In my opinion, despite his good numbers, the one real unknown for Portland is goaltender Mac Carruth. He is, imo, the worst of the 4 starting goalies left and is prone to bad goals and bad games, if those occur vs the Blazers, then the Blazers have a real chance, not that they don't now but I think Portland is the better team.
On paper, Edmonton is much better than Calgary and should be. But the Hitmen have had a lot of success vs Edmonton this year albeit, early in the year. It will be interesting to see how the big Hitmen defensemen hold up against the speedy Edmonton forwards.
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