O6 ATD Gordie Howe divisional final: New Haven Eagles vs. St. Catherines TeePees

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The Gordie Howe Division:​

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New Haven Eagles

coach Hap Day

Aurele Joliat - Bill Cowley - Gordie Howe (C)
Woody Dumart - Milt Schmidt - Bernie Geoffrion
Herbie Lewis - Marty Barry - Patrick Kane
Bob Pulford - Pavel Datsyuk - Larry Aurie

Red Kelly (A) - Larry Robinson
Zdeno Chara (A) - Red Horner
Babe Pratt - Ott Heller

Glenn Hall



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St. Catharines TeePees

coach Mike Babcock

Bobby Hull - Steve Yzerman (C) - Bryan Hextall Sr.
Roy Conacher - Stan Mikita - Bobby Bauer
Bob Gainey - Guy Carbonneau - Ed Litzenberger
Nick Metz - Doug Jarvis - Joe Klukay

Borje Salming - Pierre Pilote (A)
Guy Lapointe - Serge Savard (A)
Leo Boivin - Tom Johnson

Ken Dryden



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PP1: Joliat - Cowley - Howe - Kelly - Robinson
PP2: Lewis - Schmidt - Geoffrion - Kane - Chara

PK1: Datsyuk - Pulford - Kelly - Robinson
PK2: Barry - Lewis - Chara - Heller

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PP1: Hull - Mikita - Hextall Sr. - Lapointe - Pilote
PP2: Conacher - Yzerman - Bauer - Salming - Litzenberger

PK1: Gainey - Carbonneau - Salming - Savard
PK2: Metz - Klukay - Boivin - Johnson​

 

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Anyone can make comments about aspects of the series (e.g., match-ups, advantages, interesting dynamics, etc.).

The poll will be open for 10 days.

 

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One competitive advantage the Eagles have over the TeePees is scoring depth:

The Eagles 3rd line might score more goals than the TeePees' 2nd line based on the fact that the TeePees' 2nd line wingers are among the least impressive of the draft.
I wouldn't trade any of the Eagles' third line wingers for any of those 2nd line wingers though the TeePees' 3rd line would make a wicked 4th line! The thing is though:
St. Catherines has, like, two 4th lines in a draft with so much great two-way players!!! That has to be the Achilles' heel to an otherwise awesome TeePees squad.