EF: (1) Pittsburgh Penguins vs (4) Boston Bruins. (Bruins SWEEP Pittsburgh 4-0!!).

[Erick Estrada]

TSN just noted that the Stars now get a 1st round pick from Boston for Jagr to go with the two prospects. Pretty well the same return as Iginla. Not bad for Dallas as they sign a UFA and parlay him into a 1st round pick in less than a season.

[JohnnyB]

I'm anticipating the best series of the playoffs between these two. Going to be exciting hockey. I'm pretty confident the Pens will win it, but it should be a tough fight.

[Hockey_Ninja]

Pens in 6. Go Pens! This should be a great series.

[dammage79]

Well, all that is left is for Iggy to win the cup now. No more impact for the Flames in the East now. So go Pens.

[T@T]

Boston will puck the face off the Pens.

Bruins in 6

[CalgaryFan1988]

Well, this is the series I was waiting for. Hoping for an iginla win, but wouldn't be surprised if an upset occurs. High end skill against a bigger, hard hitting team.

[Stay Golden]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

TSN just noted that the Stars now get a 1st round pick from Boston for Jagr to go with the two prospects. Pretty well the same return as Iginla. Not bad for Dallas as they sign a UFA and parlay him into a 1st round pick in less than a season.

Nieuwy made that good trade for Dallas didn't he?

[Dion]

Bruins in 7!

Should be a ring a ding dong dandy of a series. Looking forward to seeing how Krug does against the Pens.

[bigtmac19]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Going to be a hell of a series, Pens in 6.

Iggy with the Game 6 winner in Boston

You said it Girly!!

[Milt Schmidt]

This is going to be a great series, especially now that it looks like the Bruins found their game again in round 2. Can the Pens keep scoring 4-6 a game against the Bruins? Can the Bruins score enough? Can the Bruins forecheck overwhelm the Pens D?I'm going with the Bruins in 7.

Milt

[Dion]

Will be interesting to see how the Bruins physical play and rolling of 4 lines matches up against the speed of the Pens. Slowing the Pens in the neutral zone is a must if the Bruins have any hopes of winning.

[foofighter15]

The Bruins needed Iggy to maybe get by Pittsburgh. Pens in 5

[timbit]

Bruins in 6.

[jayswin]

Pens should, and likely will win this series. Let's go Pittsburgh Iginlas!

[jeffman]

Originally Posted by flameswin

As one wise poster from the Boston/NY series thread said. The only way Pittsburgh has a real chance in this series is if Rask gives up multiple softies every game.

I want the pens to win, but I think the way the bruins are built to be effective in the playoffs against a team like Pittsburgh

[trackercowe]

It's a shame that the Flames didn't get any conditional picks in the Iginla trade. It would be a lot easier to root for the Flames if we had another pick on the line going forward.

Hoping that the Bruins win, but I don't think Rask can repeat Thomas' performance from a couple years ago. Penguins in six.

[Flame Of Liberty]

Boston in 6.

Go Bruins!

[timbit]

Originally Posted by trackercowe

It's a shame that the Flames didn't get any conditional picks in the Iginla trade. It would be a lot easier to root for the Flames if we had another pick on the line going forward.

Hoping that the Bruins win, but I don't think Rask can repeat Thomas' performance from a couple years ago. Penguins in six.

I'd bet on Rask out-duelling the Pens tandem.

[sa226]

I think this will be a great series. In the grand scheme of things, its hard to tell just where the Pens sit. In the quarters, they had their hands full with the isles, but also still beat them while playing poorly themselves.

Against Ottawa which I think is a very good team, they completely outclassed them and made Anderson look like Phil Sauve.

The Pens have just about everything going for them, the only 2 things I can think of going against them is that Vokoun, while being solid has looked shaky at times. As well I don't think they have been really tested yet.

I have been pretty underwhelmed with Iggy so far. We haven't even seen a hint of angry beast mode Iggy. But to his credit, while lacking the quickness that he once had and being surprisingly weak on the puck, he has been very good positionally, he is doing some little things that are helping Neal and Malkin do what they do.

If I had to take a wild out of left field guess, I think he is having too much fun. He is playing with great players and just having a blast doing so. Maybe once he realizes how close he is, and having personal experience with how hard it is to get back to the cup final, he will really bear down and maybe we will get a hint of the once dominant Iggy. Maybe the physicality of the Bruins will bring it out in him, or maybe he just continues to do what he has been doing. Solid, but hardly spectacular.

[Thor]

My nightmare scenario, Bruins are my 2nd favorite team and having Iggy against them is painful, do I cheer for Iggy or my B's

So much pain