WCSF: Dallas Stars [CEN2] vs Seattle Kraken [WC1] - Dallas Wins 4-3

[Chi-Town Hustler]

Let's go krakens

Go Flams

[looooob]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

I’d argue the majority of teams in the league right now could change course and quickly build an expansion-quality team similar to that which Vegas and Seattle got.

yeah there seem to be extreme viewpoints that either the expansion rules were far too easy , or they weren't easy at all but every GM except for the 2 expansion GMs were maroons


truth to me seems somewhere in between- with an expansion team, you get a clean slate. no stars (but you might be able to snag one or two that other teams can't afford or want to play) but good depth of your choosing(unlike in previous expansion drafts where you basically got AHLers of your choosing with no cap constraining any of the other teams)- most importantly no bad contracts- as its clear almost no GM can resist these eventually (heck Vegas is doing a nice job but they are threading the contract needle already just like all the other teams). minor little bonus of course for Vegas that there were already an elite team and got to escape the Seattle draft unscathed



I'd agree for sure that a small suite of teams esp in the first draft (Columbus, Florida, Minny come to mind) overplayed their hands, but a lot of the other decisions made weren't so obviously poor in retrospect

[Paulie Walnuts]

2 bug chances right away

[Toonage]

That was one awful PP from Seattle

[Toonage]

PP aside I'm impressed with how fast Seattle plays. Still guilty of that extra pass or touch though.

[direwolf]

Just turned on the game. I assume the panel has been doing some in-depth analysis of what went wrong with the Oilers and how they're the Cup favorites going into next year?

[Toonage]

Game 7, What do we spend the entire intermission on? Oilers? Not this time! The Leafs! There's the Sportsnet I know.
(Oilers will be 2nd intermission I'm sure)

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by direwolf

Just turned on the game. I assume the panel has been doing some in-depth analysis of what went wrong with the Oilers and how they're the Cup favorites going into next year?

Guys at work today "Bettman did his best to keep the cup out of Canada".

My response, "If you actually watched a game, you'd see Bettman tried his best to get McDavid through to the next round".

People are so clueless out East when it comes to the Western Conference.

[Toonage]

ESPN says the East final starts Thursday, West final starts Friday

[hwy19man]

Good to see this series going the maximum and hopefully beyond regulation time!

[Paulie Walnuts]

Seattle is quick but suck in coverage.

[direwolf]

Grubauer is in the zone.

[Toonage]

Forget Draisaitl, Grubauer for premature Conn Smythe winner

[AC]

Snipe by Hintz. 1-0

[Toonage]

The scary thing is I don't think Oettinger, who is stellar in games after a loss has really been challenged at all

[direwolf]

Dallas draws first blood. 1-0.

[Hockey_Ninja]

Hintz is really good

[AC]

Big ####up by Oleksiak.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by Toonage

The scary thing is I don't think Oettinger, who is stellar in games after a loss has really been challenged at all

He hasn't been tested Seattle had a post.

[getbak]

Holy crap, people make fun of the rooms at the Saddledome? Dallas doesn't look any better and their building is almost 20 years newer.