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Originally Posted by DatsyukSOGoal
We are already a similar team to the Bruins. While they are a team that can somewhat score, they have to play a game like ours because they don't have much skill. They desperately need a true sniper if they ever want to be an elite team.
Milan Lucic - David Krejci - Nathan Horton
Brad Marchand - Patrice Bergeron - Mark Recchi
Rich Peverley - Chris Kelly - Michael Ryder
Daniel Paille - Gregory Campbell - Shawn Thornton
Zdeno Chara - Johnny Boychuk
Dennis Seidenberg - Tomas Kaberle
Andrew Ference - Adam McQuaid
Tim Thomas
Tuukka Rask
___________ - Brad Richards* - Marian Gaborik
Brandon Dubinsky - Artem Anisimov - Ryan Callahan
Wojtek Wolski - Derek Stepan - Mats Zuccarello
___________ - Brian Boyle - Brandon Prust
Marc Staal - Dan Girardi
Ryan McDonagh - Michael Sauer
__________ - Michael Del Zotto
Henrik Lundqvist
Martin Biron
If the Bruins didn't get lucky this year with Tim Thomas, and they were very lucky because he'll never be able to come close to what he did again, then they'd have the same amount of points as us. Likewise, if we had a little bit more lucky on our side, we'd have a few more games in hand.
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Lucky with Thomas? This is the second time in 3 years he's displayed Vezina trophy type play. How is that remotely luck?
Incidentally seguin while a disappontment to me is still only 19 and capable of becoming Boston's top skill player by say 2012-2013. Boston is set up right now
to contest with Pittsburgh for the next year or two for EC dominance.
Boston has overcome the loss of their top skill center, so they have proven they
have quite a bit of depth. They also lead the NHL in 5 on 5 goal differential which many people overlook.