" And while Richardson for foxsports.com. About the Bruins made short work of their archrival Montreal Canadians and fourteen become the first. Early goalie Tim thomas' of that and a nominee for stellar performance this season. He was gonna get the Canadians but not great although he wasn't tested very much by -- have offense he's going to face a much tougher challenge in the thirteenth. We can expect him to elevate his game accordingly. The -- defense had little trouble containing the Canadian smaller forwards but they'll have to work for them against Carolina's bigger forwards especially Eric Staal. They'll they'll be heading into the world -- everyone healthy and being led by Zdeno Chara should be more than up for the challenge of facing the Hurricanes. The best forwards played like their best forwards against the -- David crew chief mark the bird leading the way. He needed virus surgeon Michael Ryder who leads the club in play up points with seven. -- the -- will make it very tough for the Hurricanes to contain and we can expect green neon Lucic to be it is pesky best. The Bruins any kind of against stat. That's scored Montreal seventeen to six while the special teams did quite well the only real area of concern for the for the Bruins is the -- middle of the long layoff between series. Could take them awhile to get back into the playoffs when things. The Hurricanes rallied several times to overcome the favored New Jersey doubles and seven games. Gilmore appears to regain the form that made in the MVP of the 2006 play out that he and tool double superstar wrote mark M Broder. Back stopping the Hurricanes to their memorable victory. He faced the most shots all goaltenders playing six or more games in the postseason to date and has posted a solid two point 11 goals against average. And it point 93 they percentage. Defenseman you might pick and and Tim -- a -- global. Were among the hurricane Sweden scores but defense was the Hurricanes problem area against the double that they gave up nearly 35 shots per game. They must improve their overall defensive game against the much deeper and more offensively talented Bruins team. Top forwards Eric Staal and Ray Whitney -- as expected among the hurricane leading scorers. While writer Chad wrote proved to be a pleasant surprise if he's also tied for the team scoring lead with seven points. An area of concern covers the performances secondary scorers but he'll more route to 38 cents not a proper and the more. When they ranked among the club's leading scores during the regular season but combined for only three points against the double. Another significant problem area for Carolina with their inability to capitalize on the power play goal in the woeful two for 28 with a man advantage against the Devils. -- or kill 23 point six shorthanded situations. The problem areas need to be addressed but this -- shown a remarkable a remarkable capacity to rally and the Bruins shouldn't take them for granted. That would be the first on -- clash in the postseason in ten years which is also the last time the Bruins advanced to the conference semifinals. -- play of character and determination. In overcoming series and game deficit against the double and if Gilmore continues to play well certainly have a fighting chance against the Bruins. Still they need more offense from their other notable forwards in the must do a better job defensively if they hope to pull off another upset. Often offensive and physical play should extracted significant toll on the hurricanes' defense. They kept on direct to prepare and to work on any problem areas within their game they weren't seriously challenged in the first round. Must be better prepared for -- from Carolina. The Bruins -- the -- and physical play combined with Thomas is clutch goaltending should prove the difference. I'm predicting the Bruins will win that and six."