Am I the only one who thinks Dallas is super overrated? They're a legit playoff team, but they are a clear tier below Cup contender IMO. They have a really good first line, but the rest of their forward group is pretty meh...Benn has had a good resurgent season, but close to ~40% of the dude's production has come from the PP, and he's also been shooting well above his usual numbers this year. Seguin is a shell of what he used to be, while Dadonov, Johnston, Domi, Marchment etc are decent but not great middle six tweener types. Johnston obviously has potential to be more than that, but he's just a rookie, how much will he really do in his first ever playoffs?
On defense, Heiskanen is a stud and Suter is basically their version of Mark Giordano, but the rest of the D are just decent and mostly unspectacular players.
Their biggest weapon is probably in net with Oettinger who is a legitimate franchise goalie, and almost stole the Calgary series on his own last year. If he gets hot I suppose he could steal many games, but is that enough to get them a Cup win?
I don't know guys, what am I missing here lol? I don't think this team is all that great, they're a solid playoff team but that's about it. Even in the two games the Leafs played against them, I didn't think they looked particularly impressive, especially in the second game in Dallas where the Leafs made easy work of them. I certainly wouldn't have them as a top 5 team.