Both teams play an aggressive, offensive style that highlights their skill, while the Sharks have a power play unit that can be unstoppable at times.ģ.
On the ice, it just seems like it would simply be the most exciting matchup. These are two teams whose championship windows were thought to have been inching shut for a couple of years now, if not completely closed when the season started. Between Crosby, Malkin and Thornton there are at least three future Hall of Famers in that group and three of the best players of their era.īeyond just the individual talent is the fact you would have the legacy angle that would certainly get beaten into the ground with the Penguins trying to get a second Stanley Cup title in the Crosby-Malkin era and the Sharks trying to get their first in the Thornton-Marleau era.
On the San Jose side you have Joe Thornton, Brent Burns, Patrick Marleau and one of the league's top goal-scorers in Joe Pavelski. On the Pittsburgh side you have Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang and Phil Kessel. Sharks. The star power in this series would be phenomenal because both teams are absolutely loaded. The Pittsburgh Penguins and San Jose Sharks would be a fantastic series. In the East, Pittsburgh is in the conference finals for the fourth time since 2008, while the Lightning are making their third appearance since 2011.Īll of the potential matchups are outstanding, but let's see how they might stack up. The Blues are in the conference finals for the first time in 15 years, while the Sharks are back for the first time since 2011. In the West, both teams are trying to win their first Stanley Cup championship. The Blues don't really play that same type of style as the other three teams, but they do have one of the best and most electrifying players in the league in Vladimir Tarasenko and have been one of the best team in the league for most of the season. With the Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning and San Jose Sharks you have three of the top offensive teams in the league, as well as three of the most exciting teams based on their style of play. The NHL's final four is set and even though the teams that have dominated the league in recent years are not present (Chicago and Los Angeles) every possible Stanley Cup Final matchup has the potential to be a fantastic series in its own way.
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