What a week of good hockey...

It's been a while since my last post and thought now would be a good time to talk some hockey.

I mainly wanted to touch up on a couple series. The first would be the Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadian series. A week ago I called the Bruins down and to start the count. Well since then the Bruins have mounted one amazing counter attack. Not only did they walk into Montreal and take both games 3 and 4, but in a classic defensive battle beat the Canadians in double overtime. What did they do different... they started putting pressure in front of the net! They didn't do that at all in the first two games. The Bruins defense have also committed to blocking shots and giving Thomas support. Even when they are not paying attention they are blocking them as we saw in the 2rd overtime last night. Either way, it's been one amazing comeback to watch for the Bruins. That said they should be thanking the Canadians to. Too many mistakes in front of their own net have resulted in most of the goals from games 3 and 4. I expect the Canadians to take this to game 7 as originally predicted and Boston to finish.



Next up the Chicago Blackhawks. Somewhere in Vancouver there has to be a ton of Canuck fans really starting to sweat tonight's match up. For being a team that is a ghost of their former selves from the past two seasons, they have given the Canucks another reason to doubt and fear. The team that's suppose to win the cup can't get the demons off their back and the Blackhawks are remembering how to play Blackhawk hockey. It's not just the fact Kane and Hossa have started scoring but it's the physical play. The Blackhawks are owning the boards, they are fighting in front of the net and they are showing the Canucks major playoff weakness... Roberto Luongo. I don't care if he's Vezina material and deemed one of the best goalies in today's NHL. Fact of the matter is he has yet to show up in the playoffs, even with a team as stacked like the Canucks. Even if they beat the Blackhawks this season, none of this will prove anything. Say they lose before they can even reach the conference finals then you have to question whether this core of players can win a cup. I hope tonight we can hear Chelsea Dagger running Luongo off the ice again. It will give us another set up for a classic 3-0 comeback again.