Rink Roundtable: Bring on the Bruins
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It’s that time of year again. the postseason is set to get underway tomorrow night when the delightful Capitals take on the big, bad Bruins. So how do they stack up? What surprises are in store? And ultimately who will take the series? We weigh in on all of that below!
Q1:
What do you think is the biggest advantage the Caps have over the Bruins in their upcoming series?
J.P.: The Caps’ typical “biggest advantage” is their power play, but that’s more or less sawed off by a Bruins PK that is both terrific (they have the League’s second best efficiency at 86 percent) and dangerous (a League-leading nine shorthanded goals). I do think the Caps have a sizable advantage in the bottom-six forward (and wrote about it a bit here), but I’m going to go with having home-ice advantage. The Caps were 17-8-3 at home this year and Boston was 18-7-3. Sure, the Caps’ 19-7-2 mark away from h
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