for me what I like about thsi series is that you do not have that one dominant player like an AO to have to deal with on top of some other very good players.
The concentration level is allowed to be spread out amongst the opposing team as opposed to making sure that your top pairing is on the ice at all times against one individual. It allows for a more natural rotation of your defenceman. Keeping them fresher as the game moves along.
I think that is why we match up well aginst the Bruins because much like them, we also do not have that one offensive dominant player capable of taking over a series. Nash CAN be that player, but we have not seen that from him thus far.
I also think that defence is where we are going to have the advantage. Granted Chara is arguably the best defenceman left in the PO's but behind him is a very inexperienced group due to injury. That is where we can exploit this Bruins team.
I have my issues with playing behind the net, but if we can get our shifty forwards back there and force the inexperienced ones to take penalties it's going to throw the Bruins off kilter.
Wether we score on the ensuing PP or not is secondary, it's disrupting their flow and not allowing them to get in sync offensively.
Physically I am not concerned about this Bruins team. They have a few big bodies...so what.
Lucic and Thornton are the guys that throw the body with intent.
The rest of those guys are no different or more physical than what we just faced in Washington.
All three of Hendricks, Chimera and Ward are all more physical than Marchand, Bergeron, Seguin, Peverley, Kelly, Campbell, Pallie, Horton
The Bruins physicality does not concern me one bit. We have not been affected by that from this team over the last 4 seasons. I doubt it plays a factor in this series.
