By Hockey Guru
Montreal - really? Really! They have evened their series again and tomorrow night will they punch their tickets to the Eastern Conference Finals? Will this be the end of the Penguins title defense?
The Guru is stumped by the latest turn of events in Montreal and will be re-focusing on that series again tomorrow.
Re-focusing is what Vancouver did well in Game 5, which is why we have some hockey to watch tonight. Can they maintain that focus and hold down the Blackhawks offense which has seen back-to-back hat tricks in Vancouver?Tonight the crystal ball shows Chicago's advantage over Vancouver at defense being the difference. Where Keith, Seabrook and Campbell can skate with and defend the Vancouver attack, the Vancouver defense will be exploited by the speed of the Hawks forwards - particularly Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews. The two stars will lead their team into the Western Conference Finals to face San Jose. The Hawks soar once more in Vancouver and close the series out.
Prediction: Chicago 4 Vancouver 2.
Good call. On the series and on the reasons why.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Keith and company outclassed the Canucks' blueline, even taking Byfuglien out of the equation, but how could this be?
I blame Colin Campbell. If he had only suspended Malkin for his boarding infraction against Willie Mitchell, the righteous indignation would have cured him a week early and Mitchell could have parked his ass in Buff's office often enough to have prevented a few goals.