This is an 8* BLOCKBUSTER on the Washington Capitals.

This series has not been the easiest to predict, as each team has looked great at times and pretty poor in others. Clearly they are very evenly matched, so in my opinion, we must look elsewhere to try and locate the value and simply put, I can't understate how important that home ice advantage is in a situation like this. Each team has scored 14 goals through the first six games, but experience can't be overlooked either, note that this is Washington's eighth Game 7 in the last eight years. And for me, it's as simple as that. These team's forwards are a "wash," their defenders are a wash, their goaltenders are also a wash. Experience and the comforts and advantages of playing in front of the home town crowd, combined with what has to be considered an extremely favorable line, make the CAPITALS the team to play in this one.

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