If the Boston Bruins hold on and prevail in the 2013 Stanley Cup Final, top point-getter David Krejci and otherworldly goaltender Tuukka Rask are both knee-jerk Conn Smythe Trophy candidates, and good ones at that.
Krejci’s consistency comes through on his game log, where one will notice that his only case of back-to-back pointless outings occurred in Games 2 and 3 of the final. He has turned in memorable multipoint efforts, including a hat trick in the first round and a pair of assists in the finals opener which, in a losing cause, at least helped to verify Boston’s competitiveness.
Rask is retaining a Tim Thomas-esque stat line with a .946 save percentage and 1.64 goals-against average whilst stifling top-notch offenses from Pittsburgh and Chicago. The way he kept the second game of the final competitive after a 19-shot first-period firestorm makes for one booming opening statement for his Conn Smythe case.
But upon digging beneath the top of Boston’s production leaderboard and the NHL’s netminding leaderboard and exploring the context of various individuals’ output, Patrice Bergeron warrants at least equal Conn Sm ...
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