Eklund: Your Call: Conn Smythe Favorite Through 3 Rounds

Bickell

Krejci

Rask......

Why all the love for Rask? Swap in another D core and how good is he? For me it's Chara.

Rask/Krejci

Crawford/Bickel

If someone comes out on fire in the cup final it easily changes

Right now though, after the PIT series it's rask for me, krejci very close as he's done it every game of the entire playoffs

Why all the love for Rask? Swap in another D core and how good is he? For me it's Chara.
- rugdnit

he single handily won a few games vs PIT... Only outsiders fail to acknowledge how great he has been and it;s not all about the "team D" even though they are fantastic around him

Bergy

Sid the Kid.

Fernando Pisani

Why all the love for Rask? Swap in another D core and how good is he? For me it's Chara.
- rugdnit

are you kidding?

he single handily won a few games vs PIT... Only outsiders fail to acknowledge how great he has been and it;s not all about the "team D" even though they are fantastic around him
- MrBeanTown

nah he only stopped 53 shots in game 3.

nah he only stopped 53 shots in game 3.
- Fountain-San

Rask is a very good goalie, and he’s been excellent this playoffs, but in fairness, that game was the only one he faced more than 30 shots.

Rask is a very good goalie, and he’s been excellent this playoffs, but in fairness, that game was the only one he faced more than 30 shots.
- Dirte

fair. but still to not give him his due is silly.

Gotta be Krejci.

I know the NHL loves to give it to goalies, but this year no one has really stood out. Sure Rask has played well, but he wasn't that great in the first round (7 games) and in rounds 2 and 3 Boston would have won with any decent starting goalie backing up that Defense.

Krejci is 4 pts clear of 2nd place who is also a Bruin and a guy that has benefitted from playing with him.

Fernando Pisani
I like it

I say chara.. but most of you would disagree.

Why all the love for Rask? Swap in another D core and how good is he? For me it's Chara.
- rugdnit

This

are you kidding?
- Fountain-San

Tukka is great. Chara is all world. poop down Nash, Crosby, Malkin.

Why all the love for Rask? Swap in another D core and how good is he? For me it's Chara.
- rugdnit

Just because you get a lot of shots on net doesn't mean you're a great goalie (it's quality shots that count and not ones from the perimeter or ones that he gets a full view of). Rask hasn't exactly had to stand on his head in any of the series - yes, he's been very good but I submit his stats are nowhere near as good if he plays on any other team. Boston's team defense is that good.

Rask, Krejci, and many other Bruins have been great. But for me it's Patrice Bergeron, ive been making the case for years that hes the best player in the NHL as he does everything great. He doesent put up as many points the crosbys, but the crosbys to win faceoffs like him and they dont play in their own end like him. Whenever a big goal in needed, Bergeron will score it.

Absolutely has to be Rask. There are a handful that can legitimately be mentioned, and all of them done so because of the play of others as well. But Rask's numbers are ridiculous. As stated on the FAN590 today, the "best goalie on earth" tag might still belong to Quick, but right now the "hottest goalie on earth" is definitely Tuukka's.

Bergeron

Patrice Bergeron, simply the Best Overall player in the NHL. The Guy brings it Every Night.

Patrice Bergeron, simply the Best Overall player in the NHL. The Guy brings it Every Night.
- BruinBlood

Patrice Bergeron is great, but the best player in the NHL he is not.