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Published By mattk Fri. April 8, 2011 10:37 pm EDT
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Much rather face the Habs. Boston’s achilles heel is playing flat, uninspired hockey, or giving effort for 40 of the 60 minutes. As long as they play their game for 60, they should beat both teams. My bet is that they won’t fall into any laziness against Montreal, while Buffalo could sneak up on them.
smurf turtles. i see the sabres turning into a 3-6 ‘upset’ like last year.
I have voted against Montreal all season due to emotions getting in the way resulting in us not playing our type of hockey. Also, I have not liked the Buffalo scenario either just because we played them last year and that loss will still be fresh in their minds and it will really help them get into it early.
However, as the playoffs draw closer, I realize that if the Bruins do play the Canadiens, it will be televised on CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada, which is the only NHL Playoff channel my house has. So, since neither case is all that great for Boston, I vote for selfish reasons because I want to see all the games I can. Plus, Don Cherry will be cheering for the Bruins, as he always does, and I enjoy seeing that too.
I voted Montreal but I really don’t want either for the first round. I think both teams more than any other in the play offs have had our number this year and I don’t think either will be easy.
That may be a good thing though, because the Bruin’s at least won’t come out thinking “We are the #3/#2 seed and will have a cakewalk to the second round” and may play harder.
I think Montreal is more beatable although the rivalry and revisiting the Chara hit may make the emotional aspects draining.
There is no cakewalk in the play offs and everyone has to bring their A game. I think if the Bruins play their best and the whole team shows up to play they are a tough team to beat, but if they come out flat and don’t skate both of these teams will smash them.
For the Habs though I think that higher seed and home ice advantage will be important. A possible game 7 in Boston is a much happier thing to contemplate than a game 7 in Montreal.
Neither. IMO, and I’ve been saying it since Jan., both of these teams present the biggest issues for the Bruins. They just can’t match up with either team’s speed and they will get buried in their own end on aggressive, two man fore-checks. I hope I’m wrong, but I really hate either match-up.
Montreal. Get the drama queens out of the way!
Montreal. They’re Buffalo-lite in pretty much every way. Buffalo scares me, with Vanek and Jaromir Ja- oops sorry.. I mean Drew Stafford.