Vancouver Blogger Sriseth

Coming off from a heavy defeat two nights earlier, Vancouver Canucks tried to get back into their natural game and be composed. They just couldn't. Although the Bruins didn't have the same energy level they had on Monday, they were still too good for the Canucks. The result was another heavy loss and a tied series at 2-2. 

This series has many similarities to Canucks - Hawks first round series. Chicago turned around the series from 0-3 down after Torres hit on Brent Seabrook pumped them up. Here, when Bruins were out of sorts, Canucks managed to give them a reason to get energized when Aaron Rome hit Nathan Horton. Although Boston lost one of their best forwards, they were smart enough to make use of the incident for their benefit. It is heartbreaking for the fans to see Canucks play as poorly as they've seen them play for a long time. Boston goalie Tim Thomas continues at his best. But he didn't have to make many big saves tonight, as Canucks kept on loosing puck battles and couldn't get their power play going. 

Now the question is, coming back home to Vancouver and playing in front of home fans can bring back their natural game. Those optimistic will see the pattern of teams making full use of their home ice advantage, and if the trend continues, the Canucks will win the Stanley Cup in game 7. At the beginning  of the week, no one even bothered about a game 7. It's quite a possibility now. I wanted to see Canucks win the cup in front of Vancouver fans. Only possibility of that happening is at game 7. On the other hand, it's only fair that a Stanley Cup final series go all the way to game 7. It's a battle between two best teams who fought for months to get here and fans deserve to see a close battle that go to distance. All the memorable playoff series in the past have gone to game 7. Five of the last 10 cup finals have gone to 7 games and those are the ones we remember as classics. Penguins beating Red Wings, Hurricanes beating Oilers, Tampa beating Calgary, Devils beating Ducks; those are the classics. No body thinks Ducks beating Senators 4-1 as a classic. I always wanted Boston to be in the finals against Vancouver, because they are two great teams with passionate fan bases. It's only deserving that this is going to be no shorter than a seven game series. For that to happen, Canucks have to make sure they win game 5 on Friday. I don't see them coming from behind to force a game 7. On the other hand, these playoffs have been full of surprises. And that's what we love about it.