It seems like the
Leafs beat the
Rangers every time they play in the playoffs. They did beat them 4 times in 5 years during the finals, and they did beat them 3years ago, when
Toronto won their last cup, but the
Rangers did beat the
Leafs in the first round of the 1969 playoffs. Some
Rangers were around then, so it’s possible.
Toronto has Swede
Jorgen Pettersson and Czech
Frank Cernik leading them this year. The pair combined for 77 goals. Russian
Slava Fetisov is a rock on defense, making things easy as possible for 2 time Gardiner Trophy winner
John Garrett.
New York is ofcourse without
Bobby Orr, but that’s becoming a normal thing.
Orr missed half the playoffs already, and has played just over 50 games the past 2 years. The
Rangers are clearly winning without him in the lineup.
Peter Stastny has 28 points in the playoffs, leading a charge to the Conn Smythe trophy.
Terry O’Reilly has 17 points and 50 PIM’s.
Pelle Lindberg has won the starting goalie job from
Dennis Herron, and has 2 playoff shutouts. Will the demons get to the
Rangers, or will they finally beat
Toronto for a cup?!