Series Talk: WCSF: Dallas Stars vs Colorado Avalanche | Stars lead 3-2

[Uncle Scrooge]

In a vacuum you feel great about Dallas beating Vegas in 7, but the extra miles against a fast team like Colorado isn't necessarily good.

And holy crap, that’s the third multi-goal lead they have blown against the Avs this season, and they let in 4+ goals in each of 5 meetings.

Not much time to figure that out.

 

[Spirits]

Also, I knew the penalties would even out going into the 2nd

And they never did. Wasn't it 4 PP for Dallas and 2 PP for Colorado?

 

[Turbonium]

And they never did. Wasn't it 4 PP for Dallas and 2 PP for Colorado?

Don't let facts get in the way of the whining...I mean narrative that the refs favor the Avs. It's not like the Avs completely dominated the play in the 2nd period and drew the penalties.

 

[Grigowski]

Talking about the same team that went down 0-2 at home to the defending champions (Who everyone was saying is cheating because of the way they managed LTIR). I don't think Dallas is in nearly the amount of trouble some people were suggesting in the GDT.

After one game? No.
But losing home-ice and being "forced" to win game 2 is never "nice to have".

And, here´s the thing:
This Colorado-Team is not the Vegas Golden Knights!

If (big IF!!) the AVS manage to go up 2-0 on the road, Dallas will be in deeper trouble this time. Going back to Colorado down by 2, facing the best home-team this year, in Denver, a city one mile above sea level, and after an exhausting 7 Game fight with Vegas..... This gonna be a tough mountain to climb....

 

[Fishy McScales]

I'm getting that destiny vibe from the Avs. They scare me more than any other team.

 

[falconski]

Whats up with the Avs and comebacks - same thing happened when the Canucks played them this year.

Canucks led 3-0 then lost 4-3 in OT... wild

Part of it comes from Georgie’s liking to let in one or more of the first few shots

 

[bobholly39]

Avalanche are going to be the toughest team to eliminate in these playoffs.

I'm not saying they for sure are winnig the cup (they might - I have them as my #2 most likely team now), but out of all the teams they are going to be the toughest to eliminate. It's the least likely team to not put up a massive fight if someone ousts them.

I think they beat Dallas out in 5, maybe 6 games max.

 

[Grigowski]

Part of it comes from Georgie’s liking to let in one or more of the first few shots

Maybe the 1st goal. But there is nothing he could have done to No 2 and 3 imho...

And he was outstanding in OT and saved the game there.

Beside that stinker in Game 1 against the Jets, he gave his team a solide performance so far. And a very good one yesterday.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

Makar is a ridiculous hockey player. 2 PPG in the playoffs, just putting on an epic offensive showcase.

 

[cgf]

And they never did. Wasn't it 4 PP for Dallas and 2 PP for Colorado?

Yeah, our stars really let us down with their whistles last night. Kroenke must've forgotten his pre-game envelopes :-(

 

[Satan]

3 goal lead... the most dangerous lead in hockey

 

[Junohockeyfan]

I think Col wins the cup this year despite goaltending. Too much drpth and Makar tips the scales.

 

[Summer Rose]

I think Col wins the cup this year despite goaltending. Too much drpth and Makar tips the scales.

They proved in 2022 that you can win with just average goaltending. All Georgiev has to do is be average, and after game 1 against Winnipeg, from what I've been able to see of him (admittedly I haven't watched every Avalanche playoff game), he's been average at worst since then.

 

[cgf]

Our drpth is unstoppable

 

[Tralfamadore]

Managed to stay up to and watch the comeback but passed out before OT started.

What a goal by Wood. #4 for Dallas is so slow.

 

[Hasbro]

Wood beat Miro on the GWG. You have to wonder about 7 game series/Over Time/Long Shift fatigue.

If the Stars are dead legged when the series goes to Colorado, it could be a big issue with the altitude and Bednar able to exploit matchups.

 

[cgf]

Wood beat Miro on the GWG. You have to wonder about 7 game series/Over Time/Long Shift fatigue.

If the Stars are dead legged when the series goes to Colorado, it could be a big issue with the altitude and Bednar able to exploit matchups.

This is the main reason I felt so confident. Our speed was always going to cause them problems, but they have a mobile blueline and a lot of depth if they were coming in fresh...but after that 1st round series, they're anything but fresh...

 

[Rangerfan4life90]

Avalanche are going to be the toughest team to eliminate in these playoffs.

I'm not saying they for sure are winnig the cup (they might - I have them as my #2 most likely team now), but out of all the teams they are going to be the toughest to eliminate. It's the least likely team to not put up a massive fight if someone ousts them.

I think they beat Dallas out in 5, maybe 6 games max.

As a Rangers fan, the Avs are the team that scares me the most as of now. But, one series at a time. Still a long way to go till the finals.

 

[Avsfan1921]

Playing with a big lead can cause this to happen when the wrong refs get involved and want to make a game more, uh >>>

interesting......

Looking at you guys.....

• Steve Kozari
• Francois St. Laurent

That’s an……… interesting take! It could even have a leg to stand on if there were a lot of calls. But there weren’t. Bottom line is don’t lose the conversion rate of those chances 25% to 100%. Be better. Oh but I’m sure it was the timing of the calls or some such drivel.

2 penalties to kill off all game and yet the refs were the reason for the loss lol!

 

[BKarchitect]

The Avs like being down early in games and the Stars like be down early in a series.

Something’s gotta give…

 

[Elysian]

The Avs like being down early in games and the Stars like be down early in a series.

Something’s gotta give…

Yeah, Stars are 0-5 in game 1s under Deboer, doesn't seem ideal

 

[cgf]

Yeah, Stars are 0-5 in game 1s under Deboer, doesn't seem ideal

Can't break all your old habits at once, let's start with Deboer's record in game 7s. He can work on his record in game 1s next year ;-)

 

[Ararana]

The 5D experiment is over. Miro cannot play these kinds of minutes every night other and not get taxed. Especially OT games. He's human.

Well... yeah. We've been trying to tell you guys that the last 48 hours. Wait until they go up into the altitude in Denver, this is only going to get worse as the series progresses. Dallas really got the short straw with matchups and scheduling this year. A bad year for Nil to not have gone out and got his team some depth defensemen.

Now the Avs have made Dallas play their 5 defenseman an extra period of hockey in game 1 for absolutely nothing. Miro Heiskanen played 29:57 TOI last night. Yikes.

Can't wait for the overreactions to game 1. Stars jumped out to a 3-0 lead, let their foot off the gas pedal, and it came back to bite them in the ass.

More like: it took the Avs a period to shake off the rust and go to work. It wasn't even hard to predict

I'll give all the credit to Dallas in OT though, they pushed extremely hard with the last bit they had in the tank. I thought for sure Dallas was going to score in OT.

Credit to Georiev, he simply outplayed Ottinger last night.

 

[RockLobster]

I think Col wins the cup this year despite goaltending. Too much drpth and Makar tips the scales.

Way too early for this type of prediction. The series against Dallas isn’t over yet. Still a long road to go. It’s nice to be up 1-0, but this Dallas team is VERY likely to be a much tougher out than Winnipeg.

 

[tucker3434]

1st period was weird. I didn't think we played poorly, even Georgiev. It felt like Dallas was getting the bounces that we weren't. Just one of those games.

I'm not surprised we scored 3 after that. I'm a little surprised Dallas scored 0. It felt like it was going to end up being 5-3 type of game where the team battles but it just isn't enough. Credit to Georgiev. His overall stats ended up being poor, but he made the saves he needed to make. When people say Kuemper was bad in '22, some of those games were kind of like this one. Bad on paper but a positive in reality.