Bruins Vs. Flyers

#6 Seed VS. #7 Seed
Analysis: This series kicks off Saturday afternoon in Boston and features the 6th seeded Bruins against the 7th seeded Philadelphia Flyers. The quote of this series is “Watch out for Good Teams, who have had Bad Seasons”. As both the Bruins and Flyers upset higher seeded opponents in the first round. Boston played well against the Sabres and came back and won 3 separate games when they were losing after two. Essentially I think they ran into a tired Ryan Miller after carrying a heavy workload and then the Olympics. The Flyers were even more impressive dismantling the Devils in 5 games. This series also could be focused on injuries, having Savard return could be a major boost for the Bruins, and losing Carter and Gagne is going to be tough on the Flyers. Look for Mike Richards to continue to put up points and be a key leader for the Flyers. Claude Giroux also have a very impressive first round and I’ve got faith that he will put up some much needed points for the Flyers in round 2. Watch for the battles between Danny Carcillo and Milan Lucic or any other forward that gets in his way. On defence it is the battle of the big men, Zdeno Chara and Chris Pronger. I’m giving the edge to Pronger as he has a knack of leading teams deep into post seasons and his experience will be huge for a generally young Flyer squad. For the Bruins watch for the return of Marc Savard to add some needed punch up front. You have always got to keep your eye on crafty veteran Mark Recchi as he somehow still manages to light the lamp. Tuukka Rask has had an outstanding season and I will give him an edge over Boucher although Boucher did face a tougher offensive team in round 1.

Prediction: Philadelphia dominated a strong Devils team in round 1 and I feel that they will also have success in this round. I doubted Boston in round 1 and they proved me wrong also dismantling the Sabres although I think that wasn’t entirely because of Boston being the better team. Chris Pronger will lead the Flyers physically and will contribute on the score sheet as well and thus my pick for this series is PHILADELPHIA IN 6.

Key Players: Bruins: Savard, Recchi, Bergeron, Chara, And Rask. Flyers: Richards, Giroux, Carcillo, Pronger, Boucher.