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Originally Posted by Turboflex
They didn't lose their legs, they were just played really tight by Julien and the Bruins. That was exceptional team defence played by a well coached, playoff built team. I credit taking the habs 7 games to the bruins and shouldn't be a detraction on the habs, they faced some serious playoff adversity and overcame it. This year's team with lang/tanguay is even better positioned to break a tight D system like that in the playoffs as those two guys bring MUCH more of a veteren gamebreaking factor than Streit/Ryder/Smolenski ever did.
I think you're overrating the ability of a "checking" line to contain top players. They can do their best but in the end theyre up against guys who are just much better, there's a reason Kovalev (and most top players are high in + catagory) was +18 even though he was facing the opposition's best efforts to contain him. The habs best players have the skill to rout defensive pluggers trying to trap them.
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I completely agree and as it is, I'll let the real experts go along with their plan as they surely have the tools required for any aspects of the game. I have much more important things to "worry" about than such inanities that we have no control over whatsoever.