Dallas Stars 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs Thread

[Longhorn_Fan68 34,080]

Shot out of bed this morning and am wide awake. The Stars are making me a better person!

Haha

[Dropout 355]

Thinks it’s obvious the penalty kill or lack of Nashville pp was the difference this series. Will be interesting to see how the pk adjusts to a better Blues pp.

If Ben and the top line keep playing like the last few games it’s in the bag.

[Trey3216 15,450]

32 minutes ago, Dropout said:

Thinks it’s obvious the penalty kill or lack of Nashville pp was the difference this series. Will be interesting to see how the pk adjusts to a better Blues pp.

If Ben and the top line keep playing like the last few games it’s in the bag.

Yep. Benn hit the post 4 times last night from what I remember, and had the goalie beat to his right but got deflected by a defender on another.  Jamie Benn doesn't hit the post 4 times in a game very often.  

[Pato del Muerto 53,340]

49 minutes ago, Dropout said:

Thinks it’s obvious the penalty kill or lack of Nashville pp was the difference this series. Will be interesting to see how the pk adjusts to a better Blues pp.

If Ben and the top line keep playing like the last few games it’s in the bag.

Are the blues going to defend and tend goal as well as the preds, though?

[C-Man 27,690]

Are the blues going to defend and tend goal as well as the preds, though?

Preds defense was atrocious for a good portion of this series.

[Skipper 6,406]

Think that was my favorite hockey game I've attended.  So intense.   Ready for the Blues.    Also PSA, that new Hero sports bar by the AAC is pretty sweet.  Needed something like that badly.

[Longhorn_Fan68 34,080]

 

[Skipper 6,406]

I would have thought a schedule would be out by now but maybe they are waiting on outcome of tonight's games before deciding?  

[Longhorn_Fan68 34,080]

8 minutes ago, Skipper said:

I would have thought a schedule would be out by now but maybe they are waiting on outcome of tonight's games before deciding?  

well, considering our matchup is the only that is decided so far, I would say yeah, they're waiting for results. Denver, Boston, NY (Isle/Nets) and Toronto all have teams in the NBA playoffs as well.

Edited April 23, 2019 by Longhorn_Fan68

[C-Man 27,690]

11 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

well, considering our matchup is the only that is decided so far, I would say yeah, they're waiting for results. Denver, Boston and Toronto all have teams in the NBA playoffs as well.

This.

Last year's first-round series started 4/11 and 4/12 and the first second-round series was 4/26. This year they started on 4/10. If form holds, the second round should start Thursday night. My best guess would be the Avs-VGS/SJ series would start Thursday. I assume the league would want an earlier game on Thursday as well so that could be Stars-Blues or maybe Columbus at Toronto/Boston. The earliest a WSH/CAR-Islanders series could start is Friday. Only markets with NHL/NBA teams still in playoffs and sharing the same building are Denver, Toronto, Boston and Brooklyn. At any rate, looks like mid-week games for the Stars and Blues back in Dallas next week.

[Skipper 6,406]

Right.  my guess is Thurs-Sat-Tues-Thurs.   These weeknight home games are fun but make for a miserable workday.  Hoping for scheduling reasons we somehow get pushed to Weds/Fri for games 3 and 4.

[MonkeyDoughnut 10,763]

It's as if people in Texas might actually like hockey.... Houston needs a team (well I really hope we get one soon...)

[Dropout 355]

5 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Are the blues going to defend and tend goal as well as the preds, though?

It appears the Blues goaltender is capable of surpassing the play of Rinne. Some of that has to be bc of their defense. Didn’t watch too much Blues hockey tho.

[Dropout 355]

 

[C-Man 27,690]

33 minutes ago, Dropout said:

It appears the Blues goaltender is capable of surpassing the play of Rinne. Some of that has to be bc of their defense. Didn’t watch too much Blues hockey tho.

My boss is from West Texas but spent many years in St Louis for work. He's a Blues fan -- and a Stars fan. Was asking him about Jordan Binnington yesterday. Sounds like he literally came out of nowhere as the Blues went on their run. Is it because of him? Did he go along for the ride? I don't know the answer to that but he had one NHL appearance before this season. I do know, however, that Binnington is an amazing 24-5-1 as a starter. The Stars accounted for two of his losses and were 2-1 against him this season. Also, his numbers were down considerably from the regular season to the first-round series against Winnipeg. I didn't watch much of that series at all but if we lose to STL this round, I don't think it's because of Binnington standing on his head or anything.

[Ghost of LL 15,669]

35 minutes ago, C-Man said:

My boss is from West Texas but spent many years in St Louis for work. He's a Blues fan -- and a Stars fan. Was asking him about Jordan Binnington yesterday. Sounds like he literally came out of nowhere as the Blues went on their run. Is it because of him? Did he go along for the ride? I don't know the answer to that but he had one NHL appearance before this season. I do know, however, that Binnington is an amazing 24-5-1 as a starter. The Stars accounted for two of his losses and were 2-1 against him this season. Also, his numbers were down considerably from the regular season to the first-round series against Winnipeg. I didn't watch much of that series at all but if we lose to STL this round, I don't think it's because of Binnington standing on his head or anything.

I didn't watch a lot of that series, but I saw enough to form an opinion about Winnipeg.  It seemed to me that they entered the playoffs looking lousy over the past three weeks, and they maintained that form for another six games.

That's not to say that the Blues didn't earn it.  They entered the playoffs in good form and looked good.  I'm just exceedingly skeptical of Winnipeg.

[Longhorn_Fan68 34,080]

Yes.

https://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5cbf85d3e4cd1/received_1259993160831397.mp4

Edit: feck, how do you embed mp4?

Edited April 23, 2019 by Longhorn_Fan68

[Longhorn_Fan68 34,080]

Upon reflection on this last series, i don't think we were dominating as much as we could have. No one seems to talk about it but we lost the faceoff battle, and by a pretty big margin. And from the naked eye test, it seemed to me we were losing them at ket junctures. Granted, we were only a .4% better faceoff team than the preds in the regular season. And we're only .5% better than St Louis.

 

We get much closer to 50% on faceoffs in this next series, i like our chances.

 

 

[Skipper 6,406]

Game 1 set for 8:30 on Thurs.  Let's get it.

[C-Man 27,690]

San Jose has scored twice in 55 seconds to cut deficit to 3-2. Cody Eakin blasted Joe Pavelski on a FO and got a 5-minute major and game misconduct. Sharks still on PP.

[C-Man 27,690]

Fucking tied now!!!

[C-Man 27,690]

San Jose just scored a fourth PP goal on the penalty to Eakin and now lead 4-3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Craziest thing I've ever seen.

[C-Man 27,690]

Vegas ties it with 47 seconds left

 

[C-Man 27,690]

Off to OT

[Continental Op 3,934]

Oh I didn't know we were doing this over here.  That shit was nuts.  

[C-Man 27,690]

5 minutes ago, Continental Op said:

Oh I didn't know we were doing this over here.  That shit was nuts.  

Yeah, I don't know where else it would've gone. The storms blowing thru Dallas knocked out my DirecTV just as Pavelski got flattened. I opened up the app on my phone to see the replay of the hit. Never in a million years would I have guessed we'd see what we saw. Four PP goals on one 5-minute PP. And then give up the game-tying goal in final minute.

[spystud13 2,371]

Did you forget your own thread? 

 

[Longhorn Al 440]

Eakin barely hit the guy.  Looked more like embellishment/loss of balance that went badly.

[dcar00 14,907]

ugh, really don't like the sharks.

[C-Man 27,690]

42 minutes ago, spystud13 said:

Did you forget your own thread? 

 

Oops. Didn't realize I was in the wrong one

[Skipper 6,406]

So games are Thurs-Sat-Mon-Wed-Fri-Sun-Tues.    No breaks this round.   Not a fan of Mon-Weds at all, but a Sunday game 6 could be fun.

[Longhorn Al 440]

Gm1: Thu  Dallas @ St. Louis  9:30pm NBCSN

Gm2: Sat  Dallas @ St. Louis  3:00pm NBC

Gm3: Mon  St. Louis @ Dallas  8:00pm NBCSN

Gm4: Wed  St. Louis @ Dallas 9:30pm NBCSN

Gm5: Fri  Dallas @ St. Louis  9:30pm  NBCSN

Gm6: Sun  St. Louis @ Dallas  TBD  TBD

Gm7: Tue  Dallas @ St. Louis  TBD  TBD

Edited April 25, 2019 by Longhorn Al

[spystud13 2,371]

You should probably edit those to Central time if you still can. 

[Longhorn Al 440]

27 minutes ago, Longhorn Al said:

Gm1: Thu  Dallas @ St. Louis  8:30pm NBCSN

Gm2: Sat  Dallas @ St. Louis  2:00pm NBC

Gm3: Mon  St. Louis @ Dallas  7:00pm NBCSN

Gm4: Wed  St. Louis @ Dallas 8:30pm NBCSN

Gm5: Fri  Dallas @ St. Louis  8:30pm  NBCSN

Gm6: Sun  St. Louis @ Dallas  TBD  TBD

Gm7: Tue  Dallas @ St. Louis  TBD  TBD

Best I can do. 

[spystud13 2,371]

Sucks we lose Josh & Razor on TV. 

[Longhorn Al 440]

I don't have FSSW. 

[cactusflinthead 27,626]

7 hours ago, spystud13 said:

Sucks we lose Josh & Razor on TV. 

Don't know about you, but I'm turning down the TV and putting on the radio. I won't listen to ousux has beens do a Longhorn game and I am in no mood for the NBC second stringers. 

[Mileslong 4,793]

How do you guys do the radio broadcast and sync it with the tv broadcast? Get game on DVR then try and sync it that way?

[cactusflinthead 27,626]

One lags the other. I'll pause the TV usually. But, it can vary depending on how the game goes. Sometimes they use up the delay. It's tough to get it totally synched. 

[Firemans4Horn 18,501]

FYI,

radio broadcast is on 820am tonight due to the draft being on the ticket. 

[SimonBolivar 11,039]

10 hours ago, Longhorn Al said:

I don't have FSSW. 

/r/nhlstreams

[cactusflinthead 27,626]

55 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

FYI,

radio broadcast is on 820am tonight due to the draft being on the ticket. 

50000 watt blowtorch 

[C-Man 27,690]

Suddenly-interested Norm just predicted the Stars will win the Stanley Cup.

[Vic Mackey 47,849]

How much of the same team do the Blues have from when we met them in this round in 2016? 

[Vic Mackey 47,849]

Suddenly-interested Norm just predicted the Stars will win the Stanley Cup.

My cousin, who is a die hard hockey fan, sent me this. Says the Stars have the best chance to win it all of the remaining 8 teams.

[C-Man 27,690]

17 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

My cousin, who is a die hard hockey fan, sent me this. Says the Stars have the best chance to win it all of the remaining 8 teams.

Interesting. But those numbers have to changed slightly now that the three series (TOR/BOS, CAR/WSH and VGS/SJ) that went seven games are now over. I would think BOS and SJ have better chances than DAL at this point. Still, though, shows what a top-flight goalie can do for you.

[C-Man 27,690]

22 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

How much of the same team do the Blues have from when we met them in this round in 2016? 

Different coach, different #1 goalie. Tarasenko was -- and still is -- their most dangerous offensive weapon. Schwartz, who has gotten hot, was on the 16 team. Perron was the captain for that team, left town but is now back in a more supporting role. Have to admit I don't know much about their blue line without checking Hockey Reference.

[C-Man 27,690]

31 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Different coach, different #1 goalie. Tarasenko was -- and still is -- their most dangerous offensive weapon. Schwartz, who has gotten hot, was on the 16 team. Perron was the captain for that team, left town but is now back in a more supporting role. Have to admit I don't know much about their blue line without checking Hockey Reference.

Scratch that. Was thinking of Backes. Fuck me.

[Vic Mackey 47,849]

Ok thanks for the info! I know in 2016, we were not strong at goalie. Hell it seemed we kept going back and forth. Top notch goalie play can definitely propel you deep in these playoffs. 

Also, fuck the StL Blues.

[Skipper 6,406]

2 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Ok thanks for the info! I know in 2016, we were not strong at goalie. Hell it seemed we kept going back and forth. Top notch goalie play can definitely propel you deep in these playoffs. 

Also, fuck the StL Blues.

If I recall, we flipped goalies after first loss and then that backfired even more and we got trounced so went with Kari who did alright until he decided to give up 3 goals (on I believe less than 10 shots) in the 1st period of Game 7.   Still pisses me off.