The Dallas Stars 2024 Playoffs Thread

[C-Man 27183]

Some solid saves by both net minders this period. Which one blinks first

Otter /sigh

[dcar00 14148]

they lose this they are likely done.  fucking Vegas.

[The_Great_Hornsby 3236]

4 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

they lose this they are likely done.  fucking Vegas.

Defending champs. They are a gritty, physical team built for the playoffs. Beat us last year. Worst possible matchup in the entire playoffs tbh. 

[C-Man 27183]

I’m tired of hearing how the Stars are outplaying Vegas but yet we are behind on the scoreboard again and staring down the barrel of 0-2.

[Rex Kramer 1331]

3 minutes ago, C-Man said:

I’m tired of hearing how the Stars are outplaying Vegas but yet we are behind on the scoreboard again and staring down the barrel of 0-2.

Who says we are outplaying them?  We’re not. 

[Firemans4Horn 18034]

What a soft ass goal to give up there. We have 1 period to save our season. 

[Zepol87 9185]

2 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

Who says we are outplaying them?  We’re not. 

Agree

[dcar00 14148]

It would be nice if Robertson can quit killing rushes by being offsides as well.

[C-Man 27183]

4 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

Who says we are outplaying them?  We’re not. 

Studio host on Bally. The guy with Sevy.

5 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

What a soft ass goal to give up there. We have 1 period to save our season. 

Yeah, it’s one you’ve got to stop at this time of the season. Period.

[C-Man 27183]

These officials are absolutely atrocious

[crum 525]

from a fast break to a PK... ugh

[dcar00 14148]

we are getting totally fucked by these losers...

[dcar00 14148]

we're done. fuck these refs. multiple fuck jobs.

[Get ln My Van 927]

Eat your Otter crow boys. Dude is the only reason we’re still in this game.

[C-Man 27183]

We’ve gotten nothing from Roope, Pavs and Duchene in the first two games.

[Rex Kramer 1331]

7 minutes ago, Get ln My Van said:

Eat your Otter crow boys. Dude is the only reason we’re still in this game.

Nah. Hes played well but the last goal he gave up was atrocious. He’s not a shut down goalie.

Also, we have a bunch of good players. Not one great one. 

[crum 525]

Feels like we have two lines... one with Stankoven, then just loads of crap

[Firemans4Horn 18034]

DeBoer is a really good regular season coach. 

[Rex Kramer 1331]

7 minutes ago, C-Man said:

We’ve gotten nothing from Roope, Pavs and Duchene in the first two games.

Roope and Pavs have been awful. Roope cannot control a puck and Pavs is slow and showing his age. 

[Get ln My Van 927]

Stankoven might be our best player

[dcar00 14148]

not our year...worst matchup and can't score on multiple chances.  unfuckingreal

[chemHORN 1239]

If Dallas played the whole game like they do the last 4 minutes when down by a goal then they probably wouldn't be down by a goal

[Get ln My Van 927]

Pavelski is a shell of his last season self 

[Firemans4Horn 18034]

If the score holds both of the Vegas game winning goals are soft as shit goals from their defensemen. 

[dcar00 14148]

Just now, Get ln My Van said:

Pavelski is a shell of his last season self 

yep.  he's done too.   all the work in the regular season to blow the whole thing in 2 games.

[shadow_operative2.0 15942]

Mother fucker. 

[crum 525]

Robo doesnt hold line then 2 soft turnovers... what a loser

[dcar00 14148]

that'll do it.  see you next year.

[Firemans4Horn 18034]

Good effort Robbo. fucking loser. 

[chemHORN 1239]

3 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

If the score holds both of the Vegas game winning goals are soft as shit goals from their defensemen. 

That's what they do to Dallas.  Let Dallas continually dump it into the corners and force them to waste time and energy fighting for the puck, then wait for Dallas to make a dumb mistake and take advantage.   

[dcar00 14148]

Just now, Firemans4Horn said:

Good effort Robbo. fucking loser. 

rather have 5 #11's than that pussy.

[The_Great_Hornsby 3236]

Did the Golden Knights tank the final game of the regular season to intentionally get this matchup?

[Firemans4Horn 18034]

Just now, dcar00 said:

that'll do it.  see you next year.

Roster needs to be churned. Way too much dead weight come playoff season. I’d rather be the 6 seed with fresh legs than the 1 seed with a bunch of corpses skating in mud. 

Just now, The_Great_Hornsby said:

Did the Golden Knights tank the final game of the regular season to intentionally get this matchup?

Yes

[C-Man 27183]

Eat your Otter crow boys. Dude is the only reason we’re still in this game.

Weird flex when the GWG he allowed was softer than any of the four he let in G1

[Firemans4Horn 18034]

The crowd was pathetic down the stretch as well. Sounded like they were at a funeral. 

[Get ln My Van 927]

1 minute ago, C-Man said:

Weird flex when the GWG he allowed was softer than any of the four he let in G1

Weird flex when he clearly played his ass off. We would’ve lost by 5 if it wasn’t for him

[The_Great_Hornsby 3236]

Just now, Firemans4Horn said:

The crowd was pathetic down the stretch as well. Sounded like they were at a funeral. 

Probably nervous tension. It is nervey as fuck to stare down the barrel of a choke against an 8 seed when you were dreaming of a Stanley Cup (and no, not the one's soccer moms are all running around with). 

[dcar00 14148]

5 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Roster needs to be churned. Way too much dead weight come playoff season. I’d rather be the 6 seed with fresh legs than the 1 seed with a bunch of corpses skating in mud. 

 

they were never gonna get it done, regardless of the regular season.  they are a good team but don't have the stones to win a cup.

2 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

The crowd was pathetic down the stretch as well. Sounded like they were at a funeral. 

ha. when you know the body is dead already that's what happens.

[Zeus 6012]

I love all these fucking guys but nuke this team and start over FUCK

Edited April 25 by Zeus

[MonkeyDoughnut 10226]

We need to start with replacing DeBoer. Vegas got rid of him for exactly what we are seeing now. Come playoffs teams have figured out how to counter his system and his team "suddenly" goes into a scoring drought. It's like clock work.

Edited April 25 by MonkeyDoughnut

[Longhorn_Fan68 33859]

this sucks

[Skipper 6127]

The Knights didn't tank the end of the regular season.  This side of the bracket is a much tougher path for them.  But I also think they just flipped the switch in the playoffs (combined with the whole magically healthy complete roster thing).

Not much else to be said.  It's bullshit we are playing a roster way over the cap, particularly in the first round, the refs have done us no favors and we really have not had any puck luck, but none of that matters because we are flat out getting outplayed.  They took our best shot in the first period, got it back on a 2-0 fucking rush, then just settled in and completely outplayed us the last 30 mins of the game.   I thought Otter played great and kept us in the game.  They could have easily blown it open and we just flat out didn't execute at the net on our best chances.   We should absolutely win every game we give up 2 goals or less with the offensive firepower we have (that has looked absolutely non-existent against this Vegas D).   Hintz is completely MIA and has been for a month.  He's in his prime and being paid like an elite player and has disappeared.  Pavelski finally looks his age.  The Duchene/Seguin line isn't doing anything.   

Stankoven has looked like our best skater from my eyes which should not be the case.  Hell Marchment has flashed more than our big names (and now hurt).

It's a bad matchup but still a disappointing performance.   Hopefully they can somehow find their game in Vegas (have been a better road team than home this year) and we can do a reverse of the '21 Mavs/Clippers, but all my optimism pretty much went out the window as I sat and watched us flat out get our ass kicked during the 3rd in what was clearly the biggest period of the season.

Having never played I certainly don't know hockey X's and O's like other sports but starting to think all of the Vegas fans that had confidence Deboer's system is a terrible matchup against what Vegas does knew what they are talking about after the last 11 games.  They own us.

[Beau Vine 54203]

I did not love him mixing the lines up in game 2 of a series.  Smelled like desperation.  

I think whoever wins game 3 will win the series.  

[Trey3216 15343]

10 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said:

The crowd was pathetic down the stretch as well. Sounded like they were at a funeral. 

I mean, they pretty much are.  We're fucking cooked 

[Skipper 6127]

8 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

I did not love him mixing the lines up in game 2 of a series.  Smelled like desperation.  

I mean I think it was desperation.  Had to try something to jump start our offense.

[Beau Vine 54203]

3 hours ago, Skipper said:

I mean I think it was desperation.  Had to try something to jump start our offense.

I would've jump-started the offense by skipping Daddy and double-shifting Marchment or Stanky, but that's just me. 

And I didn't think we were playing that poorly when he did it; we were just getting zero puck luck and playing against a really good D.

[Skipper 6127]

3 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

 

And I didn't think we were playing that poorly when he did it; we were just getting zero puck luck and playing against a really good D.

Yeah, it really did seem to be snowballing. Their goalie was giving up rebounds that just never found our stick, not finishing plays, not getting calls, just seemed like everything kind of working against us and it gave them all the confidence for what ended up being a defensive masterpiece down the stretch.  I saw we didn't even get a SOG the last 5.5 minutes which I didn't realize at the time, but yeah, seems right.   Absolutely everything is going right for them in this series and most of that has to do with their play.  We've been a great road team all year so maybe we can win game 3 and it gets interesting again but definitely walked out of that building last night fully realizing may not be back for a hockey game until next October.

[The_Great_Hornsby 3236]

4 hours ago, Skipper said:

Yeah, it really did seem to be snowballing. Their goalie was giving up rebounds that just never found our stick, not finishing plays, not getting calls, just seemed like everything kind of working against us and it gave them all the confidence for what ended up being a defensive masterpiece down the stretch.  I saw we didn't even get a SOG the last 5.5 minutes which I didn't realize at the time, but yeah, seems right.   Absolutely everything is going right for them in this series and most of that has to do with their play.  We've been a great road team all year so maybe we can win game 3 and it gets interesting again but definitely walked out of that building last night fully realizing may not be back for a hockey game until next October.

A sweep is unlikely. But if that does happen, DeBoer should be fired. 

[C-Man 27183]

Vegas is a very bad matchup for us. Very deep defensive group, which was how they won last year. They pack the middle and don’t let you near the goal. I think that’s why Pavelski has been erased. He can’t get anywhere near the goal mouth to do what he normally does.

I’m not ready to pull the plug on DeBoer. He’s the best coach we’ve had since Tippett (not counting Monty because he was gone before he really showed what he maybe is). He’s won a lot of playoff games/series and sometimes those guys just break through finally.

I think we’re struggling because we have a deep roster of very good players but nobody who is one of the best of the best in the game, guys that just dominate, especially up top. This team needs a Matthew Tkachuk type player.

[Pato del Muerto 52484]

9 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

I would've jump-started the offense by skipping Daddy and double-shifting Marchment or Stanky, but that's just me. 

And I didn't think we were playing that poorly when he did it; we were just getting zero puck luck and playing against a really good D.

Wasn’t marchment hurt, which was part of the reason for the line changes?