[djsFlames]

When your "depth" includes Pavelski, a guy who played an integral role in multiple deep Sharks run, and Corey Perry, a guy who played an integral role in multiple deep Ducks runs, with Comeau as your weakest link up front, you've got a pretty decent ####ing team for a playoff situation.

Its not about what the last few weeks of the regular season were like for Dallas, you just need to look at the make up of the roster to notice and respect the weapons they boast.

No time to be discrediting any success the Flames manage here, the opponent is on another tier than WPG now that their pieces are going and engaged.

So if the Flames manage to steer this home, then they will be full marks for doing so, just as the Stars will be if they do. That team is no longer coasting and will take a Flames effort that deserves recognition in order to put them down, and probably an ugly one at times like we've seen when we've weathered the storms. We've just seen what a desperate stars group will do, and they put the puck on net 108 times. There will not be and shouldn't be any asterisks or "easy opponent" footnotes, that's definitely not the case here.

So like Alan Grant would say, try to show a little respect.