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Stanley Cup Finals: Boston Bruins (A2) vs. St. Louis Blues (C3)  

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  1. 1. Who wins he 2018-19 Stanley Cup?

    • Bruins sweep
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    • Bruins in 5
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    • Bruins in 6
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    • Bruins in 7
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    • Blues sweep
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    • Blues in 5
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    • Blues in 6
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    • Blues in 7
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All pertinent hockey discussion regarding  the Bruins and Blues SCF series goes here.

 

Schedule:

 

GAME 1 
Monday, May 27: St. Louis Blues at Boston Bruins | 8 p.m. ET, NBC

GAME 2
Wednesday, May 29: St. Louis Blues at Boston Bruins | 8 p.m. ET,  NBCSN

GAME 3
Saturday, June 1: Boston Bruins at St. Louis Blues | 8 p.m. ET, NBCSN

GAME 4
Monday, June 3: Boston Bruins at St. Louis Blues | 8 p.m. ET, NBC

*GAME 5
Thursday, June 6: St. Louis Blues at Boston Bruins | 8 p.m. ET, NBC

*GAME 6
Sunday, June 9: Boston Bruins at St. Louis Blues | 8 p.m. ET, NBC

*GAME 7
Wednesday, June 12: St. Louis Blues at Boston Bruins | 8 p.m. ET, NBC

 

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Going Blues in 4.

 

Anyone who's been here for any amount of time knows the Blues have always been my whipping boy in the west.  All foreplay, no delivery.

I've said Blues since the regular season was winding down, and I'm sticking with it.  They went out and added a bunch of strong pieces to a good squad, and most importantly sat Jake Allen, the fraud, down in favor of a rookie playing out of his mind.   

 

Yeah, Rask.  And if Rask were to stumble, they have a very well-rested Halak (which, if he had a hand in beating the Blues, would be delicious irony).   And the Bruins are built for success.   

 

I've liked the Blues going in and sticking with it.

 

As for the sweep?   It just fits the pattern coming out of the East, so why not?

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@ruxpin

 

Totally agree.   I know the Blues, and especially @Hockey Junkie have been given a lot of grief by many of us around here when concerning how they play the game on ice.  We all picked Blues players for @Hockey Junkie for the HF.net Platyoff Fantasy Pool. Well the joke may finally be on us.  The Blues are playing really good hockey and if the Blues win it all, I'm voting Binnington for the Calder Trophy and Conn Smythe Trophy with and outside shot at the Vienza Trophy.  The kid is playing lights out. ......

 

Oh.... and for us Flyer Fans ....IF the Blues DO WIN the Cup ....another punch to our collective guts....as another favorite whipping boy and ex-Flyer will engrave his name in the cup.....Brayden Schenn.  Won't he get the last laugh on us.....

 

Blues in 6

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36 minutes ago, pilldoc said:

@ruxpin

 

Totally agree.   I know the Blues, and especially @Hockey Junkie have been given a lot of grief by many of us around here when concerning how they play the game on ice.  We all picked Blues players for @Hockey Junkie for the HF.net Platyoff Fantasy Pool. Well the joke may finally be on us.  The Blues are playing really good hockey and if the Blues win it all, I'm voting Binnington for the Calder Trophy and Conn Smythe Trophy with and outside shot at the Vienza Trophy.  The kid is playing lights out. ......

 

Oh.... and for us Flyer Fans ....IF the Blues DO WIN the Cup ....another punch to our collective guts....as another favorite whipping boy and ex-Flyer will engrave his name in the cup.....Brayden Schenn.  Won't he get the last laugh on us.....

 

Blues in 6

A man who has seen the light!  I am in total agreement as to your pick.  I am also picking them in 6 but if they sweep the first two in Boston it could shock the Bruins and it could be over faster  I know that most here still do not believe in them.  Lets take a look at this.  Boston.  Big weapon are Marchand, Bergeron, Pasternak, and their defensive big guy is Chara.  The Blues have Teresenko, Shwartz (the leading playoff goal scorer), Schenn, Steen, Perron (only Blue to have been to finals.  On D, you have Pietrangelo (Captain), Parayko, Bowmeester, and Bortozzo.  Parayko has been a beast on defense and is the reason Coture  was contained for the most part.  He played out of his mind vs Dallas in game 7.  He has the size to match Boston and the speed and the puck handling ability as well.  I believe Teresenko and Shwartz are better than any two Boston has.  I give Binnington the edge over Rask even though Rask, granted has been hot.  But did he face high quality shots vs Carolina?  Columbus had them on the ropes and let them off the hook.   A post here and there in game 5 and that series may have had a different outcome.  Lets not forget Columbus and their impact on these playoffs by upsetting Tampa.  Another thing the Blues have going for them is, Boston has "home advantage".  If you want to call it that?  St Louis is 7-2 on the road in the playoffs.  And Boston, IMO has played better on the road at times.  This is a rematch of the 69-70 finals when Bobby Orr scored the game and Cup winner in OT of game 4.  Yes it was a sweep but the games were much tougher than the 4-0 games won indicates. That was 50 years ago.  This is now.  And this Boston team does not have Bobby Orr.   Blues win

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More than anything, I want to see the Cup hoisted in front of all of us long-suffering fans who blew off a little steam last night when we won the West but now want to watch this team bring it home.  So, bring it home, boys. Blues in six.

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58 minutes ago, Hockey Junkie said:

Lets not forget Columbus and their impact on these playoffs by upsetting Tampa.

 

^^^^^ This is a HUGE statement.

 

Who knows how the playoffs shake out if the Bolts don't get their collective butts swept out of the playoffs like common dirt on the floor by the Blue Jackets.  A Bolts vs. Blues SCF is very different than a Bruins vs. Blues.  

 

If the Bolts were in the SCF then I would go Bolts in 6.  Not taking anything away from the Blues, but the Bolts IMO would be the favorite......HOWEVER...that is why you play the games.  The Bolts melted away their opportunity and the Blues stepped up to the plate and performed.

 

I think the Blues have a very legitimate shot at winning ......

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I think the Bruins are a very hard team to play against. They have the most Cup experience on the squad.

 

5 guys were on the team when they won it all in 2011. Blues have no one on the team with a Cup that i have seen.

 

So that with the way Rask is playing (even better than when Timmy Thomas won their last Cup) i have to give Boston the edge in this.

 

Boston is rested and waiting. Should be a good series. I like the Bruins blueline better in this too.

 

Chara is still roaming back there and he and Mcavoy have formed and great top D pair.

 

I like them over Edmondson and Pietrangelo. The Blues have the edge with their 2nd pair though.

 

But Rask vs Binnington will be a good one the Bruins will get in Binnington face and screen him a lot not sure if he is use to what they will bring to the table. 

 

Bruins have the better coach too.

 

Bergeron vs Schenn as the top line centers should be huge too.

 

Bergeron has 13 points (8 goals 5 assists +8) in 17 games.

 

Schenn 7 points (2 goals 5 assists -5) in 19 games gives Boston the huge edge.

 

Bruins in 6. Guess we'll see soon.

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1 hour ago, OccamsRazor said:

I think the Bruins are a very hard team to play against. They have the most Cup experience on the squad.

 

5 guys were on the team when they won it all in 2011. Blues have no one on the team with a Cup that i have seen.

 

So that with the way Rask is playing (even better than when Timmy Thomas won their last Cup) i have to give Boston the edge in this.

 

Boston is rested and waiting. Should be a good series. I like the Bruins blueline better in this too.

 

Chara is still roaming back there and he and Mcavoy have formed and great top D pair.

 

I like them over Edmondson and Pietrangelo. The Blues have the edge with their 2nd pair though.

 

But Rask vs Binnington will be a good one the Bruins will get in Binnington face and screen him a lot not sure if he is use to what they will bring to the table. 

 

Bruins have the better coach too.

 

Bergeron vs Schenn as the top line centers should be huge too.

 

Bergeron has 13 points (8 goals 5 assists +8) in 17 games.

 

Schenn 7 points (2 goals 5 assists -5) in 19 games gives Boston the huge edge.

 

Bruins in 6. Guess we'll see soon.

Last 6 years the team with the EXTRA REST LOST

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2 hours ago, pilldoc said:

 

^^^^^ This is a HUGE statement.

 

Who knows how the playoffs shake out if the Bolts don't get their collective butts swept out of the playoffs like common dirt on the floor by the Blue Jackets.  A Bolts vs. Blues SCF is very different than a Bruins vs. Blues.  

 

If the Bolts were in the SCF then I would go Bolts in 6.  Not taking anything away from the Blues, but the Bolts IMO would be the favorite......HOWEVER...that is why you play the games.  The Bolts melted away their opportunity and the Blues stepped up to the plate and performed.

 

I think the Blues have a very legitimate shot at winning ......

On a site named Bet Us I did the right thing and bet the Blues to win the West and the Cup.  I cashed on the West last night.  But on 5 dimes I made the mistake of picking matchups.  I wheeled the Blues vs Tampa, Toronto, Washington and yes, even the Sabres who were on fire early.  But no Boston.  Odds were very good for a very minor investment. 

 

If Washington had won game 7 in Double OT vs Carolina, things might have also been different.  NO WAY in hell would Boston have swept Washington.  And I thought leaving the Islanders out was my big mistake.  

 

The Blues did sweep Tampa home and away and don't forget, maybe the sign that Tampa was vulnerable came from the Sabres giving them hell in all 4 games.  Sabres won the first one, and lost two in OT

 

The Blues are deeper and better than Boston and soon will prove it with a Stanley Cup

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1 hour ago, Hockey Junkie said:

The Blues are deeper and better

 

No they are not you're delusional.

 

More news at 11.

 

The Bruins do have more Cup experience including a Stanely Cup winning Captain and goaltender, so here is you chance of course to spin it where that doesn't matter.

 

 

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I think Pastrnak - Bergeron - Rat is a better top line than Schwartz - Schenn - Tarasenko, but the overall depth of the Blues forward corps is better. I like the Bruins defense a bit better, but admittedly a good part of that is because I don't trust Bouwmeester. Binnington has been good, but Rask has been lights out. I think Rask leads the Bruins past the Blues in 6, but several of the games will be late game/OT decisions.

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4 hours ago, OccamsRazor said:

 

No they are not you're delusional.

 

More news at 11.

 

The Bruins do have more Cup experience including a Stanely Cup winning Captain and goaltender, so here is you chance of course to spin it where that doesn't matter.

 

 

Spin Teresenko and Shwartz fella. 

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I voted Blues in 6 I hate Boston sports teams.

 

just sports hate - but f those guys.

plus the Blues sweaters are pretty sweet.

 

Go Blues !

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3 hours ago, Hockey Junkie said:

Spin Teresenko and Shwartz fella. 

I spin Schwartz as mediocre. Tarasenko is quite good. Chara, McAvoy, Krug and Carlo will use and abuse Schwartz. Taresenko will get his, but I'm more worried about O'Reilly than Schwartz if I'm the Bruins..Schenn is a scrub. Come on HJ, at least know how to spell the name of a guy who's given your team 11 goals and 36 points this season.

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Want the Blues to win badly.  Want to see people's heads explode when Schenn and Berube hoist the Cup and someone brings it to South Philly to celebrate at that bar.

 

Think Bruins will win, though.

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30 minutes ago, fan4ever said:

image.jpeg.dbe285963b7d5c94b5a5ba20e590ebe8.jpeg Yet another reason to want the Blues........

I know- right ?

 

I have worked with really arrogant guys in the production world from Boston. (and some cool ones- but far more douches)

They are actually worse than New York crew because, well, it's not even New York and they act like they're the hottest guys not in LA.

for the record LA guys are the worst.

 

Screw Boston - Go Blues

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On 5/22/2019 at 9:19 AM, OccamsRazor said:

Chara is still roaming back there and he and Mcavoy have formed and great top D pair.

 

I like them over Edmondson and Pietrangelo. The Blues have the edge with their 2nd pair though.

 

 

 

 

For the record, Parayko-Bouwmeester has become our #1 lockdown tandem as the playoffs progressed and they've been pure money for us.  Taking nothing at all away from the Bruins D (which has been excellent) but the Blues have the edge in depth on the blueline in my book.  Assuming Dunn doesn't play (and I wouldn't bet that he will since he's got a broken jaw), the way things are set up now according to MoneyPuck, I'd still take our third pairing of Bortuzzo-Gunnarsson over Clifton-Moore.       

 

 

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56 minutes ago, BlueAero said:

I'd still take our third pairing of Bortuzzo-Gunnarsson over Clifton-Moore.

 

Their bottom pair is Matt Grzelcyk and Clifton.

 

I will give the Bruins the edge there because of Grzelcyk (3 goals 7 points in 17 games) ability to add offense too over Bortuzzo or Gunnarsson's (who both together only have one point in these playoffs).

 

You don't have to agree and i'm fine with that. I think the Bruins are deeper down the middle too.

 

The 2nd line center i give the edge to O'Reilly over Krejci even though it's close.

 

I have like Coyle over Bozak too even though that is close too.

 

But Bergeron is a huge boost over Schenn i think. No matter it will play out regardless of what we think.

 

And i give the Bruins the edge is goal which is close too. But unless Rask comes back down to earth this could be quick series. 

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We don't need offensive production from the 3rd D line (although Bortuzzo scored what was perhaps the most pivotal goal in the series against the Sharks).  I'm not terribly worried about the Blues' D ability to jump into the O-zone when they need to.  They've done it all year.   

 

I'm basically concerned about two things:  the Bruins PP which has been lethal and Tukka Rask.  I think these teams compare very favorably without splitting hairs and the series will likely be decided by special teams and goaltending.  How's that for a hot take?  LOL....

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56 minutes ago, BlueAero said:

We don't need offensive production from the 3rd D line (although Bortuzzo scored what was perhaps the most pivotal goal in the series against the Sharks).  I'm not terribly worried about the Blues' D ability to jump into the O-zone when they need to.  They've done it all year.   

 

I'm basically concerned about two things:  the Bruins PP which has been lethal and Tukka Rask.  I think these teams compare very favorably without splitting hairs and the series will likely be decided by special teams and goaltending.  How's that for a hot take?  LOL....

 

Yes it will come down to special teams and goaltending for sure maybe.

 

He Sharks powerplay struggled and cost them the last 3 games of the series from what I remember.

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