commentary... Predators-Canucks...

Nashville plays a basic defensive game,hoping for mistakes,to score goals,but Vancouver is aiming higher in the playoffs than a seven game loss to Nashville... Pekka Rinne has to steal,at least,two games from Vancouver,but he is the better goaltender,overall,but Nashville does not have a edge anywhere else... Roberto Luongo is the known name,but Rinne is a very,very good goaltender,and both are Vezina Trophy finalists,which means you are a top-tier goaltender... if Rinne was on the Detroit Red Wings,they would win the Stanley Cup,hands-down,this year... he is that good,in net,period... Vancouver has way too much fire,in the Sedin twins(Daniel,and Henrik),and others,that they play very well normally,to basically blast you away,from a win... Nashville has to clamp down on defense,and hope that Vancouver does not get going on offense,but that is not going to happen,at all,because Vancouver is just too offensive-minded to be stopped,over a total of four games(Nashville wins-ha ha),or even seven games... Nashville can win,only if Rinne plays like Martin Brodeur,in his prime,and he steals some games(low-scoring,er,2-1,type),for the Predators...