GDT: [SCP R3 GM6] Dallas Stars vs. Vegas Golden Knights - 7:00 PM CT (ESPN)
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piqued
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I'm sensing a theme
Started in the ECHL, never rule out a return to the ECHL
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63firebird
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Something satisfying about watching Suter avoid contact and not battle for a puck directly leading to a goal. So typical Suter. Gutless.
63firebird
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How does he get these contracts? Suter is the most gutless selfish player ever but , hey if these teams offer him that money, it’s not his fault.
Miro did look average this series. Maybe out of Gas which is understandable
Get him a genuine top pair partner. Take some load off
Get him a genuine top pair partner. Take some load off
LT
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If you really dig into the stats, they suggest Vegas has been EXTREMELY lucky this entire playoffs.
Wouldn't surprise me at all if they get their shit kicked in by Florida in 4-5 games.
joshik
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Stevonidas
Wanna go pretty boy?
Benn should've been benched for the remainder of the playoffs. The two games without him in the lineup were the best hockey this team had played all series.
The Stars basically gifted Vegas this series.
The Stars basically gifted Vegas this series.
Spotty 2 Hotty
Special teams, special plays, special players
Yeah, just on goaltending alone. I mean Hill has been good for them, but they way keep touting him as amazing is laughable. He looked very pedestrian anytime you'd get traffic and bodies in front, but Vegas plays a very good team game that makes sure they're getting to rebounds first to mitigate that.
If Florida hasn't gathered a bit of rust sitting idle, they could run him out of games early with their speed and tenacity.
David Castillo
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Re-watching this game, and it's insane to me that Lindell makes close to $6M per year. To his credit, nobody does more with less. But I don't get how you get a reputation for being "good in the defensive zone" when your only active skills are not turning the puck over, and tying people up.
Captain Awesome
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I've fought this battle for eons, there isn't a more overrated player in recent Stars history. He was awful in this playoffs, and yet, no one mentioned it.
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David Castillo
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Lindell definitely gets gassed up by the lazy "lots of minutes = quality minutes" argument. I wasn't really speaking to his reputation so much as amazed by what he doesn't do in the defensive zone, which is to say - a lot. But yes: you will never find another team who decided to pay their Methot more than their Karlsson. (Dallas kind of dodged a bullet with that Klingberg contract, but seeing Lindell without Klingberg is making me think we're about to get hit by a different bullet.)
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Lindell had a good regular season. Criticizing him is pointless IMO when his pairing is so horribly misconceived by the coach.
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IRC the advanced stats of Esa with and without Hakapää are vastly different. Aka alot better when he was with someone else. Esas shortcomings just can't be covered by someone who has the same shortcoming but even worse. Pairing somehow kinda functioned in the RS but it really did not in the playoffs.
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Captain Awesome
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Fair enough, I mostly saw a whole lot of complaining about Suter from what I did read.
I know you weren't, that's just a thing I have noticed about him when he gets discussed within the fanbase, and of course, the team. He gets a free pass because of the lazy argument, but really just isn't a player that lives up to his contract, and is generally overrated for the things he can contribute.
For a team that has been cap strapped for the last several years, he always felt like the most rational trade candidate of all the players a team could feasibly want, but now he's got his NMC so I think the best thing that can happen is he walks for free in two years. In a league where d-men need to be a huge part of the transition game to be successful, he just doesn't have the skills to be worth whatever contract he'll want.
