The Bench Boss has a few bones to pick and would like to weigh in with his own thoughts in response to some of the things that the O-Dman said about the cup finals.
1. Huet isn’t good just because he made one nice save. He is terrible and that is why he has never been able to cut it as a starter. Not in Montreal, not in Washington and not in Chi-town.
2. You aren’t seriously giving the goaltending advantage to Detroit are you? Yes, Ozzy has been solid, but let’s get serious here. In the Chicago series the Wings pretty much dominated every game and he only needed to make a timely save every now and then which to his credit he did. However, in the Ducks series when the play was much more even, he was very average. Fleury is probably the best “goaltender” in the league, and by that I mean he’s not just a big log like Luongo who’s game consists of simply covering the entire net. Fleury is not a big goalie by any means and has to actually rely on anticipation, quickess and reflex to make saves. He is proving more and more to be a great big game goalie (unlike Luongo). I’d actually rank him and Lunqvist as the top 2 netminders in the game.
3. The key to Pittsburgh’s defence is not the undersized and erratic Kris Letang, and certainly not the offensive minded Gonchar. The key to Pittsburgh’s success defensively has been and will need to continue to be the underrated and steady play of the likes of Hal Gill, Rob Scuderi and Brooks Orpik. These three can’t be any fun to play against, especially Gill and Orpik, who may lack some foot speed but you can be assured that they will be in your face and there to battle all night. Think back to why Anaheim ws so successful against Detroit. They were in the Wings kitchen all night. Those three Pittsburgh d-men need to be the same way.
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4. The one thing we can agree on is the outcome of the series. I will also go with Detroit in 7 simply because I have now come to the conclusion that Detroit is the best skating team I have ever seen. From top to bottom I have never seen a team skate the way they can. Even bigger players like Franzen and Samuelsson can fly. For Pittsburgh to win its simple really. They need to watch the tape of Anaheim and try and do everything they did, and then watch the tape of the Chicago series and try NOT to do everything that the Hawks did.
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