Honestly, I think that it isn't really a head to head matchup. Ovechkin is more of a power scoring forward, Crosby is more of a touch/pass center. If anything, Malkin is closer to Ovechkin than Crosby is and I think that Malkin will hold his own nicely. I think that Gonchar will make life tough for Ovechkin, but if Fluery is giving up rebounds, the Caps will make them pay. Pens have an advantage at center with Crosby distributing the puck, Caps have better winger goal scoring in Semin and Ovechkin. I'd also say the Pens have a better offensive power play unit, so penalties could be a determining factor. Goaltender is the one area where I see a clear advantage in experience for the Pens but if Varlamov can keep up the level of play he had in the Rangers series then it will be very close indeed.
Judah On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 9:28 AM, Scott Stewart <sstwebwo...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > I do look forward to the Ovechkin/Crosby matchup, although I think Ovechkin > will win it pretty handily... > > -- > Scott Stewart > ColdFusion Developer > 4405 Oakshyre Way > Raleigh, NC 27616 > (h) 919.874.6229 (c) 703.220.2835 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296404 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
