Can the Los Angeles Kings repeat at Stanley Cup Champs? That would be three in four years. Or is time for the Boston Bruins to drink from the Cup of Life again? It would be two in three years, if Boston can past whoever comes out of a very loaded Western Conference, it would be two out of the last three titles for the Bruins.
The NHL on NBC’s lead announce team of Eddie Olczyk, Pierre McGuire and Mike “Doc” Emrick were on conference call for national media covering the NHL.
Here’s what Doc said:
“The Boston Bruins will win. This is how I see the horse race. Those teams out West being so strong and probably there will be a 97 point team that’ll miss, but there are physical battles that will take place involving probably St. Louis and Los Angeles and even Chicago before it’s all done, and I think the carnage factor, even though Los Angeles has disproved this in the past with their size and kind of hiding in the weeds until the Playoffs, I think this is Boston’s year.
I really think this is Boston’s turn. They’ve got almost everybody back, and they’ve just signed a couple of their very important younger players, and I just like the looks of what I’ve seen in Boston already in preseason, and I think this is their year to get it back again.”
We’ll see if the Boston Bruins can live up to expectations.
Transcript courtesy of NBC Sports Group
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