Originally Posted by
aznbluff
Rinne completely outclasses Mike Smith. His fundamentals, his size, his mobility, glove hand are all much superior. Can't stress this enough, Rinne is many levels above Smith, but books know that the public don't think this and it keeps the price low.
Nashville has the better, deeper team and home ice. I'd price the series at around -200. Torres is one of Phoenix's top 10 forwards. Him out is a slight negative. Nashville has 14-15 good, NHL caliber forwards in case of injuries. Phoenix is into it's farm depth already, any more injuries to forwards will really hurt.
Nashville is better on the back end and may be getting Hal Gill back to bolster depth at some point. Phoenix is deep on the back end and has some very good top end as well. I'd give the edge to Nashville but Phoenix is in a better position to absorb injuries to their back end.