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Mike Babcock on the matchup game: “We have two groups and a third group that we are not as concerned about now”

Establishing a forecheck and maybe getting a couple of wingers below the dots and creating and maintaining puck pressure — how will Boston make that challenging? What do you like about your team that might enable you to do so?

Babcock: I just think whatever teams gets to spend more time in the offensive zone is then going to have better transition. That is probably where you are going to get really hurt. That’ll be a priority for both teams to put some wear and tear on the other team and spend some time in the offensive zone, so I don’t think there is a whole lot of secrecy about that.