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Stars Extinguish the Flames

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Last night’s game six vs Texans-Chiefs divisional round – which do you got for the best comeback blowout of 2020? I enjoyed both but last night was certainly more exciting for me.

Much like the series itself, the Stars were caught sleeping at the wheel early on. We barely made it past five minutes before it was 3-0 Flames. Luckily, Milan Lucic got arrogant and took a stupid penalty so Miro could activate his god mode.

Miro is so fucking awesome. People are sleeping on him because Luka has such a huge spotlight for Dallas already. The odds of one city having the best young player in both basketball and hockey at the same time are so slim, and everyone is in denial about the fact it is happening for Dallas.

Miro averaged a cool 2 points per game this series. He did that as a defenseman. It’s good for 2nd in the league this postseason and everyone else on the list plays forward. He is Zubov reincarnate, especially in the playoffs and that goes back to last year too.

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From that goal on it was an onslaught. Seven straight scores. Denis Gurianov was ready to see round 2.

He ended up getting a fourth that made Matthew Tkachump very very sad. That’s right prick, next time hold on flopping until after the very first period of a series if you want to play more.

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The Flames are fully extinguished. Finally. I prefer we did it in four or five games, but six was the maximum acceptable outcome and we achieved that. I’m satisfied.

We did a lot of things that good teams don’t do, like giving up a shorthanded goal and the opening goal almost every single game. But only good teams can pull off the comebacks we did and end a series like that in dominant fashion. The Cup lifting potential is definitely there.

Next up is a throwback series vs the Avs. Colorado is the best team in the league, but we can beat them because we swept them in all four games during regular season. Bring on the challenge. After all, can we really party like it’s 1999 without beating down the Avs first?

Stars Extinguish the Flames

Can Tkachump the Coward Ice Up Enough to Play Tonight?

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The first order of business last night was putting that coward Matthew Tkachump in the training room, and our captain got to work as soon as a face-off opportunity presented itself. This is how you spear a bitch…

Tkachump left the game, but came back hobbled and had his head hunted for the rest of the night. It was awesome to watch. Vintage stuff just like we used to do in Edmonton rd1 in the glory days. Maybe next year Tkachump will hold off on diving until a little longer than the very first period of a playoff series.

The final blow came early in the third, when Benn and Oleksiak sandwiched that little turd and took him off the ice for good

Oleksiak also delivered the final blow on the scoresheet by netting the game winner with just 39 seconds(!) left. It came off a very nifty cross-ice feed by Corey Perry. That’s right.. THAT Corey Perry. He also had a goal! He sucked way less, and we don’t have to keep hating him as much as we did when he was on the Ducks.

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I hope everyone followed my advice and doubled down on Stars +189 for the series price. If you didn’t, you might as well just throw it all on -110 now because that line is still a joke.

That’s not to say we wouldn’t have issues against a better team like the Avs. We gave up the first goal just 19 seconds into the game, which makes ten straight games of giving up the first goal. Gotta stop that shit. We also collapsed in the third period by giving up a shorthanded goal and then a power play goal that came from a stupid Radulov o-zone penalty. Nevertheless, we’re still light years better than Calgary and we can breeze through them with a half effort.

OTHER NOTES:

-Heiskanen had two goals over 25 very dominant minutes. He is the best defenseman in the league. I wouldn’t trade him for anybody right now. Thank god we have him instead of Karlsson.

-Gurianov drew two penalties and was a beast on the puck all night, but he only played 10 minutes. We were leading for most of the game so that is a possible reason, but he needs to play more.

-Bishop showed flashes of his god mode but isn’t quite up to that full status yet. That’s fine. Until he gets there, we can rotate Dobby and keep our goalies rested but not rusty. It’s worked very well the past two regular seasons, and could be huge for us in a compressed playoff schedule.

-Next game is tonight! Gotta love the playoff back to backs, especially when you have two goalies and your opponent is hurting bad. Hey Tkachump…

Can Tkachump the Coward Ice Up Enough to Play Tonight?