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To: certrtwngnut
As a fan of the now-inept New Jersey Devils I am pulling for Montreal, but I picked the Rangers to win this series.

Having said that, I think Montreal has exposed two serious flaws in New York's game and would have had a good chance of winning even if they went back to NYC down 2-0:

1. The Rangers are awful in front of their own net, and get pushed around even when they outnumber the opposition. I thought they'd be able to overcome this because I didn't think Montreal had enough forwards who could play a gritty style, but after last night's game I'm not so sure about that anymore.

2. Lundqvist has been one of the best goalies in the NHL for a long time, but I suspect even I could score a goal or two against him if I had some good linemates to set me up. He goes down so quickly on every play that I would fire every shot within 6-8 inches of the crossbar. Pittsburgh exposed this badly last year against the Rangers.

5 posted on 04/15/2017 10:00:27 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Alberta's Child

Stick side high on King Henrik. Rangers are fast and they have to hit the net more. Canadiens look good. This is going 7 games.


7 posted on 04/15/2017 10:19:23 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Nuke Bilderberg from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.)
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