Hello friends! Just like with the NBA what started with 30 teams went down to 16 then went down to 8 then went down to 4 and now down to the final 2! Tomorrow night the Boston Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks begin their quest for Hockey's holy grail Lord Stanley's Cup! So with that here are my thoughts on what I think should be 1 heck of a series!
Stanley Cup Finals: Boston Bruins vs. Vancouver Canucks
Before I get started with my preview I would like to go on the record and call this a David vs. Goliath series and here's why! 1st you have Boston as the David as they are the lovable underdogs who have won the hearts of the nation as for the 1st time since 1990 New England has Stanley Cup fever as the Bruins exercised their demons from the last 3 years of playoff heartbreak as in 2008 when they were a #8 seed and took #1 seed Montreal to Game 7 only to lose 5-0, then came the infamous Scott Walker OT goal that put Carolina over Boston in the 2nd round in 2009, and then of course the most heartbreaking of them all when they blew a 3-0 series lead and a 3-0 game lead in Game 7 against the Philadelphia Flyers in what I consider the biggest collapse since my New York Yankees blew a 3-0 series lead against the Boston Red Sox in the 2004 ALCS but anyways. Now the B's are just 4 wins away from their 1st cup since 1972 when they beat the NY Rangers in 6 games and are in my honest opinion the team of destiny right now as this team right now is at an all time high because in the 1st round they beat their most hated rivals the Montreal Canadiens in 7 games, then they got their revenge against the team that had embarrassed and humiliated them the year before the Philadelphia Flyers by sweeping them 4 straight before being taken to the limit by the upstart Tampa Bay Lightning in the Eastern Conference Finals before Boston finally won in 7 games! However on the other side of the coin you have the Vancouver Canucks as the Goliath as they were not only the best team in the NHL all season long but they were also the biggest, baddest, and scariest team as well! OK now on to the preview! Boston won the only regular season meeting between these 2 teams 3-1 in Vancouver back on February 26th! For Boston to win this series they need to do these 2 things! 1. Improve on the Power Play as this has been their achilles heel this postseason and they will need to score quite a few Power Play goals if they are going to have a chance against the mighty Canucks! 2. Continued good play from Tim Thomas as Thomas has literally stood on his head this postseason especially in Game 2 against Philly and in Games 5 and 7 against Tampa and if he can have 4 games like that then the B's will most likely be raising the cup when all is said and done! For Vancouver to win they need to do these 3 things! 1. Keep scoring on the Power Play as unlike Boston this team is dangerous on the Power Play! 2. The Sedin twins both need to have big series along with Ryan Kesler and Kevin Bieksa! 3. Roberto Luongo has to stand on his head and show why he is a finalist for the Vezina Trophy along with Tim Thomas as Luongo led the league with 38 wins during the regular season but has been rather Jekyll and Hyde this postseason while Thomas has been darn near brilliant! So who wins? Wow this is a tough 1 for me if I'm being honest! Why? Because my gut is telling me to go with Vancouver to win their 1st ever Stanley Cup while my heart wants to see Boston win their 1st Cup since 1972 and snap their long cup drought just like the Chicago Blackhawks did last year! 1 more thing before I give you my pick and that is remember I went against Vancouver in the last series and they not only made me look stupid but they also left me with egg on my face as well! OK like I said this 1 is very hard for me but 9 times out of 10 the team of destiny goes on to win the championship and right now I consider the Boston Bruins a team of destiny just like the Red Sox were back in 2004 when they finally broke the curse of the bambino and won the World Series for the 1st time since 1918! So with that I am going to take a chance here and go with my heart and pick the Boston Bruins to break their curse if you will and win this series in 6 games and bring the Stanley Cup back to New England for the 1st time since Bobby Orr and company did it back in 1972 and if that should happen then for the 1st time in a long time New England will not be a Patriots town, New England will not be a Red Sox town, and New England will not even be a Celtics town because if the Bruins win the Stanley Cup then New England will finally be a Bruins town once again as this team has been an afterthought in New England Sports for the last decade because of the Patriots 3 Super Bowls, the Red Sox 2 World Series, and the Celtics NBA Championship win back in 2008!
Winners: Boston Bruins 4 games to 2
Well friends those were my thoughts on this year's Stanley Cup Finals thanks so much for reading and be sure to join me back here on Saturday June 11th when I give you my predictions for the TNA Slammiversary PPV so until then you know the routine everybody! Thumbs up talk to you later! YEAH!!! Bye bye for now!
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