Dallas is a Paper Tiger

[Nikishin Go Boom]

A playoff series is a small size event. Far too many conclusions are drawn from such a thing.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Dallas winning the next 4 in a row confirmed

 

[Cloned]

They need to bring Natalie Gauvreau back to sit behind the Vegas bench.

 

[HolyGhost]

Or we were all right that Vegas has the best team by hiding no one but two top line players on the LTIR

 

[dirtydanglez]

im not ready to write them off. they drew the toughest 1st round matchup in the playoffs. if they were an eastern team they would waltz right into the cup finals.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Tough draw getting the Cup champs with them back at full health.
Vegas is just such a solid team.

 

[egelband]

I will say that Dallas' in arena fans seem to root against the refs as much as they root for their own team.

As for the team, their most talented players are young. I really would like to see them get a new captain. I think Jamie Benn is absolute trash, and I wonder what the culture is there with him as the leader.

Also DeBoer may be one of the most overrated coaches ever. He is great at getting you to the playoffs and terrible once you get there.

So I think if they get rid of Benn and DeBoer, they could be scary good.

My hot take.

100% agree.

 

[ValeriKamensky]

Makar, Fox, Hedman, Hughes

I’d put Heiskanen over Fox, Hughes and probably even Hedman all day and all night.

The main problem of Dallas is coach.

 

[beardawg]

They're a good team anchored by a bunch of veteran talent that has like 1000 combined payoff games with only 1 Stanley Cup ring to show for it. I just don't think they have "it"

 

[Grigowski]

if they were an eastern team they would waltz right into the cup finals.

????

 

[bigbadbruins1]

I mean, they are going against the former stanley cup champs, whom just miraculously had Stone and Peitrangelo recover from injuries just in time for the playoffs but luckily there is no cap anymore...while adding Hertl and Hannafin.

 

[KevinFinnerty]

I’d put Heiskanen over Fox, Hughes and probably even Hedman all day and all night.

The main problem of Dallas is coach.

LOL

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

I’d put Heiskanen over Fox, Hughes and probably even Hedman all day and all night.

The main problem of Dallas is coach.

The only one of that trio I'd take him over is Hedman who is legitimately bad defensively now.

He can't hold Fox or Hughes' jock.

 

[theMajor]

dallas isnt a paper tiger, vegas is just a juggernaut...look at their roster

 

[Sol]

Playing against the Vegas Long Term Injured Reserves is a challenge most teams can’t win

 

[hangman005]

Playing against the Vegas Long Term Injured Reserves is a challenge most teams can’t win

We prefer the Vegas Spleens, much less of a mouthful

 

[Axel Sandy Pelikan]

Tough draw getting the Cup champs with them back at full health.
Vegas is just such a solid team.

Easy to be solid when you can spend 20m more on salaries than everyone else.

 

[Sol]

We prefer the Vegas Spleens, much less of a mouthful

It just doesn’t feel all too inclusive imo.

 

[hangman005]

It just doesn’t feel all too inclusive imo.

Golden Spleens, maybe not inclusive, but AU pronounced, kinda sounds like ow.

 

[Mr Positive]

Adding Hertl especially put the Knights over the top. I am surprised that they would gel this fast. I figured the Stars could get an early lead before that happened.

I suppose if Vegas wins, Dallas can be judged by how the Knights do against the next opponent

 

[Pete Taylor]

Poor Take, Buch. I would take Heiskanen over fox, too.

If the stars got a muffin like the Caps, it would very easily be 2-0 stars. Dallas is definitely not a paper tiger, strong team across the board, sometimes you just draw into the defending champs who are undoubtedly better built than they were last year.

The make or break of this series for Dallas had to deal more if Vegas could find their game or not rather than their play. The Stars are incredibly unlucky that Hertl and Hanifin have fit in so well and Stone is already himself and has found immediate chemistry with Hertl. I don't think Dallas has played terrible. I just think they are being suffocated by a better team.

Forget the whole cap debate, that subject has been beat down enough. I think what is more unbelievable is all the teams were so willing to bend over with Vegas's salary retention demands. Mantha, Hanifin, and Hertl were all retained for a large percentage relative to their contract. If ONE of those teams refused the retention ask, Vegas would have been out on Hertl and/or Hanifin.

'immeadiate chemistry' We all know that they have been practicing full contact with Hertl right after the trade, not shocked to see them gel.

 

[Jayevs]

Dallas won the western conference with the 100mil team as their reward.

 

[archangel2]

They are the hipster team right now because of their drafting and that they are an NHL Southern market and that they have a lot of good players without a big hole in their team.

But they aren't a team that scares you. They don't have any of the NHL's true elite players. Heiskanen might the closest they have, but lets face it most people aren't picking him over Makar, Fox, Hedman, Hughes. Robertson and Hintz are players that often get a reputation as underrated offensive players around the league, but they aren't even facing up to Stone and Eichel, let alone what a potential matchup with McDrai would like like. Oettinger has had a mediocre year and right now isn't the player he's known as.

Their young players are good, but not ready to carry them yet and they aren't like Bedard level guys either.

By putting stone on the LTIR the Knights where able to add Mantha, Henifin and Hertl. And just like that they are 100% healthy and all players are playing to their full capacity.. the oilers and islanders would struggle against this team

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Dallas won the western conference with the 100mil team as their reward.

yeah really stinks for them

 

[HolyHagelin]

Poor Take, Buch. I would take Heiskanen over fox, too.

If the stars got a muffin like the Caps, it would very easily be 2-0 stars. Dallas is definitely not a paper tiger, strong team across the board, sometimes you just draw into the defending champs who are undoubtedly better built than they were last year.


'immeadiate chemistry' We all know that they have been practicing full contact with Hertl right after the trade, not shocked to see them gel.

The you would also be wrong.

Career to date, Heiskanen is MILES behind Fox in points, CF%, CFrel%, and Norris votes. There is no valid argukent for Heiskanen over Fox beyond “because i said so.”