Rene Lecavalier Division 1st Round - Kansas City Scouts vs Kenora Thistles

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Kansas City Scouts

GMs: Bluesfan94 & Nalyd Psycho
Coach: Bob Johnson
Assistant Coach: Jaroslav Pitnar
Captain: Dennis Potvin
Assistant Captains: Ted Kennedy & Milt Schmidt

#39 Clark Gillies-#15 Milt Schmidt-#10 Pavel Bure
#23 Charlie Simmer-#9 Ted Kennedy-#14 Vaclav Nedomansky
#11 Rusty Crawford-#27 Michael Peca-#16 Bengt-Ã…ke Gustafsson
#8 Dave Trottier-#77 Pierre Turgeon-Milan Hejduk

#5 Dennis Potvin-#2 Sylvio Mantha
#51 George Boucher-#12 Cy Wentworth
#24 Bill Hajt-#55 Lennart Svedberg

#1 Jiri Holecek
Riley Hern

Spares: Clint Smith, Mark Tinordi, Bobby Schmautz

Power play:
Bure-Kennedy-Nedomansky-Potvin-Svedberg
Turgeon-Schmidt-Simmer-Boucher-Mantha

Penalty kill:
Peca-Crawford-Potvin-Mantha
Kennedy-Gustafsson-Hajt-Wentworth

VS.

Kenora THISTLES
1907 Stanley Cup Champions

Home Rink: Thistle Rink (1920), Kenora, Ontario
GM: papershoes
Coach: Hector "Toe" Blake
Captain: Sid Abel
Alternates: Harvey Pulford, Jarome Iginla, Bob Gainey

#12 Sid Abel (C) - #4 Cyclone Taylor - #12 Jarome Iginla (A)
#27 John Tonelli - #71 Evgeni Malkin - #18 Vladimir Vikulov
#23 Bob Gainey (A) - #17 Fred Stanfield - #11 Mike Gartner
#7 Ed Sandford - #27 Derek Sanderson - #15 Rejean Houle
extra: #16 Johnny Wilson, Dan Bain, #15 Jamie Langenbrunner

Harvey Pulford (A) - #19 Larry Robinson
#21 Bob Baun - #2 Carl Brewer
#29 Reijo Ruotsalainen - #3 Craig Ludwig
extra: #22 Charlie Huddy

#1 George Hainsworth
#35 JS Giguere​

Powerplay:
PP1: John Tonelli - Evgeni Malkin - Jarome Iginla - Cyclone Taylor - Larry Robinson
PP2: Vladimir Vikulov - Sid Abel - Mike Gartner - Reijo Ruotsalainen - Carl Brewer

Penalty Kill:
PK1: Bob Gainey - Derek Sanderson - Larry Robinson - Harvey Pulford
PK2: Rejean Houle - Fred Stanfield - Bob Baun - Craig Ludwig
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[papershoes]

Apologies for not responding sooner - my wife just had a baby (our second) so, things are crazy-hectic.

That said, I'm hoping to get in some comments here and there…

Either way, congrats to Bluesfan and Nalyd on building a solid team. This should, on paper, be a great matchup.

 

[BraveCanadian]

Apologies for not responding sooner - my wife just had a baby (our second) so, things are crazy-hectic.

That said, I'm hoping to get in some comments here and there…

Either way, congrats to Bluesfan and Nalyd on building a solid team. This should, on paper, be a great matchup.

Congratulations

 

[papershoes]

COACHING:

In my opinion, this one is a no-brainer, and a definitive edge for Kenora. Toe Blake is easily one of the best coaches of all-time (some argue THE best) and, a great fit for the current Thistles roster (or any roster for that matter). That said, I really like Bob Johnson as a coach for the Scouts. Personally, I think he fits the team well.

Advantage: Kenora

LEADERSHIP:

This one seems like a wash. The Scouts have tremendous leadership, from multiple cup-winning captain Potvin, to multiple cup-winning assistant Kennedy. Schmidt is obviously an excellent assistant as well. Leadership is also strong beyond players wearing letters, with great leadership coming from former captains Gillies and Peca…

As for the Thistles, all players wearing letters (with the exception of Iginla) have won cups as captains.

Advantage: Equal

GOALTENDING:

I actually think this ones pretty close. I see Holocek as a slightly better starter but, does not see the gap as being that large, despite both being lower-level ATD starters. That said, I think Hern definitely has an advantage over Giguere as a back-up. Since it's the playoffs, Giguere's value is slightly better then his regular season value but, is certainly not enough to close the gap between him and the multiple-cup winner Hern.

Advantage: Kansas City

 

[monster_bertuzzi]

Holocek is not any better than George Hainsworth IMO.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Kansas City wins in the 2nd OT of Game 7

Stars:

1. Denis Potvin
2. Larry Robinson
3. Cyclone Taylor

Bure, Schmidt, and Iginla also had strong series.

 

[BraveCanadian]

Kansas City wins in the 2nd OT of Game 7

Wow. Close!

 

[papershoes]

Wow! Close series.

Congrats Bluesfan and Nalyd - Good luck as you move forward...