OPPF2020 Quarter-Final: Montreal Wanderers vs. Richmond Renegades

[BenchBrawl]

Montreal Wanderers

Lester Patrick

Sid Abel (A) - Mario Lemieux - Mike Bossy
Baldy Northcott - Jean Béliveau (C) - Patrick Kane
Zach Parise - Dave Keon - Boris Mikhailov (A)
Bill Barber - Peter Stastny - Todd Bertuzzi

Zdeno Chara - Paul Coffey
Sprague Cleghorn - Art Coulter (A)
Mark Giordano - Kevin Hatcher

Clint Benedict
Roy Worters

PP: Lemieux-Béliveau-Bossy-Cleghorn-Coffey
PP: Mikhailov(net)-Stastny-Kane-Chara-Barber

PK: Keon-Mikhailov-Chara-Coulter
PK: Abel/Lemieux-Northcott-Cleghorn-Hatcher


Vs.

RICHMOND RENEGADES

Coach - Punch Imlach

Doug Bentley - Frank Boucher - Gordie Howe
Esa Tikkanen- Peter Forsberg- Teemu Selanne
Ilya Kovalchuk - Doug Gilmour - Punch Broadbent
George Hay - Nick Backstrom - Joe Mullen

Scott Stevens - Doug Harvey
Victor Hedman - Alexei Kasatanov
Jim Schoenfeld - Brad McCrimmon

Frank Brimsek
Roberto Luongo​

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[BenchBrawl]

Good luck @The Macho King , looking forward to a good series.

Thanks @Theokritos for fixing the title

 

[Theokritos]

Made a mistake in the title, forgot the "2020".

Fixed.

If I'm not mistaken, you should be able to edit titles of threads you have started.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Fixed.

If I'm not mistaken, you should be able to edit titles of threads you have started.

Oh? No idea how to do it.

 

[Theokritos]

Oh? No idea how to do it.

Look for the Thread Tools (above the Montreal Wanderers logo, slightly to the right). They give you the option to edit the thread title.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Preliminary thoughts:

Montreal has the minor coaching advantage, with Lester Patrick being a Top 3-4 coach ever. Imlach is Top 10 so not that far behind, and Richmond has a great two-way center line to match his defensive style.

Richmond has the minor goaltending advantage, with Brimsek over Benedict. However Benedict has more playoff chops, and Montreal has a much better backup, whatever that's worth.

In terms of value, I see it like this:

Both 1st lines are near equal in value.

Stevens and Cleghorn are in the same ballpark as #2Ds (though I prefer Cleghorn).

Kane and Selanne are in the same ballpark (though I prefer Kane), as are Northcott and Tikkanen (I prefer Northcott but whatever).

Then Richmond has the major advantage of Harvey over Coffey, but Montreal has the major advantage of Béliveau over Forsberg. Let's call that a wash for our purpose.

We're left with Montreal having a better #3D in Chara over Hedman, and a much better 3rd line duo in Keon-Mikhailov over Kovalchuk-Gilmour. Those advantages are significant.

Furthermore, Richmond has 4 LHS centers, whereas Montreal has the ultimate kickass RHS/LHS combo in Lemieux and Béliveau.

Richmond has a better 3rd pairing.

Montreal has a better 4th line.

Richmond didn't post their special units, but no one can beat Montreal's top PP unit there, with both Lemieux and Béliveau being at the very top of the pyramid in terms of PP forwards, and then Coffey on the blueline.

PKs should be close. Richmond has the insane Stevens-Harvey pairing, but Montreal is not too shabby there with Chara-Coulter, and then Keon-Mikhailov upfront, which are not equaled by anyone on Richmond at first glance.

 

[ChiTownPhilly]

Richmond didn't post their special units...

Check the Assassination Thread Post.

 

[Theokritos]

Voting result: Wanderers win the series in 6 games.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Too bad you didn't have time to argue for your team @The Macho King

Still, your team was very good.

 

[The Macho King]

Too bad you didn't have time to argue for your team @The Macho King

Still, your team was very good.

This new job is making this tough.

I have a shiny toy issue with wingers - making sure they fit, and some homer tendencies (but those don't bother me).