Industrious1 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Going to be interesting to watch the NHL's two most favored son's do battle in the Finals. I still think the Jacobs factor will allow Boston to achieve more during and after the whistle than Chicago but the calls should be more or less even. Skill (Chicago) vs Skill and Physicality (Boston) Boston takes it in 6 (or less). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBCanucks Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 My favourite part of the entire post-season is that despite the fact that Marc-Andre Fleury was benched after yet another set of terrible post-season performances and supplanted by Tomas Vokoun as their starting goaltender in the playoffs, Fleury remains their undisputed no. 1 goaltender. He help win the Pens the cup in '09 and has struggled in the post-season ever since (even with the highest scoring team in the league) and yet... is still their undisputed no. 1 guy. Funny that such a similar situation can have such different outcomes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dura_mater Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Why does everyone keep mentioning the Bruins owner Jacobs? What's so special about him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Kesler Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Why does everyone keep mentioning the Bruins owner Jacobs? What's so special about him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisplacedBCfan Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Forget the hits and physical play. Yes that makes Boston hard to play against, but it's their trap that school teams like the Penguins. What did you see all games 1 and 2? Penguins trying to beat the Bruins 1 on 4 through the neutral zone and at the blueline. Bruins do a few things exceptionally well; they always cover the points and they always make sure the puck is in deep. Any time the Pens get the puck in their own end, there's already Bruin sticks all through the neutral zone and the forward or forwards forechecking are on you quick. Good luck threading a pass through all those sticks. Bruins get it back, dump it back in, and wear you down. Eventually you try to walk it out, now they turn it over with numbers in their favor and make you pay. And they have good enough forwards. They're going to make you pay. Then with speedy wingers covering your points, they take your D right out of the equation on offense. Pens aren't a crash and drive to the net team, what are they doing? Looking for the guy at the points. Those passes get picked off and now it's foot-race. Now you're down a couple so you really try to open it up, and now you're just fishing pucks out of your net every 5 minutes. You have to turn the tables on the Bruins. Go back and look at how the Caps played them. You gotta start dumping it in and turning their D, and force them to try to make plays through a crowded neutral zone. You don't have to physically beat them or be "man enough" to get involved in after the whistle stuff. That's a smoke screen. The best way to neutralize a good counter-puncher is to stop trying so hard to punch them. That's what they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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