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Exactly What will Happen in The STL/DAL Series

April 29, 2016, 11:50 AM ET [15 Comments]
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The West gets going tonight with four teams who should all be considered contenders for the Stanley Cup. It's really something when you can legitimately say how these 4 matchups could all qualify for the Conference Finals, and three in the first round for that matter.

Getting right to it...

The Blues vs the Stars...

It is hard to quantify what slaying the Hawks will do for the Blues. Did they win their Stanley Cup already or are they really as focused as they say they are on winning twelve more games? You would like to believe all of it, of course, but there is a bit of human nature at play...

The Stars, well everyone is kind of counting them out because of their goaltending struggles...yet many are forgetting this team has in fact won a lot of games against top teams with these goalies. And they can score like crazy...Of course Seguin is a BIG part of all of that and he won't be rushed back this time. If the Stars go up 2-0 I wouldn't expect him until the series is at least tied. If they fall behind...then at the earliest game 3, but more likely 4 or 5...

The Blues are a team on a mission and you can feel that. If they can keep their level up this could be a very short series. The Blues won 4 of 5 this year against the Stars, and managed to hold the Stars to 10 goals in five games...with four of those goals coming in the last meeting...Take that away and you are looking at 6 goals in 4 games...The Blues have a killer defense, but underrating the offense of Dallas, even without Seguin, is foolish. Jason Spezza has really stepped it up and has a lot of playoff experience to back him up. He appears to be ultra focused on the task at hand.

One fun side note...I covered Lindy Ruff vs Ken Hitchcock a loooong time ago in a Sabres/Flyers series and the two had an epic battle going...Both felt their team's weren't playing that well and chose to shift the focus to themselves...



Yup, that's me in the leather jacket as Hitch says, "Tell Lindy to "bleep" off. Ah, good times...

My pick for this series:

I feel the Stars will go out and win game 1, and maybe even game 2....But I feel the Blues will battle back and once they adjust, they will take this one in 6...

What say you?



I will be back later on with my pick for Nashville and San Jose...One of my favorite pairings ever!

We will discuss all this and more on today's Hockey BuzzCast Live.




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