thedustman
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I love how you learn a lot more about other teams when you play them in a playoff series, so I almost look at this like what team do I want to learn the most about.
Whoever would come out of a Stars vs. Avs series would certainly be a tough opponent, quite possibly the toughest opponent in the west.i think there is a good chance the stars take out the avs in round 1 if they play
Jamie Benn lead teamDallas has lost 6 in a row and is only 4 points up on Preds and Jets. Not only could they fall out of 3rd, they could miss the playoffs entirely.
Wasn't there a video of Petro chirping him earlier this year calling him "washed up"?Jamie Benn lead team
Wasn't there a video of Petro chirping him earlier this year calling him "washed up"?
Dallas - Win the division and avoid this matchup. I have no desire to face the 2nd and 3rd best teams in the West in the first two rounds. Even though they’ve struggled, Bishop scares the hell out of me. Let them duke it out with the Avs.
I'm fine with the fact that Dallas has stayed far enough back that Dallas finishing first and the Blues having to play Colorado in the first round is all but off the table.Finishing 1st to avoid a tough round 1 matchup against Dallas has been all of the talk recently.
Now all of a sudden you could get the 1st seed and still have to play Dallas lol.
Not for nothing, but Dallas is suddenly 5th in the West by points and 4th by points percentage. I think they pull out of their slump soonish and finish 3rd or 4th in the West. I also think that their "A game" and goaltending are better than anyone from the Pacific. I still view them as an undesirable playoff matchup. But it is worth noting that the Central quickly became a 2 horse race for 1st. They are now 8 points back of Colorado and 10 points back on us (with a game in hand on us and same number of GP as Colorado). They might be able to pass one of us and Colorado if one of us slumps, but the odds of the Blues and Avs slumping hard enough for Dallas to pass both is extremely thin.
If Dallas goes 10-2-1 to close the year, they will have 103 points. We get to 104 by going 6-6 or 5-5-2. The Avs hit 104 by going 7-6 or 6-5-2. Considering that the season finale has to give a win to either us or the Avs, I think it is highly unlikely that neither team can hit .500 for the rest of the season. Dallas going "just" 9-3-1 means that they can't win the division unless the Blues do worse than 5-7 and the Avs do worse than 6-7. Dallas still has a realistic shot at catching one of the Blues/Avs to get home ice in round 1, but very little chance of winning the division.
He's only on a bridge dealI don't think there's going to be a playoffs this year, but if somehow one happens, give me the Calgary Flames. That is one incredibly weak minded team. Johnny Gaudreau in a seven game series against a physical team? Are you kidding me? He'll be crying worse than Karlsson!
It's a shame Matthew Tkachuk is stuck there and not somewhere he has a chance to win.
Hopefully Tkachuk will be a Blue in four years, maybe less. Completely agree on Gaudreau. I never thought he was deserving of the "Mr. Hockey" moniker.I don't think there's going to be a playoffs this year, but if somehow one happens, give me the Calgary Flames. That is one incredibly weak minded team. Johnny Gaudreau in a seven game series against a physical team? Are you kidding me? He'll be crying worse than Karlsson!
It's a shame Matthew Tkachuk is stuck there and not somewhere he has a chance to win.
I don't think there's going to be a playoffs this year, but if somehow one happens, give me the Calgary Flames. That is one incredibly weak minded team. Johnny Gaudreau in a seven game series against a physical team? Are you kidding me? He'll be crying worse than Karlsson!
It's a shame Matthew Tkachuk is stuck there and not somewhere he has a chance to win.
Matthew is just biding his time watching his current contract play out so he can sign with the Blues and play wing for his brother Robert Thomas. I wonder when Brady goes UFA, hmmmm....
He's only on a bridge deal
Hopefully Tkachuk will be a Blue in four years, maybe less. Completely agree on Gaudreau. I never thought he was deserving of the "Mr. Hockey" moniker.
His contract is structured almost perfectly for him to absolutely force the issue. He is in year 1 of a 3 year deal and year #3 carries a $9M salary. That means that in order to keep him an RFA at the end of that deal, the Flames will have to give him a $9M qualifying offer. If he wants out of Calgary, he can just sign that QO, get $9M for 2022/23 and then be a UFA in the summer of 2023.I’d love to see it but I can’t imagine Calgary lets him leave unless he absolutely forces it.
Exactly.I'll take anyone at this point.