GDT: SCP24 | RD2 | GM1 | Dallas Stars vs. Colorado Avalanche | 8:30PM CT | ESPN

[Johno]

Tied 0-0

Nichushkin - MacKinnon - Rantanen
Parise - Mittelstadt - Lehkonen
Wood - Colton - Kiviranta
Duhaime - Trenin - Cogliano

Toews - Makar
Girard - Manson
Johnson - Walker

Georgiev

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[serp]

Play f***ing well and you might win a game 1 for a change.

 

[Klockis]

Avs dont scare me at all compared to Vegas.

We'll probably lose

 

[Troy McClure]

Avs dont scare me at all compared to Vegas.

We'll probably lose

The Avs may not be as good as a fully healthy Vegas, but the Avs are good in a very different way. A new challenge awaits.

 

[eartotheground]

i'm not prepared.

 

[Satan]

fellas

 

[roryjones]

Why did this series not start on Wednesday and the oilers and canucks series start today?

Either way hope we can slow down their top guys. I hope four-giev keeps up his awful play.

 

[Troy McClure]

Why did this series not start on Wednesday and the oilers and canucks series start today?

Either way hope we can slow down their top guys. I hope four-giev keeps up his awful play.

AAC booked a concert for Wednesday

 

[Elysian]

Fellas

 

[roryjones]

Any update on Hakanpaa? Other than he is out today. Would love for him to come back. I would like to hear that conversation on the Avs board. Seems like they are hoping and praying Dallas D core runs out of gas by using 5 defenders as their way to beat Dallas.

 

[starsfan86]

Any update on Hakanpaa? Other than he is out today. Would love for him to come back. I would like to hear that conversation on the Avs board. Seems like they are hoping and praying Dallas D core runs out of gas by using 5 defenders as their way to beat Dallas.

I heard he’s still pretty big

 

[MrHeiskanen]

One line and one D pair to worry about.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Any update on Hakanpaa? Other than he is out today. Would love for him to come back. I would like to hear that conversation on the Avs board. Seems like they are hoping and praying Dallas D core runs out of gas by using 5 defenders as their way to beat Dallas.

Not sure the team that plays Mack and Rantanen 20-22 should be worried about defenders playing 22-28.

 

[ElGuapo]

Any update on Hakanpaa? Other than he is out today. Would love for him to come back. I would like to hear that conversation on the Avs board. Seems like they are hoping and praying Dallas D core runs out of gas by using 5 defenders as their way to beat Dallas.

DeBoer said today that he and Marchment may be available to play later in the series and the Marchment is a little ahead of him right now.

 

[piqued]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say not letting the Avalanche powerplay operate at nearly 40% efficiency will be a key to winning.

 

[TrillMike]

Just heard on The Ticket that puck drop will be at 8:52 local.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Just heard on The Ticket that puck drop will be at 8:52 local.

Same as every game.

 

[eartotheground]

Same as every game.

brilliant marketing. really makes sure young kids can see the best part of the game and grow up big fans of the sport.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

brilliant marketing. really makes sure young kids can see the best part of the game and grow up big fans of the sport.

I mean I get why it happens, but it sure is annoying. I also think they should start the Eastern games at 6:30 local so our game isn't pushed to 8:50.

 

[eartotheground]

I mean I get why it happens, but it sure is annoying. I also think they should start the Eastern games at 6:30 local so our game isn't pushed to 8:50.

100%. the end of the game is more important than the start.

 

[Troy McClure]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say not letting the Avalanche powerplay operate at nearly 40% efficiency will be a key to winning.

Regular season large sample numbers give the Stars the special teams advantage. Equivalent PPs, Stars have the better PK, and the Stars take fewer penalties.

Playoffs change things. Unless a team is extremely stupid (like the Wild last season), the refs love to hand out equal numbers of PPs. Also, a team getting a hot PP can swing a series and even have it carry them on a playoff run. The Avs may have run a hot PP in the first round, but I bet the Stars PK is better equipped to deal with it.

 

[TrillMike]

brilliant marketing. really makes sure young kids can see the best part of the game and grow up big fans of the sport.

This is the exact scenario I'm running into with my kid. Hell, I've had a ton of casual sport fan neighbors all mention they wish they could watch these games.

 

[Elysian]

Just heard on The Ticket that puck drop will be at 8:52 local.

Ugh wtf

 

[redbeardtx]

I mean I get why it happens, but it sure is annoying. I also think they should start the Eastern games at 6:30 local so our game isn't pushed to 8:50.

It's our reward for finishing 1st in the Western Conference.

#blessed

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Looks like no towels, probably too short turn around.