NHL Betting: Five Things That The Bruins Need To Do To Win It All in 2011 |
Written by Gaby Varji | |||
Wednesday, 01 June 2011 22:13 | |||
Use Size To Wear Down The Canucks While Vancouver did well against the Predators and Sharks, no team tested them harder than the Blackhawks when they made a commitment to using their sports betting bonus size and strength to wear them down and steal three straight games to push the Canucks to the brink with a decisive game seven. The Bruins did the same against the Canadiens and Lightning in the first and third rounds, and will need to do so again against a smaller Canucks’ team. Thomas Will Need To Shine Both netminders enter this series with a 2.29 goals against average, but Tim Thomas has been the better of the two all year and is on pace to take home the Vezina trophy as the league’s best goaltender. Thomas’ resurgence is the biggest reason why the Bruins are where they are at this pay per head point, and as long as he continues to perform they should be able to push a very talented Vancouver team. Chara Needs To Make Presence Felt At Both Ends While the Canucks will definitely send a ton of traffic to the net, it will be the job of Bruins’ captain Zdeno Chara to make his impact felt at both ends of the ice with his ability to clear room in front of his own goal, while acting as a screen on the powerplay at the other end of the ice. Chara will serve as a wall in front of Vancouver netminder Roberto Luongo when Boston has the man-advantage, and the hope is that it will lead to some goals for a powerplay that has really struggled this postseason ahead of the 2011 Belmont Stakes betting race. Horton Will Need To Put Up Points Goals have been hard to come by for the Bruins this postseason, and Horton will make the biggest difference if he can continue to produce. After missing the playoffs with the Florida Panthers the past couple of seasons, Horton has more than made up for it and the team is 8-0 in games where he scores. Depth Will Need To Perform For Bruins
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