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Meh, a shutout is a shutout, ceremonial souvenir puck or no. Although Dallas might be stupid enough to think that stealing the puck negates the shutout or loss
Series Talk: WCQF Dallas Stars (C2) vs Colorado Avalanche (C3) | Stars win 4-3
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expatriatedtexan
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The Avs should give him a shutout placque and where you normally mount a puck....just stick a piece of white equipment tape with the games stats on it and a brass plate that reads, puck stolen by Mikko Rantanen and Matthew Duchene on 4.26.25.
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Imagine the cope on this board if things were reversed and Dallas were the ones who had tied the series at 2-2 by utterly dominating the Avs in game 4 
This was beautiful. Especially the second period. Can we play like that again please…like every single game? That kind of hockey would make neutral person a fan, no doubt.
Happy for Landy, that was brilliant goal. Exactly what we needed to have something to show for all that dominance we had up until that point. And his assist to Girard goal made me chuckle, given it was not sure for a moment if he wasnt the scorer himself. This begs a question - why cant have one secondary assist on his own goal?
Happy for Landy, that was brilliant goal. Exactly what we needed to have something to show for all that dominance we had up until that point. And his assist to Girard goal made me chuckle, given it was not sure for a moment if he wasnt the scorer himself. This begs a question - why cant have one secondary assist on his own goal?
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This was beautiful. Especially the second period. Can we play like that again please…like every single game? That kind of hockey would make neutral person a fan, no doubt.
Happy for Landy, that was brilliant goal. Exactly what we needed to have something to show for all that dominance we had up until that point. And his assist to Girard goal made me chuckle, given it was not sure for a moment if he wasnt the scorer himself. This begs a question - why cant have one secondary assist on his own goal?
I have watched the Avs for many years. I have never seen them play such a dominant game and especially that second period. It was like holy shit! They are on fire and friggin unstoppable.
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After 4 games:
Duchene 0+0
Rantanen 0+1
Hintz 1+0
But we have some underperformers as well:
Necas 0+1
Nichushkin 1+0
Duchene 0+0
Rantanen 0+1
Hintz 1+0
But we have some underperformers as well:
Necas 0+1
Nichushkin 1+0
That one moment in second period when it looked like powerplay despite being 5v5. Pure sex.
I think we had fair share of games like this over the course of last 5 years - randomly i remember this year when we played Toronto and won despite being first 1:3 down, then couple of years ago a game Islanders, when we had about 50 shots as well…these were among the best hockey games i ever witnessed.
Personally, i credit this to Bednar. And it annoys me how many people want him gone. Sure, we only won one Cup. We could have been better. Dallas can unfortunately beat us again - hope not, but its possible. And people will be again - DeBoer outchoached him, get rid, more BS. but…f*** DeBoer! And his shitty brand of hockey. If he beats us, its only going to be again by the means of slowing and grinding us down, turning the game into f***ing dull and slow borefest. We are the epitome what hockey should be, not them.
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Last night the Avs played with such intensity. That was what I had hoped to see from the get go in this series. I very much liked that the Avs got back to fundamentals. Boxing out to protect the puck, soft dump ins to the corner, crashing the net, not getting trapped in our zone along the boards. So I have to give credit to the coaching staff. The boys didn’t overpass tonight. Passing was crisp and puck management was excellent. Avs played their game, not the Stars’ game, all the way through. Given what we saw, do you think it’s unfair not to expect for JB to at least take this team to the WCF?
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I wonder what's the deal with Necas in the playoffs.
I'd add Lehky to that list. He isn't bad but he just hasn't been the same in the last 2 months. He's missing chances left and right, he hadn't been cold before in Colorado.
Drouin hasn't been fantastic either TBH.
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I was merely looking at points. Drouin is tied with their top scorer so he's got that going for him.
I think Necas has been less visible for a while, not just in the playoffs. Where is all that speed he had at the beginning? Could be a niggling injury.
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He was taken off PP1 I believe. The sole PP we had last night was Mack - Makar - Necas - Lando - Lehk
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No he was there, he has an assist on Mack's PP goal.
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That was the 2nd unit, Mack was the only one who stayed out. This was with 4 seconds left on the PP
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That was in transition to PP2.
That's why Toews also got the assist setting up MacKinnon. Drouin back to Toews across to MacK, who had stayed out with PP2.
Landeskog was playing in Drouin's half-wall spot on PP1.
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Been on a bender this weekend. Missed the game.
Satisfying to wake up to that result. Made my hangover....well, my hangover felt the same, but there was hope in the world.
So happy for Landeskog. That had to feel incredible.
And Girard got a muffin through. Also incredible.
We bitch about Makar not scoring, but that's stat-watching at its worst. Did you not see how close he was on at least 2 of his 5 shots last night? It's not like he's out there doing nothing.
Satisfying to wake up to that result. Made my hangover....well, my hangover felt the same, but there was hope in the world.
So happy for Landeskog. That had to feel incredible.
And Girard got a muffin through. Also incredible.
We bitch about Makar not scoring, but that's stat-watching at its worst. Did you not see how close he was on at least 2 of his 5 shots last night? It's not like he's out there doing nothing.
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Did Dallas really pull a Pronger with Blackwood's puck?
That's just low. And exactly the sort of self-own that you try to avoid in a playoff series that isn't done yet.
That's just low. And exactly the sort of self-own that you try to avoid in a playoff series that isn't done yet.
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So does this result mean I’m stuck making the GDT tomorrow too?
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Did they? They showed Benn waiting until the very end as all of his teammates left the ice and he appeared to lightly shoot/sweep something towards the Avs as they were doing their sticks in the air salute to the crowd. I figured he was giving them a puck.
Its not unfair, but it would be IMO unfair to blame it on Bednar and his "tactics" if we dont. He has us playing the right way. When it does not work, its down to players unable to execute it better than opposing players executing their own plan (which is usually to stop our own).
And then fair amount of puck luck - if you play a team with equally talented roster, lot of times it may come down to single wrong deflection or missed call.
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Very limited sample size but leading the entire league in xGF% after three years away (if you remove Moverare’s two mins). They’ve been dominant when he’s on the ice.
Once again cautiously optimistic for Monday.
Dallas is going to play better, we know that is a given. They looked like the Sharks last night. They might also get a Heiskanen return.
That said, I firmly believe the Avs have been better than the Stars at 5v5 through two games in Dallas. Game 1 out-attempted, out-shot, out-chanced and tied high danger chaces. Game 2 they out-shot them and tied in attempts, scoring chances and high danger chances through 40 minutes until Dallas took over in the 3rd as the Avs sat back and stopped skating.
The Avs know how they have to play. Go out and do it in Dallas.
Dallas is going to play better, we know that is a given. They looked like the Sharks last night. They might also get a Heiskanen return.
That said, I firmly believe the Avs have been better than the Stars at 5v5 through two games in Dallas. Game 1 out-attempted, out-shot, out-chanced and tied high danger chaces. Game 2 they out-shot them and tied in attempts, scoring chances and high danger chances through 40 minutes until Dallas took over in the 3rd as the Avs sat back and stopped skating.
The Avs know how they have to play. Go out and do it in Dallas.
Well, Landeskog is saying the right things for their mindset to be exactly that. I'm a lot more confident they all found their lunch pales now.
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