One More Down...Boston's Out

by FrankD on Apr 22, 2008 2:53 AM EDT in News

Montreal really stepped their game up to another level on Monday night when they routed a 5-0 win over the quasi-impressive-currently-eliminated Boston Bruins squad. The fact this game even went to a game seven says a lot for Boston's inability to simply shrivel up and die, but also speaks volumes for Montreal's capability to scrape it together to avoid an absolutely embarrassing first round upset.

That leaves everything in the East relatively figured out. Relatively.

It'll take one more night for the Penguins to reveal their second round opponent, as the Flyers and Capitals are set to decide which team will advance in a game seven matchup in Washington Tuesday night. Should Washington win, Pittsburgh will take on the Caps. If Philly wins, then the Pens play the Rangers.

In the perfect world of hockeydom, Pittsburgh will draw Washington in the second round. During the regular season, the Pens posted a 6-0-2 against the Caps. However, since shootouts have no place in the playoffs, it's safe to say the Pens were 6-2 vs the Caps. Also keep in mind that only one of those games was against Christobal Huet (4-2 victory). Huet has played beyond incredible in the playoffs so far for the Caps and you can bet he's hungry to take on his former Montreal staff to prove the trade deadline move was indeed a sour one.

With Boston elminated from contention, I think I'll finally ask the question I've been holding off on.

Poll

Who would you like to see Pittsburgh play in round 2?

Rangers

2 votes

Capitals

19 votes

21 votes | Poll has closed

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THIS IS A DEBACLE!!

Gonchar not being a finalist for the Norris is outrageous. Chara, while being a top level defenseman, simply did not have the impact that Gonchar had this year. That, plus given the fact that the Bruins play a quagmire defensive zone game should've easily made Gonchar an ideal runnerup to Lidstrom, who is quite frankly the greatest defenseman of this generation.

Based off of this, I'm expecting Ovechkin, Zach Parise, and Mats Sundin to be nominated for the Hart.

RIGGODDAMMDICULOUS

by killer93 on Apr 22, 2008 1:12 PM EDT reply actions

Poor Gonch

had to get the write-in on the All-Star ballot as well. If there was a trophy given out to most under-appreciated player (outside of Pitt of course) then Gonchar would be in the running for that. Of course just to remain consistent, he wouldn't be in the running for anything.

PS - Before he got hurt Sergei Zubov was my pick. That leg/groin injury really did him in when he was off to a great start.

FrankD from Pensburgh.com

by FrankD on Apr 22, 2008 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions