This series is tied and headed back to Dallas. Road teams continue to be the story of the 2023 playoffs.
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First round no real blowouts, second round blowouts galore, third round will be very interesting indeed.
I genuinely have zero idea how this series is going to go in its final games. But hey, I get at least one more weekend game, all I could really ask for. Can’t wait to see the hockey scene in Seattle on Saturday, even if it is for the last time this year.
I’m not sure what it is, but it feels like the Stars don’t seem to be nearly as heated towards the Kraken as the Avs were in round 1. Feels like Stars fans are quite a bit more mellow also – most Avs fans were fine but a lot of them felt like they were trying to start shit. So for all the trash I hear about Texas sports fans, I’ll give Stars fans credit for being real good this series.
Nice bounce back win for the Stars. Hopefully, Marchment and Hakanpaa will be okay, although Hanley filled in very nicely again.
Shocking how different the 2nd round has been. Goaltender apocalypse. Except for Bob! Go figure …
blue line half season ticket squad is officially cursed. boys are 0-3 everytime ive been there 🤣 but if we're being real i fully expected Dallas to tie it up 2-2 in the series, just wish i could see a playoff win in person
Shannon love you big guy. Dallas Native, think you are the best thing going for the NHL. You are so right one the Miro take. It was 0-0 before he was knocked outta the game in game 3. Also loved your mental health awareness post. Was going through a bit of that myself, saw your post and realized it's normal I'm not alone. Thanks for being you and making the NHL Fandom better.
i really dont understand why any team in the playoffs pulls the goaltender. it literally does not help, and someone, like eichel, can just shoot across the rink and score. fucking horrible coaching in some of these games. the worst one was edmonton in game 1 vs vegas
was a good game…. Stars are a much deeper team, they screwed the pouch in game 3….was embarasing…………Stars will take the next 2….
Stars were fine tonight.
Kraken put up maybe the worst effort I’ve ever seen in a playoff game. Absolute trash. The entire team should be ashamed of how they played tonight. They deserved to be booed off the ice after 2 periods.
I’m completely and totally disgusted with them. Absolutely pathetic performance.
When I grow up I want to be able to sleep like your cat.
Okay I don’t understand, Seattle challenged for goalie interference on the 3rd Stars goal and got it wrong, shouldn’t have their time out been taken away then? Why were they able to take a timeout later in the game? I know it is a minor detail that didn’t end up mattering but watching this live I was very confused why Seattle was able to take the timeout.
Why isn't it goalie interference when the goalie is outside the blue because he was pushed outside the blue? Then pushed again? That said, Dallas was the better team.
It is a wild series to say the least! I believe now only Donato and Grubauer are the only ones without a goal now. But totally agree that this could be a long series. For the retail side? Goodness… cannto get Kraken things in fast enough it seems!
Oettinger still looking shaky, the team can't rely on him too much
Nope, TOTALLY WRONG, unless the nhl has made a brand new rule before this season that i missed the rule is ALL players have the right to ice outside the blue paint and GRUB the goalie was there first n the only way i see thay called a goal was if u believe the defender pushed him which isnt the case. This is a absolute BS justification for a goal thats going to haunt the NHL unless they make it black n white that goalies aren't protected at all outside the blue paint because with this logic u should be able to tie up goalies if they're outside the blue paint. Idk wtf is happening to the NHL but they're pissing the fuck off their hardcore fan bases the past few seasons. Current nhl = TRASH n I'm not a kracken fan.
Yeah this is going 7 again isn’t it? Cardiac Kraken and all that 😅
Man Go Stars !!!!
Miro on paras.
Love that vintage Stars jersey Shannon
remind me again…how did the road team do in games 1 and 2 between Jersey and the Hurricanes? whatever
Going 7
As a Dallas fan, I have hate watching the national TV fee. They seem to always root for the other team. This is a good series.
I compared Dallas and Seattle's team-building strategy as a really good matchup. I think one major difference is that Seattle will see a breadth of scoring contribution all the way down the lineup, even within the game. Dallas sees a breadth of scoring contribution, but it tends to ride one or two players that find a hot night, so while over the coarse of a series or season, Dallas has that depth, within a single game, you'll see primarily a few main contributors that had a hot night. The downside to that is if the opposing team can figure out who is playing well early in the game and adjust to double team them, then it has a chance of preventing Dallas from scoring as much.
If Dallas could get the system-encouraged contribution all the way down the lineup every night like Seattle, and keep the top-end talent they have, they'd be a very difficult team to beat. Let's see if DeBoer and crew can figure out how to win 2 more games against this deep Seattle team.
I wouldn't be surprised if this series goes 7 games
Thank You Shannon!! For noticing what we fans see/hear ALL THE TIME. If we can't get Razor, we get dogged by the play callers, commentators, rink-side guy, the chick with the mic and the studio guys. Unless Dallas is winning and there's 5 mins left…they hate to give Dallas props.
Another win for the road team. Amazing
hockey gods PLEASE enough with the BLOWOUTS😅
Heiskanen is basically worth an 8 goal swing in 2 games. He’s better than makar idc what anyone says.
Great vid Shannon, love your coverage of these games! Would love to hear more of your personal thoughts after you get through the game breakdown.
Good bounce back win for the Stars, still need to play a full 60 minute game. 3rd period was shaky. Robertson has to get going. His skating is looking rough right now.
I have never noticed the THG logo not starting on screen then having a little transition to appear on screen. And I watch a loooot of THG videos. Does it always do that?
Boooo
1:20 Would you say the glass was Kraken? I'll see myself out…
To me the maddening thing about the goaltender inference challenge is that there will never be an official explanation of the decision. Watching the replay in the stadium (some 80 times since the review took way too long) it seems clear that Gru was pushed initially at the edge of his crease but still mostly in it. That momentum carried him out of position where he was bumped into again after struggling to reset. If the first interaction never happens Gru would not be in the position he was so it seems pretty clear that impeded his ability to make a save. That said if the only interaction they take into account is the second bump right before the shot, then I would agree that's not enough to overturn the goal. It seemed to me that it was pretty clearly goaltender interference, but I was praying Hakstol would not challenge it because in this league on any given night no one knows what will be called Goaltender Interference.
as a vegas fan if we get past Edmonton and Seattle gets past Dallas I would love to see Jones in net for obvious reasons
Not a fan of both teams but they are so entertaining to watch
OMG the cat and the way he's lying in his bed 😀 its so cute!
great video shannon
If and when (most likely when but who knows) Dallas wins another one in this series.
Could you wear the mooterus jersey (if you have one) to make me feel a little better?