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GDT: Game 42: Sat. Jan. 11th: Back-to-back part 2: Home vs Dallas, 7 PM | CITY, SNE, TVAS

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JadedRandom said:
This game is one where we can see the true level of our team.

We're good, and getting better, but we're not ready to take a team like Dallas, with all of its depth, talent throughout the lineup, and veteran leadership.

To try and bridge that gap a bit, I think St. Louis should tweak the strategy on the forecheck a bit to try and get our guys going.

We've been getting "one-and-doned" a lot by the big rangy defense of the Stars along the boards and on the dump-ins, so we should try to gain entry into the zone with possession more.

Oh, and we should try and hit the net on our shots. We've been getting some clean looks and haven't been even close to touching Oettinger on some of those shots (Gallagher, Anderson and Matheson were the three main culprits of this to me in the first, hope they get better as the game progresses).

If we do that successfully, and find the right balance to try and restrain the Stars' strong and deep offense, I think we have a shot in this game even though our opponents are clearly the better team overall.
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I wouldn't be going for blank generalizations here. We're looking a bit like the Caps looked against us yesterday, and exactly no one made comments about the general level of the Caps (and they also couldn't raise the fact they had been on the second game of a back to back).

Doesn't mean there aren't things to work on.
 
JadedRandom said:
This game is one where we can see the true level of our team.

We're good, and getting better, but we're not ready to take a team like Dallas, with all of its depth, talent throughout the lineup, and veteran leadership.

To try and bridge that gap a bit, I think St. Louis should tweak the strategy on the forecheck a bit to try and get our guys going.

We've been getting "one-and-doned" a lot by the big rangy defense of the Stars along the boards and on the dump-ins, so we should try to gain entry into the zone with possession more.

Oh, and we should try and hit the net on our shots. We've been getting some clean looks and haven't been even close to touching Oettinger on some of those shots (Gallagher, Anderson and Matheson were the three main culprits of this to me in the first, hope they get better as the game progresses).

If we do that successfully, and find the right balance of containment play and puck-possession to try and restrain the Stars' strong and deep offense, I think we have a shot in this game even though our opponents are clearly the better team overall.
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Habs have beaten teams as good as Dallas if not better.
 
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