GDT: WCQF: Game 2 - Avs @ Stars, 7:30 MT - "I've Heard It Both Ways" Edition

[jalapenoWithAnH]

So…

Oh here we go

 

[Avs44]

Landeskog is on the ice taking warmups. So is Myles Wood. One of them is playing tonight in place of Colton.

 

[Drizzzt]

Stanley Cup Playoffs - Round 1, Game 2​

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Shawn Spencer: [bursts into the SBPD office] Gus, I'm sensing something. I'm sensing... ice. And sticks. And a bunch of dudes with missing teeth.
Gus: That's just hockey, Shawn.
Shawn: No, no. I'm sensing something more specific. [puts hand to temple] The spirits are telling me that tonight, MacKinnon is going to dangle through the entire Stars team like they're standing still. And Nuke? The spirits say he's going to score so many goals, they'll need to check his stick for actual magic.
Gus: You can't just make predictions like that, Shawn.
Shawn: I've heard it both ways.
Lassiter: [walks in wearing Stars gear] Spencer, what are you doing here?
Shawn: The real question, Lassie, is what are YOU doing in Stars apparel? That's the real crime here.
Lassiter: I appreciate defensive structure and disciplined systems. The Stars play proper hockey.
Shawn: [gasps dramatically] You take that back! The Avs play hockey the way pineapples taste. Sweet, tangy, and impossible to resist.
Gus: You know that's right.
Shawn: The Stars have about as much chance tonight as Pluto has of being reinstated as a planet.
Gus: [looking genuinely hurt] Shawn, you know that's still a sore subject for me. Pluto was done dirty. That's messed up.

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Game Info​

When: 7:30 PM MT
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
TV: ESPN, ALT2, Victory+

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Keys to the Game​

Shawn: [still with hand to temple] I'm sensing the Avs need to do three things to win tonight:

1. I'm seeing... a man with a C on his chest... he needs to be in tonight! The spirits say if Landy plays, Dallas doesn't stand a chance.
2. Wait, wait, I'm getting something else... a wall. A wall made of... pads and a glove? Blackwood needs to channel his inner Patty Roy and be absolutely unflappable.
3. And finally... power! Power... play! Yes! The Avs' power play needs to be more effective than Gus's Super Sniffer.

Gus: Shawn, that's not how any of this works.
Shawn: I've heard it both ways.

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Pre-Game Psych-Out​

Shawn: [addressing the Stars through the locker room door] Hey Dallas! You know what they say about Stars? They're just big balls of hot air! And they're millions of miles away! Just like your chances of winning tonight!
Gus: [pulling Shawn away] That doesn't even make sense, Shawn!
Shawn: It doesn't have to make sense, Gus. It just has to be in their heads!

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GDT Music​

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Good music choice, but I'll take BLOODSTAIN, also by UNKLE....
UNKLE - Bloodstain

 

[MrHeiskanen]

8:52 puck drop local time, God bless than NHL and their incompetence.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Couple muffins from the point, Im sure that analytics guy is pumped right now.

 

[T REX]

The NHL scheduling team should be fired tomorrow. What a mess. Can't even figure out how show games on time.

Plus the Tampa game not starting till 8:55 Tom night(or later even). Just incompetence on so many levels.

 

[BMOK33]

Slafkovsky/Dubois. I always go with the the guys who've been noticeable but have not yet put up any goals or meaningful points in the game

 

[T REX]

8:52 puck drop local time, God bless than NHL and their incompetence.

I didn't even see your post. Agree 100000%. Absolute mess. SMDH.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

The NHL scheduling team should be fired tomorrow. What a mess. Can't even figure out how show games on time.

Plus the Tampa game not starting till 8:55 Tom night(or later even). Just incompetence on so many levels.

This is a yearly tradition, no one is getting fired.

 

[BMOK33]

This is a yearly tradition, no one is getting fired.

This is first time I ever recall an eastern time zone game in R1 beginning at 830 for sure

 

[MrHeiskanen]

This is first time I ever recall an eastern time zone game in R1 beginning at 830 for sure

In the East, yeah, but for Central this happens all the time.

 

[T REX]

This is a yearly tradition, no one is getting fired.

That's the problem. Their incompetence is rewarded. That whole front league office needs a facelift.

 

[Shonky]

Mack snipe

 

[HockeyFan100]

MacK!!

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

Otter needs to stop that.

 

[Bruce Granville]

Playoff Otter = least surprising sweep.

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

Too many one sided series so far for my liking.

 

[Ignatius]

I'm bout to put Dallas on fraud alert

 

[DrChar]

Is Dallas dead inside?

 

[eviohh26]

Too many one sided series so far for my liking.

Dallas has been kinda poop for like the last month. Not a big surprise.
I really thought STL woulda give the Jets some trouble but its already 2-0 Jets.
Leaf Sens is kinda lame.
MTL should get smoked
Vegas should kick the crap outta minisoda.
Devils are not very good
LA Vs Oilers should be good maybe?
TB vs Panthers is prob going to be a good one.

 

[Bruce Granville]

I'm bout to put Dallas on fraud alert

Missing Heiskanen and Roberson…they are in the sweep category without being frauds.
And Avs use a goalie the first time in years.

 

[Benneguin]

Is Dallas dead inside?

The captain is a zombie so yeah?

 

[Kcb12345]

Stars biggest problem offensively is they just aren't a fast team. They lose every race to every puck and if you force them to dump it in they're never going to get there in time

Benn & Marchment need to be replaced by pure speed this offseason. Won't happen but I wish it would

 

[BigRangy]

I mean it’s pretty unfair to expect anything from a team giving minutes to Alex Petrovic in a meaningful game