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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
And that’s the difference why Carolina can’t get over the hump.
New York and Florida have star players who can overcome playoff goaltending on a series, Carolina doesn’t. I’d say the same thing about the Stars. Although they hardly look dangerous their good players don’t have the it factor to get the big goal.
Dubois is part of the team now, and LA is not a good team. The Flames would have given Edmonton more completion. Probably sweep the Kings.
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The Hurricanes are the most well-run team in the league in my opinion, which doesn't change based on whether or not they win a tournament. And they got Guentzel who I would argue is a star.
With respect to Los Angeles, yeah, Blake has to live with the Dubois trade. A lot of people here want him fired. They have a Dallas-like setup with Doughty and Kopitar ready to hand it over to Kempe, Byfield, et al. Their bottom six and defense are good. I didn't love the Fiala trade at the time but who knew that Minnesota was going to get a Brock Faber that was this good. They had it set up pretty well if they just waited even with Turcotte likely busting.