In that series, being able to stand up for yourself would have won the series... The Canucks were a MUCH more offensively dominant and defensively dominant than Boston was... Boston CONTROLLED the flow of the game with their goonery and they knew they could get away with it as the whistles were thrown away... That was their tactic after game 2 and it damn well worked... Did the Canucks have some injuries? Sure, but they were still a good enough team to beat Boston, hence why they actually brought it to 7.... In the games Boston won, they were MANHANDLING the Canucks.. In the games the Canucks won, they found a few lucky goals and got out of it with most of their limbs in tact... The Canucks were dominated that series because of physicality.