Myers doesn't get called for half of those penalties in a normal regular season game. Not sure what he did/which refs wife it was but he could play exactly the same way this series and generate way less penalties. We'll need his physicality against the blues.
Kesler had what Samuelsson and Raymond on his wings? Not superstars.
Might well be compared to Eriksson, especially Samuelsson.
Horvat isn't exactly 40 goal scoring selke winning back to back 70 point seasons Ryan Kesler either.
I'm not really sure where you're going, you think Bo and 2011 Kesler's lines are comparable? I don't. I'm not a Bo hater, I think he would be a 70 point guy right now with legitimate contender worthy top six linemates instead of Eriksson and Pearson, but he isn't 2011 Kesler.
My main thesis is that I think Pettersson will get shut down. Teams have figured out that you can double team Pettersson and his line won't punish it, and Pettersson hasn't figured out how to dominate despite this. I don't think Bo can take over a series like this so with Pettersson shut down we'll need our bottom six to do a lot of heavy lifting.
I love that we're playing the blues. They're going to do exactly the kinds of things that our young guys need to learn how to play against so the experience will be valuable especially if they can figure out a way to overcome it. If it's a special teams battle like vs the wild or if the blues are still sleepy I think we're favoured. If not, I don't and the above are my reasons.