WCF - Vegas Golden Knights (1) vs. Dallas Stars (3) - Stars Win Series 4-1

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

If Corey Perry wins another Cup is he a HOFer?

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Idk. I'm no fan of Perry at all, too many bad memories from the Ducks series, but that dude has won almost everything there is to win in hockey. Not too many Hart winners not in the Hall, either.

I think two Cups might seal it.

The Cup is a team trophy and while he had a good career I can't think of many offensive forwards who scored well less than 1000 points while playing over 1000 games.

Look at how long it took Lindros and he was a much, much better player.

[TheScorpion]

I'm fully on the Dallas train. Always liked Benn and Radulov and that interview with Rick Bowness sealed it, he seems like such a kind-hearted man.

[Roof-Daddy]

Thank goodness they got rid of that clown show knights team. Goddamn expansion team almost in the finals two of three seasons.

Goos riddance

[metroneck]

Wow Dallas. Gotta be because of the Head Coach’s proven winning track record.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by TheSquatch

Impressed with Dallas.

The trouble is the Flames hung with Dallas, to some eyes, and so now the question of whether the Flames are a lucky bounce or an off night away from being Western Conference Champs, or whether Dallas was just getting going and playing the Flames was kind of a warm-up.

Khudobin looks a LOT better than he looked against Calgary. I though he was pretty terrible actually, and against Vegas he was just crazy good.

It will be interesting to see how they stack up against a more talented team in Tampa I guess.

Vegas takes a lot of shots from everywhere...their high danger chances are nothing special. 9-9 this game. Khudobin was solid but he wasn't standing on his head or anything other than a short sequence in game 4

9-9 high danger this game

[TheSquatch]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Vegas takes a lot of shots from everywhere...their high danger chances are nothing special. 9-9 this game. Khudobin was solid but he wasn't standing on his head or anything other than a short sequence in game 4

9-9 high danger this game

Okay. I'll rephrase it - Khudobin looked fine a lot here, perfectly adequate, and sometimes brilliant, with a lot of battle. I thought he looked like a fish out of water against Calgary, and I put a lot of the goals Calgary scored on that - with average goaltending, I thought Dallas would have crushed the Flames.

[dino7c]

Vegas blew a 3 goal 3rd period lead last season to be eliminated and a 2 goal third period lead this season to be eliminated

[browna]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

Does the Stars advancing to the finals ( if they do) make Fans feel better or worse about the Flames getting knocked out in the first round by them?

For me, it's tough because it's not like the Stars have found another gear these last two rounds. Or, some players got hot or Khudobin got hot.

They have not played an appreciably different or better game or style since the Flames series. They have just been consistent and methodical and wait for the opponent to make mistakes, which itself is a a solid trait. And, stayed away from injuries.

12 seconds of game 4. Tied going into third period of game 5 with one point shot getting through that didn't get through for the Flames. A terrible decision by the coach in game 6 in a tie game. Any one of those situations goes the other way and who knows. It may not have been Calgary winning the west but it certainly wouldn't have been Dallas.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Vegas blew a 3 goal 3rd period lead last season to be eliminated and a 2 goal third period lead this season to be eliminated

Winning is hard.

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[chummer]

Dobby-

https://twitter.com/user/status/1305706326358724608

[DoubleK]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

If Corey Perry wins another Cup is he a HOFer?

He was before he left anaheim.

[OldSam]

Good for the Stars. They really, really wanted it.

[dino7c]

Its a fine line in hockey obviously...people around here seem to bend over backwards though...Flames lost they need to improve but

first its "Dallas sucks the Flames are just brutal, lost to the worst team in the playoffs and Avs will pound them"

Now its "Dallas must be playing way better now ect."

just stop, Flames need to improve but they lost to a good team obviously

Dallas would have pounded the Canucks by the way!

[djsFlames]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

I'm fully on the Dallas train. Always liked Benn and Radulov and that interview with Rick Bowness sealed it, he seems like such a kind-hearted man.

VERY easy to have a different view on those guys and that team.

Bowness seem all class but I think he runs a dirtbag circus on that bench.

[blender]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Vegas blew a 3 goal 3rd period lead last season to be eliminated and a 2 goal third period lead this season to be eliminated

Blow it up and rebuild.

[blender]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Its a fine line in hockey obviously...people around here seem to bend over backwards though...Flames lost they need to improve but

first its "Dallas sucks the Flames are just brutal, lost to the worst team in the playoffs and Avs will pound them"

Now its "Dallas must be playing way better now ect."

just stop, Flames need to improve but they lost to a good team obviously

Dallas would have pounded the Canucks by the way!

I think the Flames would have pounded the Canucks.

[JohnnyB]

Originally Posted by chummer

Dobby-

https://twitter.com/user/status/1305706326358724608

That is a hilarious pic. The crayfish, the art hanging up behind him, the gold chain with the full body sheen. There's a lot of awesome there.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by dino7c

Its a fine line in hockey obviously...people around here seem to bend over backwards though...Flames lost they need to improve but

first its "Dallas sucks the Flames are just brutal, lost to the worst team in the playoffs and Avs will pound them"

Now its "Dallas must be playing way better now ect."

just stop, Flames need to improve but they lost to a good team obviously

Dallas would have pounded the Canucks by the way!

It's so strange how you've created a narrative that was never widely mentioned, you keep repeating it, and then say "just stop".
You're literally arguing with a self made counter viewpoint.

At best, you're cherry picking 1-2 posts of thousands and acting like that was widespread commentary around here when it never was.

No one said Dallas sucks. No one said the Flames didn't lose to a good team.

What people did repeatedly say is the Flames top players didn't show up, now 3-4 years in a row and that's not good enough.

Just stop with the self fabricated arguments and address actual viewpoints.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

It's so strange how you've created a narrative that was never widely mentioned, you keep repeating it, and then say "just stop".
You're literally arguing with a self made counter viewpoint.

At best, you're cherry picking 1-2 posts of thousands and acting like that was widespread commentary around here when it never was.

No one said Dallas sucks. No one said the Flames didn't lose to a good team.

What people did repeatedly say is the Flames top players didn't show up, now 3-4 years in a row and that's not good enough.

Just stop with the self fabricated arguments and address actual viewpoints.

lol really? Tons of posters said they were not a good team and the Flames got and easy match up...then

Avs were gonna pound them
Vegas was gonna pound them

One or two posts give me a break...even now as they go to the finals it has been suggested that Dallas only started playing good after Calgary

I have said 1000 times the Flames weren't good enough and need to upgrade

Take a 2 second search of the couple pages of every one of the Dallas Stars 3 series threads...not too flattering towards them trust me

[3rd liner]

No sympathy for Vegas. Don’t like Dallas either, but ok with these guys not advancing to another finals.