It's in the Bruins' hands to avoid being the Canucks of this Stanley Cup Final

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Eight years ago when the Bruins won their Stanley Cup, they were the big, bad hockey team looking to bully others all over the ice with their punishing brand of physicality and they simply wore teams down over the course of long series. The Vancouver Canucks were the speedy, finesse team in that matchup that brought an explosive power play to the equation and preferred speed and skill over brute, physical hockey force. While the transformation isn't completely identical this season, it's striking that the Bruins have essentially morphed into the Canucks eight years later with a historically good power play and the desire to get into a special teams battle.

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