Flames in 7 games.
We can laugh at how terrible Dallas has been this season, but they're underachieving and shouldn't be taken lightly.
The Stars have a good first line, Benn/Seguin are good second liners, the bottom six has a couple players with the potential and ability to surprise (i.e. Gurianov, Namestnikov, and Radulov), the overall talent level of their top four D is on par with or better than the Flames' top four, and Oettinger is a good goalie that's only getting better.
The only real weakness with Dallas is their coaching...Bowness is possibly the worst HC in the NHL.
They might be a worse team than the one that made the SC finals two seasons ago, but it's not necessarily because of the talent level of the team. The Flames will still need to come out of the gate hard and play their best to win the series
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