Stanley Cup Final Prediction

1. Vancouver Canucks
3. Boston Bruins
Vancouver Canucks in 6 games

I have predicted for Boston to lose every single series so far All 3 of them. And yet again I am going to predict their demise. But this time I am more confident than I was in every other series in the fact that Bruins won't win. Of course I was quite confident that the Bruins would lose to the Flyers yet they (the Bruins) swept the Flyers. That is a prime example of the fact that any thing can happen. The Boston Bruins are an elite team. You have to be elite to make it to the finals. However there are many reasons why they won't win. The first reason is the Canucks fore check. I have noticed unfortunate trend in the Bruins breakouts. They have a habit of being sloppy and either making bad passes or just making bad decisions with the puck. With a fore check and a third line like the Canucks's those bad decisions and bad passes will end up in the back of the Bruins net more often than it did when they were facing the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Bruins were able to intimidate the Lightning's defense because the Lightning's defense are about as slow as the Bruins's forwards are. The Canucks's mobile defensive corps will be able to get out of the way of the big Bruins forwards and make good passes. I'll use a quote from Kevin Bieksa: "What do I do when a big guy who can't skate comes in to hit me? Skate around him and keep playing." That was said when John Scott of the Chicago Blackhawks said before the first round that he thought he could intimidate the Canucks defense. While at the other end of the spectrum the Canucks's fast forwards will be able to get in the zone hit the slow Bruins defenseman and probably get the puck. That kind of also sums up my second reason, and that is that the Canucks are just too fast. Also with Marc Savard out, the Bruins will have to lean heavily on David Krejci and Nathan Horton. While for the Canucks every line except maybe the 4th line can score. And I think that Tyler Seguin just had 1 good games and should not be relied on for points. He did score a really nice goal in his first game but lots of 4th line guys have also occasionally scored a goal like that too. He only really did have 1 good game.

The Bruins are a good team and will edge the Canucks out in 2 or 3 of the games but I think that ultimately the Canucks will win 4.