Super Cake
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Series Talk: WCQF: Vegas Golden Knights vs. Chicago Blackhawks. (VGK Win 4-1)
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theslatcher
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Patches will arrive and post back-to-back-to-back hat-tricks like Liam Dower Nilsson in the U16 Swedish Championships.
CupInSIX
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Martinez says hi (and Stephenson)
I think VGK also has another cup winner but he's escaping me at the moment
I think VGK also has another cup winner but he's escaping me at the moment
theslatcher
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Knights have a semblance of a defense. I don't know what you'd call the back end of the Oilers. I guess best way to put it is a bunch of punch watching defenders and a pair of goalies who can't make a big save about as best as I could put it. Not even the best player in a decade can overcome that.
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Bart9349
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Obviously, anything can happen. But I'd be a lot more concerned if coach Q were still in Chicago.
I'm not overly worried but I'm not discounting the possibility of an upset either.
LadyStanley
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CupInSIX
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With the play of Tuch & Whitecloud, the emergence of Theodore and the additions of Martinez & Lehner this is the most confident I've ever been in the Knights.
I'm scared.
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GKG18
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I think conventional wisdom says Flower gets the nod in game 1 then Panda in 2. No idea what PDB is going to do, but either way, I'm good with it.
The Duck Knight
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I don't think there is any way the plan is to alternate. I think PDB is going to pick one (hopefully Lehner) and stick with him until said goalie gives him a reason to switch because of poor play.
With the play of Tuch & Whitecloud, the emergence of Theodore and the additions of Martinez & Lehner this is the most confident I've ever been in the Knights.
I'm scared.
I think they can catch the Knights off guard and win a few but come on, if they play the same as they did against the Oilers they're getting run out of the bubble.
LadyStanley
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FWIW, talking heads think Lehner gets the nod as he started 2 (of 3) Round Robin games. But PDB indicated that each goalie would get two starts before CQF.
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NHL Announces Schedule For First Round Of 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Schedule. Starts Tuesday 7:30pm.
ATTSN gets games 1, 2, 4. National broadcast on NBC for game 3.
Schedule. Starts Tuesday 7:30pm.
ATTSN gets games 1, 2, 4. National broadcast on NBC for game 3.
Vegas07
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Fwiw the LA Kings had way more cup experience than the Knights team in its first year. But the cup experience from Chicago is still a concern.
This Knights team isn’t inexperienced though.
This Knights team isn’t inexperienced though.
theslatcher
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Wonder if Pete will do:
Tuch-Bill-Stone
Patches-Stephenson-Roy
To get Patches up to speed or back to usual lines for G1. Patches-Bill-Roy worked really well when Stone was out and Patches-Stepho-Stone worked too early on, so chemistry is there.
Tuch-Bill-Stone
Patches-Stephenson-Roy
To get Patches up to speed or back to usual lines for G1. Patches-Bill-Roy worked really well when Stone was out and Patches-Stepho-Stone worked too early on, so chemistry is there.
CupInSIX
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Whitecloud and Martinez need to come up big on the PK this series. It's the biggest thing Spott & Deboer were supposed to change when they came in.
theslatcher
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With G3, and G4 being back-to-back, I wonder if we'll see Subban...
KnishOfTheCrease
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Only way we see Subban is if Crawford is carried out on a stretcher.
CupInSIX
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This might be a different series if Shaw were healthy and being a pain in the blue paint, but hopefully Cousins, Roy & Tuch help grind them into a fine paste.
They can't afford to take the Hawks lightly. People talk about Chicago's experience, but the key difference will be the ones with inexperience like Dach, Nylander, Boqvist vs Whitecloud & Roy (who faced each other in the AHL calder finals a few years ago).
keys to success:
1)stay out of the box
2)punish them as soon as they touch the puck
3)if you can't hit Kane hit the guy thinking about passing to Kane
They can't afford to take the Hawks lightly. People talk about Chicago's experience, but the key difference will be the ones with inexperience like Dach, Nylander, Boqvist vs Whitecloud & Roy (who faced each other in the AHL calder finals a few years ago).
keys to success:
1)stay out of the box
2)punish them as soon as they touch the puck
3)if you can't hit Kane hit the guy thinking about passing to Kane
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I don't think Boqvist looked like anything special in their series. He would be likely to get burned with a better team playing them now. Dach could show up to play but I highly doubt the team would have issues with Nylander or Boqvist.
I mean, things could happen in a game or two but over a series I think we're fine unless WE do something terribly wrong multiple times in a row. This series is in our hands.
Boris Zubov
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I like the Knights in 5. If you watched the Oilers/Hawks series, the Hawks D was almost non existent & Crawford was awful. The vets on the Hawks is the only reason they don't get swept.
