Yesterday: 2 - 2
Overall Season: 11 - 10
Today's Games:
Dallas at Carolina
I wanna believe in the Canes. Really I do. And they even play decent to good defense at times during the year. While Dallas hasn't been overly impressive, they seem to be coming around and looking like a more complete team each and every time out. Hard to bet against what could potentially be a deadly Stars offense mixed with Hitchcock's defensive systems.
I don't believe the Canes, at this point in time, have the firepower to get the job done against a team like Dallas....even with a decent defense.
Placing 15 No Goals in '99 on the Stars to win tonight.
St. Louis at Calgary
Flames can look like world beaters one game, very pedestrian the next. They've enjoyed a nice stretch of recent home games (this being the last in their homestand before going on a long road trip), so these guys are relatively rested.
Blues have been a consistently good team all year long....however, they MAY be susceptible to a team (like the Isles did last time out) who pushes the pace, presses the offensive issue, and generally does NOT let the Blues play their defense into transitional offense game.
I do like Jake Allen better than Mike Smith, however, I think this is one of those games, at home, where the Flames REALLY turn up the heat (see what I did there?) and take it to the Blues and score the upset here.
St. Louis is the better overall team, but Calgary wants one last decisive win before heading out on that long road trip, and I think for this one game against a bona fide contender like the Blues, they play like THEY want to win the Cup.
10 Close But No Cigars in '04 on the Flames for the win.
