The Wings and Ducks are closely matched teams. This series is a toss-up. The Red Wings are one of those imperial teams that think the Cup is their birthright, the Ducks are an upstart team, a joke throughout the league in their early days. Too bad its all on West Coast time (and impossible to find on TV) because this looks like a pretty strong series.
The Ducks have breezed in the post-season so far, making short work of the Wild and the Canucks, taking both in 5 games. The Red Wings had a little more competition, the Flames and the Sharks each took them to 6 games.
The Wings just finished off the Sharks on Monday and play again on Friday, whereas the Ducks will have over a week off before they take the ice again. Do the Ducks come in refreshed or rusty? In hockey, I'll take the team with more time off every time even when they're on the road. I'll take the Ducks in game 1 stealing the home ice advantage away from the Wings. But home advantage isn't so strong in hockey: its such a physical grind of a game and the players are so removed from the crowd that once the puck drops the only advantage is who wants it more.
I'll take the Ducks in 6.
The Sabres got outplayed by the Rangers (it seemed to me), but they scored more goals and that's how we determine the winner of a contest. (The Rangers almost had that 'team of destiny' thing going, didn't they?) The Senators squashed the mighty Devils in 5 games, beating them at their own game of tenacious mid-field D and strong goal tending.
The Sabres have oodles of offense but the Senators have got their D working. I'll take the D over the O.
Senators in 6.
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