East Playoffs: 2. Washington Capitals vs 3. Boston Bruins

[hockeyrobot]

Can Ovie get healthy?

[2014olympicgold]

Washington in 6. Bruins just can't gain traction this yr and the smaller D-core this yr I think folds.

[Turbo_Supremo]

BOS in 7. Both teams chalked full of Vets that know how to perform in the playoffs. BOS is the slightly healthier team and Hall makes the difference over Mantha.

[finnys_fanatsy]

gonna be a long series Caps in 7

[hockeyrobot]

I have Boston in 5. Just have a feeling.

[PenguinHunter]

I am going with Capitals in 7.

This is the toughest series for me to decide upon.... I think the the big-bodied capitals will ware down McAvoy and co.

[Eskimo Brother]

Bruins in five. Bruins are not the underdog here and I don't think it's close.

[chuckcouples]

Bruins in 5. Better goaltending, better forwards and a motivated Taylor Hall means this series is shorter than most expect. Charlie McAvoy gets the recognition he deserves as he wins the Conn Smythe Trophy.

[kovalchuk17]

Bruins in 6. That second line mostly carried by Krejci/Hall has been magnificent. Bruins D is fully healthy finally, i think they take it over a hobbling Washington

[Feenom]

Bruins in 6 or 7 (voted 7). Don’t know if Ovie is 100% and if he isn’t Bruins will test him out. Rask is the difference for me but this should be a physical series.

[Axeman33]

Bruins in six but this could go either way.

[newfcollins]

Bruins in 5. Caps just too injured/banged up. Throw in Kuznetsov on the COVID list and possibly being a distraction, and it's just too much.

[Bobby4Ever]

Bruins have always had a difficult time beating the Caps regular season but hoping the D holds up in the playoffs! Bruins in 6

[Invictus]

This is probably the hardest series to call... need more time

EDIT: Okay, here it is.

Hard fought back and forth between both teams end in Boston up 3-2 in the series. End of game 5 gets pretty nasty setting up game 6.
That's when all hell breaks loose and Tom Wilson lays on a huge hit which was questionable causing ruckus on the ice and bench clearing brawl occurs. Tom Wilson beats up half the Boston roster. Lots of penalties, in the end Washington comes out ahead on the penalties since only Tom Wilson gets the bulk of it while BOS gets lots of penalties spread out. Washington wins the game and on the way to win the series. Except wait! Baracka Flacka Flame (Barack Obama) intervenes (Not spoiling how!) and BOS snakes through to round 2.

[The Comish]

Boston in 4. The vibe is completely opposite, Caps are trending down and Bruins are trending up in every regard.