Very happy about the results, but very bummed about the fact that this matchup is nowhere near as fun as it used to be.
Khudobin was good last night, I'm not trying to sell him short, but the Stars went out of their way to throw bodies in front of the net and absolutely clog up the slot area. Hitch may not be around anymore but his system is well intact. Say what you will about the man but he knows how to gum up the works.
I don't watch much NCAA hockey so I don't know what system Monty employed when he was there but I assume the Stars hired him to get the team more offensive. Problem is, it appears Jim Nill listened to all the wrong people and took a high-flying firewagon hockey team and made them way too slow. Despite the fact that they have that incredible top line and (when healthy) one hell of a pair of defenders in Heiskanen and Klingberg, they don't look anything like a contender to me. They just look...kinda average. I have to wonder if this is Nill's final season in Dallas.
Gotta say I was impressed with Jason Spezza. He's got a rep for being a slow-moving object but was rushing the puck up-ice regularly and giving the Avs all sorts of fits. Conversely, apart from the Stars' second goal, I really didn't notice Seguin that much.
Lastly, back-to-backs should be outlawed. And I don't buy for a second that it'd be that hard for the NHL to fix it.