BigGoalBrad
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Good. Should be harder for the pens to pick up right where they left off if the break is over a week. They were amazing last 2 games vs Ottawa. They do not always play like that.
GDT: Around the League - Episode IX - Playoffs
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They are getting enough rest no matter what and both teams are waiting so I don't see a big difference. Wednesday or Thursday --no difference
I'm hoping a long layoff for Pittsburgh cools off their goaltending and it shows as much of a weakness as everyone thinks it is
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I was thinking this yesterday during that game. The 2008-09 Bruins tore the league to shreds that year, couldn't lose, same as the Hawks. R1 was basically public skating vs the tabs, just like Minny for the Hawks. Bruins won G1 in R2 and everyone wondered if the Canes would even win a game. Eerily similar. The only difference is that the Hawks have been there before and knows what it takes, but so have the Wings.
doubleminor138
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You know? To see Joe Thornton win the Cup playing against the Bruins would put a lot of angst to rest, IMO. Bruins won their cup without Joe, but Joe has to want to get his cup and if the story was that he had to overcome the Bruins to get there...its a damned good story.
icyblue
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Yup, there's no way I will root for the Pens. No way.
I'm glad the Sharks-Kings series is going 7 games. Hopefully the Wings-Hawks will too.
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That would be ideal, for the extra rest alone. Plus I like watching other teams play in G7, way easier to watch
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I hope Detroit closes out Chicago tomorrow night and SJ pulls off the rare road win in that series. That would be best case scenario.
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What a load this is....
Offense: Pens over Bruins. They have the "high end" talent advantage and the game breakers. The Bruins have the advantage down low, in the dirty areas and in the dot. It's not nearly as a pronounced advantage as people think.
Defense: Bruins over Pens. I think the Bruins advantage on the back end is more pronounced than the Pens advantage up front. The Penguins defense is MUCH more prone to the costly turnover and is not nearly as physical as the Bruins.
Goaltending: Bruins over Pens. It is not "close too a wash". Vokoun is nothing but a journeyman who was parachuted in because the "franchise" guy was a headcase sieve. Vokoun will not be stealing games, Rask can and could.
Character and toughness: Bruins over Pens. The Pens grit is in their bottom 6 and their "match up" pair. The Bruins grit and toughness is spread throughout their lineup at every level of skill. This roster has gone too the brink multiple times in the last 3 playoff years and come out the other side every time (with the exception of last season against the Caps). The Penguins have been pushed too the brink a few times and failed each time since their Cup win.
unifiedtheory
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I want that series to go 7 games. The longer it lasts the more time off the Bruins get.
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icyblue
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That would be ideal, for the extra rest alone. Plus I like watching other teams play in G7, way easier to watch
Haha. Very true. Game 7, overtime in any game. And game 7 overtime
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Game 7s are awesome-except when its hour team-then it is heart attack inducing. Still count the game 7 as one of the best games I have ever watched. When I watched it on a NESN replay a while back it wasn't nearly as stressful when you knew the outcome-but that was an intense game.
Learned this morning that Spezza came back and was playing with a torn meniscus in his knee and will have surgery to repair it now. Ottawa's top scorers are Spezza, Karlsson and Michalek, and all were recent injury returns and nowhere near the top of their game.
Not saying Ottawa would have beaten the Penguins in any circumstance, but facing the Bruins will be a much different matter, particulary for Vokun. I predict that Fleury will be back in the nets before the series is over.
Not saying Ottawa would have beaten the Penguins in any circumstance, but facing the Bruins will be a much different matter, particulary for Vokun. I predict that Fleury will be back in the nets before the series is over.
100% agree rather have one day less of rest and home ice in the Stanley cup finals
Home teams 19-3 in round 2
Home ice matters a lot this year
Its already been said Thursday is the earliest possible start date for the bruins
EverettMike
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I'd much prefer to have my prediction be totally wrong than have Chicago move on.
I hope Detroit wins in the 9th OT of Game 7.
I hope Detroit wins in the 9th OT of Game 7.
Kvartalnov_Fan
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I hate Bob Cole. His voice is enough to make me rage. I hate him so much. I don't think that kind of hate is healthy and yet, there it is.
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