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Series Thread: First Round - Calgary Flames vs. Dallas Stars

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Jamie Benn picking a guy a lot shorter and lighter than him, no surprise there. Didn't want to engage with Lucic earlier.
 

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95 shots on goal combined in games 3 and 4 for the Flames. Call me crazy, but the Stars are lucky this series is tied 2-2. Jake Oettinger is the main reason why.
 

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Both goaltenders were terrific. Stars power play is shit. Flames were the better team.

Onward…
 

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At 8 seconds in, you can see where Lisa Simpson (Johnny Gaudreau) breaks the heart of Ralph Wiggum (John Klingberg)

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Bowness' solution to lack of scoring is to break up one of the best lines in the league this season..

We're fucked.

 

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Bowness' solution to lack of scoring is to break up one of the best lines in the league this season..

We're fucked.


In my opinion, the three best Stars forwards have been Pavelski, Faksa, and Raffl. I know Seguin scored last night, but he's been pretty invisible and Jamie Benn is just a shadow of the player he used to be.
 

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In my opinion, the three best Stars forwards have been Pavelski, Faksa, and Raffl. I know Seguin scored last night, but he's been pretty invisible and Jamie Benn is just a shadow of the player he used to be.
Seguin has blown hot & cold all season in various lineups. Benn is at best a 3rd/4th liner at this point. Bowness keeps running Radulov out there and he literally has nothing. Meanwhile, Hintz, Robertson & Pavelski have literally carried this team offensively all season. And the reality is that a team built on defensive hockey has given up nearly 100 shots the last 2 games. Scoring more goals isn't necessarily the solution here.

Bowness has had all season to try and figure out how to get a second line to produce. He's spitballing at this point. And - it isn't like this problem just manifested itself this year. Had Robertson not emerged this season this team would be playing golf.
 

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I forgot about Robertson, he's been very good as well for the Stars. What a breakout season he had as well.

Just took a look at the 2017 draft, Heiskanen in round 1 and Robertson in round 2. 2-for-2 on those picks.
 

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