Colorado vs Dallas - who would win a 7 game playoff series?

[koyvoo]

Assuming both squads are healthy.

 

[Spilot23]

Hard to bet against Dallas when they have won the last 2-3 meetings in the playoffs? Dallas got deeper offensively same for the Avs. If we can get secondary scoring while our defense tighten up I like our chances. I wonder how Heiskanen will look when he comes back dude always play his A game vs the Avs in the playoffs.

 

[AvsFan29]

If we're judging by the game last night...I'd be concerned if I were Dallas. The game was nowhere near as close as the score

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Avs. Dallas is a paper tiger this year

 

[LaMasquerade]

Hard to judge as it is always a mystery what Nuke we get. Avs are so much more dangerous when this guy plays vs when he betrays his team..

(yes, I know it is sickness, but I'm thinking from team's perspective)

 

[Regal]

I like a full healthy Colorado more, but that’s always a concern. Adding Nelson and Coyle, and if Nuke and Drouin are in the lineup and fully engaged, they actually have the depth to match Dallas along with better team speed and the two biggest gamebreakers between them in MacK and Makar. Throw in Blackwood likely being a big improvement on Georgiev from last year’s series, and I think the Avs would take it this time.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

I like Dallas. Salty canes fans are funny too.

 

[JKG33]

I really like Dallas. They've got the best top 9 forward group in the league, and I'd have a hard time finding a goalie I'd take over Otter in a 7 game series. But that defence is just so.. yikes. Heiskanen and Harley are great. Bischel could be a playoff beast. But any group that's relying on Lybushkin, Ceci, Dumba... yea that's a yikes.

Colorado meanwhile has two players better than anyone on Dallas, a solid D core, a top 9 forward group that's almost as good, and a goalie that's a lot better than he's given credit for in Blackwood.

I'd take the Avs if I had a gun to my head. But as someone with no horse in this race, it'll be a great matchup. It's just a damn shame this awful playoff format makes it happen in the 1st round. Reality is it should be Winnipeg vs 8, Dallas vs Min/LA, Vegas vs LA/Min, Colorado vs Edmonton, leaving a likely scenario where this is the WCF