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I think its a long series but I think its debatable which is the better team. On paper this one looks better but then realizing that Perry, Brown are too useless to even have in a lineup, Ryan etc are older. Foegele hasn't even showed.We are absolutely a better team this year. Just look at the players we have now that we didn't then.
The best thing for our 3rd line would be Henrique getting healthy. Adding Henrique to the 3rd line with McLeod and Foegele would give that line a boost and some direction where they are lacking right now.
Add special teams in there, and I don't hate our chances, and I think the word "steamrolled" is getting thrown around far too liberally.
I do miss Kostin and Bjugstad from last years team and we did have Campbell option then as well.
One of the specific challenges in this series is the Dallas depth. They can get it done top to bottom in their lineup. They also defend pretty well and have better goaltending.
Oilers have the high end talent which typically gives the Stars some problems but they've handled those from both Vegas and Col. They are battle tested for sure. No team in league has had a harder path. How many times in history does one team knock out the past two cup winners and then have to play a team that some had as favorites? Tough road for Dallas, they don't ever get harder.
Oilers have had the easier outs.
I expect the Oilers to realize the pace of this series sometime in game 1. It will be different than anything we've seen.