Potential Stanley Cup Preview?

Tomorrow night will be the first meeting between Philadelphia and Vancouver this season. Both touted as legitimate Stanley Cup contenders, and both dominating their respective conferences this month.

Philadelphia is coming into Roger's Arena with a 7-2-1 record for December. Vancouver is the NHL's hottest team, going 9-1-2 so far this month.

I give the edge to the Canucks tomorrow night, for 3 reasons. 1 being, the Canucks are at home and they rarely lose in Roger's Arena. 2, Philly's without Chris Pronger and regardless of who they have on their team, you cannot replace a Chris Pronger. 3, Philly hasn't played since the 20th, losing 5-0 to Florida. Normally I'd expect a big bounce back game, but that's an awful long layoff and most teams with that much time off are sluggish out of the gate.