I'll say Blues in six. The Canucks have two things going for them: elite offensive finishing talent that make for an excellent power play, and a goalie who can steal games. I think they get one game from each of those, but in the rest, the top to bottom quality of the Blues wins.
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St. Louis in 6, only because the Canucks have enough top end talent to win a couple of games, but there's too much depth and experience on the Blues to be beaten by the inexperienced Canucks. Each game will be very close though.
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If we can't fall in love with replaceable bottom 6 players then the terrorists have won.
I will take the Blues in 7. For years now the Canucks have been a difficult opponent for them so I expect the Blues to have some games in this series where they struggle.
I have the Blues in 4. I really believe that the book is out on Vancouver - play them rough and tumble, and Vancouver gets disjointed. They can't play a really rugged style - much like Toronto for instance. I like a lot of their pieces, and I think they are going to be a dangerous team in the upcoming seasons, but not this year. If the Blues didn't play a fairly heavy game (sometimes nasty), then I would see this series as a much more competitive one. Schenn is going to be all over Pettersson.
Markstrom is good enough to steal a game though - I much prefer him over Allen, and it isn't even close. The Blues won last season, but I still won't discount a Jake Allen playoff implosion.
What do you know, I guess the Canuck fans were right, Quinn Hughes is the next Bobby Orr afterall.
Thanks Chayka for passing on him.
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