It will take something special to top the Chicago-Anaheim series

It will take something special to top the Chicago-Anaheim series

I had originally planned to write a piece on Rutherford pursuing a first round pick in this years draft but after doing some general reading I decided to delay that. With Beleskey scoring an early OT goal last night the series swung back in Anaheim's favour, 3-2, with them heading to Chicago for game six.

This series has had it all, late goals, poor goals, penalties, high scoring games, low scoring games. Everything. This series is going to most likely be the best series of the playoffs, unless the Stanley Cup produces something remarkable. Each game has been an incredible roller-coaster between two teams looking to go the extra mile.

Why has this series been so good? Well, it's got goals. Something which the Penguins v Rangers and Capitals v Rangers series lacked. There's a pattern there isn't there? So far there has been 23 goals in the 5 games which is behind the Tampa v Rangers series but still a high proportion compared to other series at the same point.

The two teams have also been lead by their star players. Toews especially has come up with some timely goals and has continued his clutch ability. On the other side Getzlaf has made a new Anaheim Ducks points record and looks to be in form. The Ducks have also been helped by a strong post season from Beleskey who has being playing lights out and will be getting a big contract this season.

The goal tenders have also been good to watch despite having two high scoring games. Mostly due to the ridiculously long overtime games which saw 118 and 91 shots in total. That is a big workload to carry so in comparison, they're doing well.

I think this series will be hard to beat for a while and I see the winner of the Stanley Cup coming from it. Personally, I hope Anaheim win through and close it out in Game 6 but with Chicago you can never tell. They thrive in this type of situation.