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Originally Posted by Ashasx
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“Blame?”
Not for me. Have they been as good in the regular season? Definitely not. But they did have some chances last night and couldn’t bury. It’s a different story in years past when the top line looked completely out of sync or as Elliotte Friedman had put it “looks like they’ve never played together before.”
From what I’m seeing, the top line had thrived this season on taking advantage of their opposition’s mistakes. One mistake, back of the net. However, the Stars so far have played almost mistake free hockey up to this point. Sitting back, taking no risks, creating nothing and basically not beating themselves.
To be honest, I’m a little disappointed in the Backlund line. He was the best skater vs the Stars back in 2020 and he’s more suited for this type of hockey. The heavy, grind down low, hold on to pucks and cycle. This is his type of series whereas the top line would probably thrive in a more open series against say a Minnesota.
I’m hoping the second line wakes up soon as they were my X factor going into this series and if they don’t show up, this series might not go their way.