LT
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We'll know our opponent in ~10 minutes. Looking like Vegas but it's not over yet.
Vegas was the better team. Canucks looked out of gas in this game .
Going to be interesting to see how both Stars and Vegas look. How much energy did their respective 7 game series take out of each team ?
Gonna be a tough one, but who knows. We were never supposed to beat the Avs and yet here we are.
Yes that's true, however Vegas is much better than the Avs imo. Super deep team and can easily match/top our size and easily tops our speed
The biggest thing is the effort. Vegas doesn't take a single shift off. I'm not sure a good chunk of our forwards are prepared to do the same.
The biggest thing is the effort. Vegas doesn't take a single shift off. I'm not sure a good chunk of our forwards are prepared to do the same.
The biggest thing is the effort. Vegas doesn't take a single shift off. I'm not sure a good chunk of our forwards are prepared to do the same.
I think this is a 50 50 series.
Vegas is deeper but they absolutely do not have anyone near what Mackinnon was doing out there.
Does anyone else tbink Hintz looked so much better as a centre today? Was a visible prescence and controlled some break outa.
Even if we keep the same lines i think put Dickinson to wing and Hintz back to the open spaces at centre.
Well the line was Kiviranta-Hintz-Gurianov ( who scored all 3 even strenth goals ) . So no Dickie ain't playing wing there. 4th line today was the missfit toys of Dickie-Seguin-Perry today.
We'll have to see in what shape both Cogliano and Janmark are on sunday. If neither can go i think they should probably dress Dellandrea. He can play a checking line role and he's a higher upside guy. Would also be ok with Caamano . Dowling would be the most meh option they have.
Whatever happens since Kivi stays in at least one of Cogs and Janny ain't playing on sunday .
Just throw in all the young quick legs as replacement options. The team has plenty of veteran guys even with a couple injury.
Stars definitely need to remember how to defend the way they did in the regular season. They also need to not forget how to score goals the way they have in the playoffs. Put those together and I like our chances.Vegas will be a lot easier to shut down and get back to our defensive hockey instead of this wide open, 40 shot games, with goals every 2 minutes back and forth.