Boston doesn’t have Orr or Esposito and a bunch of other greats this time but they do have a hot goalie in Rusk so we shall see. That last matchup was still in the wake of the expansion of 1968 and west division which St Louis represented back then was considerably weaker at the time than the 6 legacy teams in the east.
Yeah, it was kind of BS for the NHL to allow all the new teams in one division, where one of the expansion teams was guaranteed a spot in the finals.