Ty Anderson: Pressure on Bruins; First round predictions

Ty Anderson: Pressure on Bruins; First round predictions
- tyanderson

Good blog. I don't think Detroit gets by Boston. Also not sure how the Habs-TB thing will play out but if they do manage to win it would probably have to be an ECF for Bs and Habs to meet. My bad I guess it stays in division until the final. 2nd round it is I guess.

agree. but, if theres a game 7 theres a decent chance Zetterberg could play. I dont think it will get that far though. bruins in 6

and yeah, no Bishop=no chance for the lightning

agree. but, if theres a game 7 theres a decent chance Zetterberg could play. I dont think it will get that far though. bruins in 6

and yeah, no Bishop=no chance for the lightning
- Jurco_28

I'm still so very nervous of this series.

Seems every other year we lose in the first series. It's the gripe I have against Julein, that he is incapable of motivating the team, he needs outside sources to do it for him.

The B's are like a sleeping giant and it's a toss up as to what will wake them up.......hell maybe the Wings could just figure skate the B's to sleep and win with hardly any push back while making Howard look like a fricken underpaid champion of the universe.

Ugh....I hate not being the underdog and you guys just might be so young that you don't have a bit of pressure and just do your thing against us.

Logic says we should win, but I have a doubt more so than any other series in the last six years. Didn't see Washington, canes, flyers (up 3-0) coming, granted, but in the last six years THIS is the match up that scares me, way more than the others.

Hope I'm being a b**** ass baby! I so hope.

The worse part is that the Wings were my favorite team in the West, the template of the B's, and here you bastards are............

I'm still so very nervous of this series.

Seems every other year we lose in the first series. It's the gripe I have against Julein, that he is incapable of motivating the team, he needs outside sources to do it for him.

The B's are like a sleeping giant and it's a toss up as to what will wake them up.......hell maybe the Wings could just figure skate the B's to sleep and win with hardly any push back while making Howard look like a fricken underpaid champion of the universe.

Ugh....I hate not being the underdog and you guys just might be so young that you don't have a bit of pressure and just do your thing against us.

Logic says we should win, but I have a doubt more so than any other series in the last six years. Didn't see Washington, canes, flyers (up 3-0) coming, granted, but in the last six years THIS is the match up that scares me, way more than the others.

Hope I'm being a b**** ass baby! I so hope.

The worse part is that the Wings were my favorite team in the West, the template of the B's, and here you bastards are............
- JIwasinskiJr

Most bonafide Wings fans think the B's take this series in 5 or 6 games. The Wings forwards are young and fast. BUT... Detroit's overall team defense will not be enough to neutralize the Bruins' offense & powerplay in a 7 game series. Just don't see it happening. Wings are thin on defensemen after the top two pairs. If Zetterberg and Ericsson were back in the lineup then I'd say the Wings had a good shot at an upset. And we all know that Rask is a better goalie than Howard.

This is what the Wings will need in order to win IMO:

1) Howard will have to stand on his head and steal at least 2 games for the Wings to have a chance

2) Wings fast transition game will have to execute almost perfect the whole series.. especially getting the puck quickly out of their own end and catch the Bruins flat-footed to create odd-man rushes. They will also need to clog up the neutral zone and capitalize on turnovers with their speed.

3) Franzen will need to get hot in the playoffs again and go on a tear. He can be a beast when he's full on. Datsyuk will need to be play his best hockey also

4) Wings got to stay out of the penalty box... Bruins have too good a powerplay. Also.. if the Wings don't take at least one of the first two games in Boston then the series is most likely over.

Should be a fun series...

I'm still so very nervous of this series.

Seems every other year we lose in the first series. It's the gripe I have against Julein, that he is incapable of motivating the team, he needs outside sources to do it for him.

The B's are like a sleeping giant and it's a toss up as to what will wake them up.......hell maybe the Wings could just figure skate the B's to sleep and win with hardly any push back while making Howard look like a fricken underpaid champion of the universe.

Ugh....I hate not being the underdog and you guys just might be so young that you don't have a bit of pressure and just do your thing against us.

Logic says we should win, but I have a doubt more so than any other series in the last six years. Didn't see Washington, canes, flyers (up 3-0) coming, granted, but in the last six years THIS is the match up that scares me, way more than the others.

Hope I'm being a b**** ass baby! I so hope.

The worse part is that the Wings were my favorite team in the West, the template of the B's, and here you bastards are............
- JIwasinskiJr

Felt this way for a 15 year period or so (95-10) where expectations were high and the first round gave the Red Machine fits about 50% of the time. It is quite different the past 2 playoff springs being the underdog with low expectations. I don't "lose" sleep at night worrying

I'm with Vladdie regarding the series. I just don't feel as "confident" of an upset like I did last year vs the Ducks primarily because of the 3rd d-pairing. The forwards are actually a little better, but D is what wins. Ducks didn't/don't have the playoff experience/mental toughness as the B's do.

I guess it's why they play the games.

Most bonafide Wings fans think the B's take this series in 5 or 6 games. The Wings forwards are young and fast. BUT... Detroit's overall team defense will not be enough to neutralize the Bruins' offense & powerplay in a 7 game series. Just don't see it happening. Wings are thin on defensemen after the top two pairs. If Zetterberg and Ericsson were back in the lineup then I'd say the Wings had a good shot at an upset. And we all know that Rask is a better goalie than Howard.

This is what the Wings will need in order to win IMO:

1) Howard will have to stand on his head and steal at least 2 games for the Wings to have a chance

2) Wings fast transition game will have to execute almost perfect the whole series.. especially getting the puck quickly out of their own end and catch the Bruins flat-footed to create odd-man rushes. They will also need to clog up the neutral zone and capitalize on turnovers with their speed.

3) Franzen will need to get hot in the playoffs again and go on a tear. He can be a beast when he's full on. Datsyuk will need to be play his best hockey also

4) Wings got to stay out of the penalty box... Bruins have too good a powerplay. Also.. if the Wings don't take at least one of the first two games in Boston then the series is most likely over.

Should be a fun series...
- Vladdie_Kon1

I think a lot of Bruins fans are pretty nervous about this matchup. We have a healthy respect for the coach and the vets that are healthy enough to play. Hopefully not having to deal with Zetterberg and Ericsson is enough for the Bruins to get the upper hand

Most bonafide Wings fans think the B's take this series in 5 or 6 games. T
- Vladdie_Kon1

I must be a counterfeit Wings fan.

Dats will be the MVP of this series. Shutting him down for a month after the olympics was the smartest thing they could have done. Bruins won't be able to keep up with the speed of the Wings (see Nyquist turn Chara into pylon last time they met). The Wings are healthier than they've been all year. Chara is getting old.

Wings in 6.

I think a lot of Bruins fans are pretty nervous about this matchup. We have a healthy respect for the coach and the vets that are healthy enough to play. Hopefully not having to deal with Zetterberg and Ericsson is enough for the Bruins to get the upper hand
- GSDIV

Well said. And we still have one more sleep

I must be a counterfeit Wings fan.

Dats will be the MVP of this series. Shutting him down for a month after the olympics was the smartest thing they could have done. Bruins won't be able to keep up with the speed of the Wings (see Nyquist turn Chara into pylon last time they met). The Wings are healthier than they've been all year. Chara is getting old.

Wings in 6.
- TheCaptain19

I like your optimism... Hope you're right. Wings could still win this series so I'm not completely counting them out. Just saying it's going to be a tough road ahead. But like they say... "that's why we play the game".

I must be a counterfeit Wings fan.

Dats will be the MVP of this series. Shutting him down for a month after the olympics was the smartest thing they could have done. Bruins won't be able to keep up with the speed of the Wings (see Nyquist turn Chara into pylon last time they met). The Wings are healthier than they've been all year. Chara is getting old.

Wings in 6.
- TheCaptain19

Why is it that the Wings fans point to this one play? Chara is older, but he still is the best "shut down" d man in the league.
Please take a look at this. http://www.weei.com/sport...hara-should-be-seriously-

And FYI, the stretch passes trying to catch the bruins d flat footed and with speed seemed to be a tactic that teams were trying against the bruins later in the year, Chicago did it the best in the first half of the last regular season game they played together and the coaches made some changes in the set up.
The b's turned it into an advantage as we started catching players cheating so much that we intercepted the puck in the neutral zone and turned it into odd mans for us.

So, pointing to one play and thinking that the Beast that is Big Zee is too old and that the Wings are going to have a one diminsional game plan work for a full series isn't really giving these two coaching staffs much credit.

And Dats is great, seriously great, but we have Bergeron and even Krejic. I find is silly to think that a player that has not had a lot of "game action" towards the end of the year is going to be the best player on the ice, especially playing against arguable two of the most clutch players in the playoffs in Krejic and Bergeron.

Why is it that the Wings fans point to this one play? Chara is older, but he still is the best "shut down" d man in the league.
Please take a look at this. http://www.weei.com/sport...hara-should-be-seriously-

- JIwasinskiJr

Because that one play was one of the top highlights of the season and was a great example of why I feel the Wings might have an edge. It is true that Chara is definitely one of the most feared defenders in the game. But I think you'll have a hard time arguing that he is faster or younger than he used to be

I looked at the article you posted. A Boston columnist thinks Chara should win the Norris? No bias there right?

Because that one play was one of the top highlights of the season and was a great example of why I feel the Wings might have an edge. It is true that Chara is definitely one of the most feared defenders in the game. But I think you'll have a hard time arguing that he is faster or younger than he used to be

I looked at the article you posted. A Boston columnist thinks Chara should win the Norris? No bias there right?
- TheCaptain19

Ugh.....clearly you didn't read it. Point has nothing to do with Chara winning the Norris, on my part, the numbers are what are surprising. Advance stats have him tilting the ice against higher competition more so than any other d man in the league.

He has never been fast either, it's the reach that gives him the advantage.

As I've said, nervous match up, but the whole Wings are fast and therefore that is the edge seems to be a short sited argument to me.
In the end if the B's play "there" game they will win, I just hope they don't beat "themselves." As that's what I fear most against a young Detroit team.
Also, how are your d men going to handle the hard forechecking and checking from lucic, Iggy, the swedes, etc.? Over many game, not a one and done.

What's your shut down line for the Krejic line? The Bergeron Line? Who is your shut down d pair matching up against?
Point is saying speed kills, we have advantage is a silly argument to me, especially since the bruins are a faster team on the back end this year than last.

I must be a counterfeit Wings fan.

Dats will be the MVP of this series. Shutting him down for a month after the olympics was the smartest thing they could have done. Bruins won't be able to keep up with the speed of the Wings (see Nyquist turn Chara into pylon last time they met). The Wings are healthier than they've been all year. Chara is getting old.

Wings in 6.
- TheCaptain19

If Chara is old and slow, shouldn't Nyquist get less credit? Way to go kid, you managed to get around old and slow Chara.

Because that one play was one of the top highlights of the season and was a great example of why I feel the Wings might have an edge. It is true that Chara is definitely one of the most feared defenders in the game. But I think you'll have a hard time arguing that he is faster or younger than he used to be

I looked at the article you posted. A Boston columnist thinks Chara should win the Norris? No bias there right?
- TheCaptain19

He's not going to win the Norris, but I think he should be nominated. Shea Weber is going to win the Norris for leading his team in scoring, thats a Norris voter's dream come true.

I'm still so very nervous of this series.

Seems every other year we lose in the first series. It's the gripe I have against Julein, that he is incapable of motivating the team, he needs outside sources to do it for him.

The B's are like a sleeping giant and it's a toss up as to what will wake them up.......hell maybe the Wings could just figure skate the B's to sleep and win with hardly any push back while making Howard look like a fricken underpaid champion of the universe.

Ugh....I hate not being the underdog and you guys just might be so young that you don't have a bit of pressure and just do your thing against us.

Logic says we should win, but I have a doubt more so than any other series in the last six years. Didn't see Washington, canes, flyers (up 3-0) coming, granted, but in the last six years THIS is the match up that scares me, way more than the others.

Hope I'm being a b**** ass baby! I so hope.

The worse part is that the Wings were my favorite team in the West, the template of the B's, and here you bastards are............
- JIwasinskiJr

Pretty sure you just keep repeating yourself over and over on different forums. Julien cant motivate them.. blah blah blah

The fact that a lot of people are talking upset already will be motivation enough.

The Wings are the only team in the Stanley Cup playoffs with a +- in the negatives. This is not a Lindstrom led Red Wings team anymore.

Bruins in 5.

Hey Bruin Fans, welcome to the second rung on the President Trophy pyramid. you are now one of an elite eight teams to win it twice (what took you so long). Of course only one team has won it more than twice. Wings have won it six times. Perhaps that lofty perch entitles us to share some perspective. There is no award more hollow, more accursed, more dream-destroying than this tin plated albatross.

Most team captains won't even touch the conference trophies out of overt superstition that this will be your last celebration. With the PT your Cup aspirations are dead, buried and already burning in hell, before you even know it. Out of the 29 PT winners only 8 times has that team gone on to win the Cup. In the last lucky 13 years, only 1 team other than Detroit has been able to overcome the curse (last yr). Odds on it happening b2b? Sleep on it, if you can.

Its a horrible feeling knowing that your great season will be utterly forgotten, and that some low seed with young legs, that is peaking at just the right time, (perhaps with a coach that just has your number), will use your hard won reputation as a springboard to the glory that should have been yours. We've been where you are now; god how i used to dread the 1st round. But everything goes in circles, and I must say what an unaccustomed blast it is to be loose, hungry and hunting the big kill.

Should be a great series - been way too long since we two have played for stakes. My personal take for what its worth: the Bruins don't truly believe. Julien has happily consented to be Babcock's #2; hard to flip that script. CJ already has had difficulty motivating the B's from the inside out, and the players will sense he's intimidated by Babs. That then flows through your captain who picked Datsyuk #1 over his own teammates for the 2012 all star game. Bottom line - the Bruins respect the Wings too much to beat them. We win tomorrow and its a sweep. Otherwise Wings in 7. Then the early-exit blame game begins. Ok, enough predicting - tonight I place burnt offerings on the hockey gods altar, and tomorrow the reaper visits the Garden!

Hey Bruin Fans, welcome to the second rung on the President Trophy pyramid. you are now one of an elite eight teams to win it twice (what took you so long). Of course only one team has won it more than twice. Wings have won it six times. Perhaps that lofty perch entitles us to share some perspective. There is no award more hollow, more accursed, more dream-destroying than this tin plated albatross.

Most team captains won't even touch the conference trophies out of overt superstition that this will be your last celebration. With the PT your Cup aspirations are dead, buried and already burning in hell, before you even know it. Out of the 29 PT winners only 8 times has that team gone on to win the Cup. In the last lucky 13 years, only 1 team other than Detroit has been able to overcome the curse (last yr). Odds on it happening b2b? Sleep on it, if you can.

Its a horrible feeling knowing that your great season will be utterly forgotten, and that some low seed with young legs, that is peaking at just the right time, (perhaps with a coach that just has your number), will use your hard won reputation as a springboard to the glory that should have been yours. We've been where you are now; god how i used to dread the 1st round. But everything goes in circles, and I must say what an unaccustomed blast it is to be loose, hungry and hunting the big kill.

Should be a great series - been way too long since we two have played for stakes. My personal take for what its worth: the Bruins don't truly believe. Julien has happily consented to be Babcock's #2; hard to flip that script. CJ already has had difficulty motivating the B's from the inside out, and the players will sense he's intimidated by Babs. That then flows through your captain who picked Datsyuk #1 over his own teammates for the 2012 all star game. Bottom line - the Bruins respect the Wings too much to beat them. We win tomorrow and its a sweep. Otherwise Wings in 7. Then the early-exit blame game begins. Ok, enough predicting - tonight I place burnt offerings on the hockey gods altar, and tomorrow the reaper visits the Garden!
- meta_puck_luck

I respect differing opinions, but considering the Bruins have been to the finals twice in the last 3 years.....I declare your last paragraph to be ridiculous. It would be like me saying the Red Wings are afraid of how awesome the Bruins are.

I respect differing opinions, but considering the Bruins have been to the finals twice in the last 3 years.....I declare your last paragraph to be ridiculous. It would be like me saying the Red Wings are afraid of how awesome the Bruins are.
- GSDIV

The first stage of a subconscious revelation is denial.

TONIGHT!!!

The first stage of a subconscious revelation is denial.
- meta_puck_luck

Is that what they told you at AA?