Dekes For Days
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Nope. All comes down to injuries, refs, and Thomas.The Bruins main advantage over the Canucks was toughness.
Why did Boston get away with obvious infractions? Refs.
Why did Boston not get much push back from the cheap shots? Injuries.
Why could Vancouver not capitalize on the PPs they did get, negating the supposed "toughness" advantage? Injuries and Thomas.
Any other team but Boston would have been penalized significantly more, and most teams won't be completely decimated to that level and have to face an all-time goaltending performance. And it still took 7 games. Boston's win is not based on a repeatable formula, and had nothing to do with them being "tough". I'd rather build my team for sustainable success.