Pete Weber Talks Conference Finals

Thursday, 05.26.2011 / 11:14 AM / Nashville Predators Playoffs Coverage
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With the Vancouver Canucks advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals from the Western Conference and the Boston/Tampa Bay series moving to a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference, NashvillePredators.com got in touch with Preds broadcaster Pete Weber for his thoughts on conference finals series.

NashvillePredators.com: What surprised you the most from the Vancouver/San Jose series?
Pete Weber - The Sedins reemergence after being non-factors against the Preds, especially Henrik. He had 12 points in the San Jose series (five games); he and Daniel combined only had seven points in the entire series against the Preds (six games) --- and both had minus plus/minus ratings.

NP.com: Does Vancouver’s offensive success against San Jose make Nashville’s defensive success against the Canucks more impressive?
Weber - Without question! Vancouver was the highest scoring team in the regular season (3.15 goals per game) and they showed that against San Jose (scored 20 goals in five games; 4.00 goals per game). The Preds held them to just 14 goals in the series (six games, 2.33 goals per game), with three overtime periods in there as well.

NP.com: Western Conference bracket is now complete --- who were your top-3 playoff performers in the Western Conference half of the playoff bracket this year?
Weber - Ryan Kesler (VAN), Joe Thornton (SJ) and Pekka Rinne

NP.com: Heading into Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals --- who have been your top-3 playoff performers in the Eastern Conference half of the playoff bracket this year?
Weber - Tim Thomas (BOS), Vincent Lecavalier (TB) and Patrice Bergeron (BOS)

NP.com: How does Vancouver stack up against Boston or Tampa Bay in a potential Cup match-up?
Weber - First of all, Vancouver stacks up well against anybody. They had the most points in the whole league during the regular season and showed that again in the first three rounds of the playoffs. That said, Boston's D corps matches the Canucks better than Tampa's does, but I feel Tampa's quick-strike attack could make for a very entertaining offensive oriented series.

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STANDINGS

WESTERN CONFERENCE
  TEAM GP W L OT GF GA PTS
1 p - CHI 48 36 7 5 155 102 77
2 y - ANA 48 30 12 6 140 118 66
3 y - VAN 48 26 15 7 127 121 59
4 x - STL 48 29 17 2 129 115 60
5 x - LAK 48 27 16 5 133 118 59
6 x - SJS 48 25 16 7 124 116 57
7 x - DET 48 24 16 8 124 115 56
8 x - MIN 48 26 19 3 122 127 55
9 CBJ 48 24 17 7 120 119 55
10 PHX 48 21 18 9 125 131 51
11 DAL 48 22 22 4 130 142 48
12 EDM 48 19 22 7 125 134 45
13 CGY 48 19 25 4 128 160 42
14 NSH 48 16 23 9 111 139 41
15 COL 48 16 25 7 116 152 39
COMPLETE STANDINGS

STATS

2012-2013 REGULAR SEASON
SKATERS: GP G A +/- Pts
S. Weber 48 9 19 -2 28
D. Legwand 48 12 13 -6 25
M. Fisher 38 10 11 6 21
C. Wilson 25 7 12 1 19
R. Josi 48 5 13 -7 18
G. Bourque 34 11 5 6 16
S. Kostitsyn 46 3 12 -5 15
P. Hornqvist 24 4 10 -1 14
K. Klein 47 3 11 -1 14
N. Spaling 47 9 4 -10 13
 
GOALIES: W L OT Sv% GAA
P. Rinne 15 16 8 .910 2.43
C. Mason 1 7 1 .873 3.73
FULL TEAM STATS

 


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