I'm worried that our assumption the winner of the other Western series walks over this series' winner may not be relied upon. Colorado looked gutted by the Nichushkin news in last night's game, Toews, their second best dman was too sick to play, and Georgiev can go full sieve mode without warning.
Meanwhile Roope Hintz was injured and missed some time, Tanev left the game after he was hit, and Craig Smith was also injured for the Stars. I'm cheering for Dallas because I think the Avs are a bit too much like the Greasers in their lack of depth after the top guys, and Oetinger is clearly the best goalie left on this side of the bracket.
Hopefully whoever wins in the east doesn't matter because our collective nightmare is done. Can we please have Demko back in this series soon?
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