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Originally Posted by turdburgler
have you watched Anaheim this year?
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I have. I've also watched San Jose, and Detroit, and every playoff team in the West right now. Since the trade deadline, you'd be hard-pressed to find any team in the NHL playing better than them.
They are deeper on defense than San Jose, but weaker on offense. The x-factor is goaltending. Naby is good. Giguere has struggled this season, and Hiller is still unproven with the kind of workload he'll receive in the playoffs.
Anaheim might lose this series. In fact, I fully expect they will. But it won't be in 4 games, and probably not even in 5. This will be a very close series. If San Jose gets out of it relatively healthy, I think they go all the way. I know for a fact a lot of San Jose fans did not want to face Anaheim, but this might just be what San Jose needs to go deep into the playoffs. Either they lose, or they show strength as a team and find a way to win, in which case I think they will be ready for any team they go up against afterwards.