Excellent analysis dave.
And Popgun you're forgetting aone important thing, this is when Ottawa chokes. Year after year. Their team is pretty incredible and has a great D, great O, Emery has been suprisingly great in the regular season and had a great first round. I don't know that I can say Brian Murray is the greatest coach of all time though. I think Hitchcock is a way better coach than him and look what happened.
Lindy did a fantastic job the last two games on the road in Philly.
I thibnk he thought he was Roger Neilson matching lines the way he did. Fantastic!
However, two things, we have beat them, not that the regular season stats mean anything and NOW, is Ottawa's traditional time to fold.
They will melt. Game five in their rink will be loosening the collar a little bit for them but back here game 6 it's over.
We of course must win one of the first two there but I love the fact that we just came off a road win.