Dallas is a Paper Tiger

[Connor McConnor]

OP needs to stick with his biased Rangers takes, yikes

 

[BB79]

Jack Eichel is very much a first tier star when healthy. He's an incredibly dominant 200 foot player, and completely took over all 3 zones during their playoff run. There are only 2 centers I would take ahead of him for a playoff run.

Now can you tell the idiots running the Sabres? They should have just let him have the surgery as he wanted to do it That idiotic move set them back 5 years

 

[POVERTY]

What type of paper? I'd like to get my hands on some

 

[Rempe73]

Vegas is a top notch team and Dallas is unfortunate to be facing off against them in the first round. That said, I also wouldn't be shocked if Dallas ties the series 2-2 on the road. Series is far from over.

Nostradialamos

 

[BonMorrison]

Is it considered bullying if we keep tagging OP?

 

[Dr Pepper]

Is it considered bullying if we keep tagging OP?

Nah.

Fully deserved, maybe he'll find his way back in here and own up to it if/when Dallas takes the series.

Or if Vegas ends up coming back (lol) and winning in 7 maybe he'll try and spin it like "see I was right".

Really hoping for that first result though. So many plates of crow being served up.

 

[oconnor9sean]

Knowing HF, this reverse-jinx thread will stay open until we play Vancouver

 

[Connor McConnor]

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.

Or they could just cheat the cap like you and get a 1C and 1D for free. Then they’d be scary good.

My hot take.

 

[Leonardo87]

Knowing HF mods, this reverse-jinx thread will stay open until we play Vancouver

The Paper Tigers vs The Deranged Oreo Dolphins?

Sign me up!

 

[AUAIOMRN]

What type of paper? I'd like to get my hands on some

Cereal box. They're grrrrrrrreat!

 

[Curufinwe]

Yea, not sure what that guy is talking about.

It doesn't go from 'Superstar' ---> 'Depth' there is an entire layer of 'Good Players' in between and Dallas has probably the most 'Good players' tier in the league.

No Dallas does not have a stand out MacKinnon or McDavid, but the top 9 has the most 'good players' as you will find around the league.

As a fan of a team who traded up to take the giant bust Isaac Ratcliffe four spots ahead of Jason Robertson, I concur.

 

[GAGLine]

Bit of irony that NYR fan started this when Dallas was down 2-0 after last year's meltdown v NJ, give teams time to adjust in the playoffs lol

We don't claim him.

 

[NoelVilla]

That thread start was amazing.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Jack Eichel is very much a first tier star when healthy. He's an incredibly dominant 200 foot player, and completely took over all 3 zones during their playoff run. There are only 2 centers I would take ahead of him for a playoff run.

If Eichel is a superstar, then so is Heiskanen and we’re back where we started.

 

[tfwnogf]

dallas I called you useless earlier in the thread, win 1 more and I will retract that statement

Jack Eichel is very much a first tier star when healthy. He's an incredibly dominant 200 foot player, and completely took over all 3 zones during their playoff run. There are only 2 centers I would take ahead of him for a playoff run.

Jack Hughes and Nico Hischier?

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Fully deserved, maybe he'll find his way back in here and own up to it if/when Dallas takes the series.

lol don't hold your breath

 

[KrisLetAngry]

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.

So uh what you thinking now?

 

[elmaco]

What type of paper? I'd like to get my hands on some

This new titanium paper

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

If Eichel is a superstar, then so is Heiskanen and we’re back where we started.

I would consider Heiskanen a top 5 dman for a playoff run, so I don't really disagree. I just took the greatest exception with Eichel, especially after the way he dominated the playoffs last year.

 

[Derailed75]

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May just be one of the most disturbing things I have seen on HF, well done!

 

[JuJu Mobb]

Dallas is a likeable team or tiger...

 

[Mattb124]

Is it considered bullying if we keep tagging OP?

I think they call it karma.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Dallas started a bit rough but they're rolling now. The only question mark this team had going into the playoffs was Oettinger and now he is dialed in.

 

[Kranix]

Dallas has a very talented, savvy top 9 forwards.

 

[NVious]

"Mark Stone is suffering a severe paper cut that will kick in after the playoffs end, he will need recovery time (82 games)"