Posted by Teddy Panos, Sun Staff
Called them cowards in my last post....and they certainly lived up to it.
The Canadiens laid down like dogs last night, beaten into submission by the Bruins...in front of the home crowd, no less. The series sweep doesn't make amends for years of painfull losses to Les Habitants, but it does add another layer of sugar to what has been a sweet season for the Black and Gold.
Next up....the lowest remaining seed in the Eastern Conference, which will be the Rangers if the New Yorkers can finish off Washington. If the Caps rebound to win that series, Carolina might be the next foe if the 'Canes knock off the Devils. And if both top seeds, Washington and New Jersey advace, the B's get the winner of the Penguins-Flyers series.
To be honest, the one team I DON'T want to see is Pittsburgh. Let somebody else deal with the Crsoby-Malkin dynamic duo....at least for now!
That's the view from here...how do you see things? Did you expect such total domination of Montreal? Which team do you fear most in the Eastern Conference?
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Great series by the B's. Turned Habs fans into Boo Birds nice and early in game 4 and now Price looks like he's turning into a head case with his little gesture to the fans to tell them that "booing doesn't always help".
The team I fear most, believe it or not, is the Rangers. Lundqvist has shut down a high powered team in 3 of the games and Avery is too much of a wild card to want to have to play against his team - the dude is a lunatic. Pens don't scare me much as the Flyers have neutralized a lot of their skill when they have hit them and gotten under Crosby's skin like last night - the key is to play very physically against them. Fleury can be tough but gave up some big, juicy rebounds a la Price so I think they'd beat the Pens if they did have to play them. Not too worried about NJ or CAR - I think both are decent teams but think the B's have the firepower to get past them.
Posted by dboisver | April 24, 2009 10:02 AM
Posted on April 24, 2009 10:02