Wednesday, April 13, 2011

2011 Stanley Cup playoffs Philly vs Buffalo

This series is going to be much more interesting then the western confrence number 2 seed playing the number 7 seed. The flyers have a lot of good things going for them, not the least of which is the BEST defence corp in the NHL. No joke, the bottom pairing defencemen these guys have would be the top pairing on some teams (Columbus and Florida I am talking about you). They are lead by the towering 6 foot 6 inch man named Chris Pronger who has been to the Stanley cup finals 3 times since the lockout. The only other star player who has done that is Marian Hossa. Chris Pronger is out with a wrist injury right now and we dont know when he will be back, but when he is back you will know. Last year he averaged around 27 minutes of ice time a game. After the clear cut all star their are some guys named Matt Carle, Kimmo Timmomen, Shayne O'brien and Braydon Coburn. Matt Carle use to be a San Jose Shark so I really like this guy. For Buffalo they ended the season on a 16-4-4 run. That run is exactly what you want GOING into the playoffs. Goalie Ryan Miller is just like Henrick Lundquist except he is American and is clean shaven. Also he doesnt have the same shut out numbers but he is the back bone to this team. Miller will have to be spectacular for an upset. That being said I think that the Sabres WILL upset the Flyers. Sabres will win this series in 7.

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