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Originally Posted by vazman05
Maybe somebody can explain to me…Whats all the hype about Marcel Hossa…he had 10 goals and 18 assists in the regular season and has one goal and one assist in the playoffs…am I missing something???
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yes you are.....Vaz- i will tell you this, Hossa coming back was big for the NYR. No one said he is Wayne Gretzky, but he plays on the top line with Jagr and Nylander and he was only moved up there towards the end of the season when they sent Straka to center the Avery/Shanny line. His Point production has actually been very good since he joined them and he was out for about 15 games don't forget. He has played very well on that line and him doing so allowed the NYR to move Straka to the 2nd line and give them a very good 2nd line as well. Then you have the checking line which as done pretty well. The sabres are the deeper team and nobody plays better transition hockey than BUF, but lets not count out the NYR yet. Hossa coming back has been huge for them and i said that before the playoffs even began, and he along with Avery are 2 big reasons why i picked NYR in 6 over Atlanta. That being said, Atlanta's defense was worse than PHI as the NYR skated circles around them blasting shot after shot. That won't happen vs. BUF. I think the biggest thing you have going is the fact that the NYR have 2 very very good lines that can score while BUF has 4 very very good lines that can score. NYR 3rd line is junk, IMO and their 4th line is good defensively but don't look for much on the scoreboard out of that 4th line for the NYR. BUF gets it done in the end UNLESS they are outworked by the NYR.