The way I see it with Dallas is on paper they were more stacked than a warehouse after picking up Pavelski/Perry but on the ice just didn't add up to the sum of its parts, as they scored way less than the skill down the roster would indicate. They were ho hum in round robins and then the Flames showed up and hit them, pissed them off and (Talbot) shut them down early more or less and hung around despite them rising to the occasion. Then they finally clicked when those young d-men shifted into high gear and the group became the monster they were capable of being all year but just underperformed.
Hate them, but they've got the goods.
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