What a fun game to watch. Clean, physical high quality hockey.
This team looks mentally stronger than they've been in a long time. The last half of the first year of Hartley was probably the last time they looked like this, not rattled by setbacks at all, just get back at it. Of course they're clearly a lot more mature now as a group.
This is the kind of play that win or lose, it's satisfying to watch. They're now giving it what they got, consistently. The offense isn't exactly high octane, but it's skilled and hard working and that gets things done.
Dallas fans seem like a good bunch too, such different vibes than the petty vitriol of Some Other Teams. "Is someone gonna call security on the homeless man on the ice who keeps scoring on us" was hilarious.
I'm going to enjoy this series. And hopefully the next one too
