs. Carney is a huge advantage for the Bulls, I prefer Hamilton over Eldebrink too)
2nd Pairing: Belleville
3rd Pairing: Even (I think both are pretty well-rounded third pairings)

Goaltending: Belleville (Nicholson is the best goalie of the four and Fleury is not far off Turco either)

Coaching: Belleville (I don't know much about King but Martin fits this team's play style perfectly)

I'm biased but I think the defense and goaltending makes Belleville the better team. While I believe Edmonton brings more offensive to the table in their top six, the Bulls have more than enough defensive talent to halt that offense and move on.

Between a defensive-minded second line and fourth line, a superior defense and better goaltending, I feel comfortable facing the offense the Oil Kings bring.

 

[ResilientBeast]

This afternoon I'll have a rebuttal

 

[ResilientBeast]

I don't have time to really come back in full force but I don't disagree with anything you said. Just overrate some of my picks during the draft

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Belleville wins in 5

3 Stars:

1. Billy Nicholson
2. Clare McKerrow
3. Anders Eldebrink