i can envision lots of hockey forum guys gone from here very soon for various reasons.
so to keep the board brewing with activity allow me to play a little devils advocate even though all of u know who i am rooting for.

1 milan lucic

in van there is the rich west van area and then there is east van. west van is one of the most affluent mansion rich areas in all of north america. spoiled rotten west van kids roll around in their dad's ferraris and jaguars.
in east van kids have to fight and battle their whole lives. lucic is an east van boy. tough as they come and reigning fighting champ of the nhl. this guy near single handedly beat the nucks in their only visit here. he has already purchased tons of g1 tickets for family and friends. he is even rallying his close friends to convert to the bruins. no one gains more inspiration than this guy playing in vancouver. he has started to come around and will be jacked for this

2 tim thomas
if there is a guy that can win a cup like patrick roy did for mtl - near single handedly it is this guy. acrobatic saves - hilite reel show stoppers!

3 refs
these teams are near equal on 5 on 5's. should the refs put the whistles away it could give boston a chance to not have to go on a poor pp and avg pk.
if they do blow the whistle it will most likely go against an aggressive hitting team like van. they were jobbed by the tune of 59% more pp chances for chicago in round one - way beyond a normal spread of about 5% differential.
toronto guys in the video booth disallow goals on van seemingly more than other clubs

4 awaken the hitting beast

van will not change its physical style. they will come out and hit g1. i know boston is capable of doing the same. they have not done this yet- recent case in point purcell last game had 3 bruins on him off the side of the net and not a single one laid into him. a weird bounce nearly had the puck deflected in.
bos may gain back some fire from constantly being hit and the push back might bite van in the ass.

could go this way, but there u have it nuck haters and bruin lovers- there are your chances