If the Leafs' high AAV players cannot outscore this then I don't know where to even begin.....
We’ve got a big edge at forward, but they’ve got a massive edge in goal and a slight edge on D:
Defence probably looks something like this:
Grzelcyk - McAvoy
Lindholm - Carlo
Wotherspoon - Peeke
vs
Rielly - Boosh
Benoit - McCabe
Edmundson - Lily
Bruins with the edge overall - I think they’ve got better 1st and 2nd pairings while we’ve got the better 3rd pairing (assuming Keefe doesn’t try to force Brodie or Gio in there!).
Then in goal:
Swayman
Ullmark
vs
Sammy
Woll
Obviously they have an absolutely massive edge here, Swayman and Ullmark are both miles ahead of Sammy or Woll.
I do think we’ve got a legit chance to win this series, despite how poorly we did against the Bruins in the regular season. But let’s not act like we’re favourites, we’re definitely the underdogs IMO. We have better forward talent, but the Bruins have a more well rounded team, looking at forwards, D and goaltending combined.