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  1. I think he just lost guys in the locker room that have a much longer contract term that Pete did. Will be interesting to hear what else comes out and how much of it was the way the game and post game of game 5 was handled privately and publicly or if there was more to it. But he couldn't really walk back throwing Jake under the bus after game 5 which was total BS.
  2. As posted earlier, Deboer's post game was just baffling. I'm guessing what was said in the locker room post-game wasn't much different. I think that probably burned bridges, but I also put most of the blame for Edmonton series on the players. Particularly the inability to finish great chances back to back years against that team. Duchene, Wyatt and Marchment had awful series in particular (as did Benn but that just may be who he is at this point). Never would have believed after winning game 6 a couple of weeks later we would lose 4 straight to Oil (and the series in 5) and DeBoer would be out but here we are.
  3. Texas Softball WS only (if then) softball watcher here and that swing on Ball 4 was just pure badass in any fucking sport. Fucking balls in that moment. Love it.
  4. I said it in the Stars thread after the game. I was shocked at DeBoer's inability to keep it to BS coach speak post-game. I get beyond frustrated with a 3rd straight WCF loss but you can't throw players under the bus end of the season. Particularly the goalie that had an overall really good playoff run. Pete was much better on Saturday but have to keep emotions under control. Whether or not he should have been benched can certainly be debated but once the series was lost need to keep your composure. Reading between the lines he didn't do it in the locker room post game either.
  5. I'm tired of debating this point (not on this thread, in my stars text chain as it's been a non-stop discussion). My personal view is we absolutely should have done something in the closing minutes of game 3 and dared them to suspend our guy and not Nurse but after that we were playing from behind and couldn't risk a 5 minute major or suspension retaliating. In hindsight given we lost anyways, maybe that was wrong, but at the time I thought it made sense. But someone definitely should have done something at home down 3-0 in game 3. That pissed me off.
  6. Disappointing finish. Not ready to get into all of the post season stuff yet, but did watch Deboer's press conference and kind of hated it. If there was ever a time for just BS coach speak it was then. He was clearly beyond frustrated with his team's performance but you can't drive a wedge between your franchise goalie. Pulling him, deserved or not, right move or not, was plenty without the additional comments. Jake wasn't good enough this series but he was crucial in winning the first 2 series. Also, a lot of the guys in the room he was bashing won't be there. The time for that kind of messaging is training camp with a new team IMO. One thing I think is becoming clear is it really helps if you can finish off an early series in 4 or 5. We just looked more tired across the board and Jake played more games than any other goalie in the playoffs to date and it showed on him. I wonder if this team could have given Edmonton a better shot if we didn't get such a difficult first round opponent both years that took all 7. Regardless, absolutely deserved to lose this series. Lots to unpack for post-season but probably going to take a couple of weeks before I start reading all of that. Also, not going back and reading all post game hot takes, but if someone actually said Fire Nil that is just about the dumbest fucking take I've seen in a Stars thread. JFC.
  7. "Major" isn't the right word. But we just paid Miko long term. I think Harley's play is trending towards a pretty damn big deal in the next 2 years to lock him up long term. I don't know if we can pay both Harley and Robo "market" for their next contract and fill out the rest of the roster to adequately to compete for a cup. That is high level. But I'll dive into that (as will I'm sure the Stars writers) once playoffs are over.
  8. This is going to be a good discussion point in the offseason. Robo excels regular season and is absolutely an asset to us (or any other team) to rack up the points to get you into (or into a better seed) come playoff time. On the other hand, the space he needs to score consistently isn't there outside of the power play come playoff time. The bigger factor is we have major cap issues on the horizon and I don't think we can afford 'market' for him. Definitely a discussion to circle back to after final handshakes whenever that may be.
  9. It just sucks that the West is so damn loaded at the exact same time. We've had to play 2 teams with top 5 players in the NHL. The central is the toughest division in hockey. Healthy MN is really good and gave Vegas all they could handle (and but for being a centimeter offsides probably win that series). Blues pulled defeat from the jaws of victory against the Jets. It's just a really hard conference to win. I think this team is a lot better than our WCF team from 2 years ago and I still think that team beats Vegas if we pull out either of those first 2 in Vegas. The first we were outplayed but lost in OT. I was at Game 2 in Vegas and we had it won until Suter fucked up to give up the tying goal with a couple of minutes left and then we lost again in OT. Then Game 3 was the Benn debacle and we still got that series to 6. That Vegas team won the cup and I think the Vegas team we beat in round 1 last year was better than their cup team. I think this team (now healthy) is the best team we've had on paper during the past 3 years but we haven't made plays this round. It's not over. Maybe I'm being a homer but it's not going to shock me at all if this goes 7. Just string a few plays together, get some confidence, and we could easily grab momentum back and make this a series.
  10. I wonder if Harley is just running out of gas. Esa as well for that matter. They both carried such a heavy load after Miro's injury. Overall this playoffs the D group has exceeded my expectations to a man.
  11. He's been god awful this entire playoffs. Outside of the game 3 feed to Seguin (after we killed off his double minor), he's done damn near nothing productive and constantly hurting us with bad and horribly timed penalties.
  12. Win the margins are this slim it just comes down to execution. Look at both their goals last night. Elite/skilled plays. We were absolutely buzzing in the first period. That felt every bit of a 3 goal period if we could just fucking execute around the net and couldn't do it. Same in the 2nd period of game 3. Frustrating as hell. Those are plays we made every game we won in the Avs series where we were also matching up against 2 of the top 5 players in the league. And nobody is making those plays for us this time. We all said (whether in this thread or other conversations) there is zero chance Miko continues this heater and rest of our players have to step up and nobody has. Given expectations, I think to a man our D has outperformed what I expected of them the entire playoffs? Who has done that from our forward group. I would say Miko, Grandlund, Hintz (i.e., top line most of the playoffs) have all had a good playoffs to date (but not much this series). Maybe even put Seguin in there considering he was coming off a long term injury so adjusting expectations for that. And I think our 4th line has been fine. But Marchment/Benn/Duchene/Robo/Johnston have all had a really bad run simultaneously and it's killed us.
  13. Seriously. It wouldn't have mattered but what an absolute fucking joke to give Draisitl that call and nothing there. Absurd.
  14. Like we shot our load in the first. Going to have to dig deep and grab some momentum. Need one big play.
  15. Oh GTFO with this fucking bullshit.
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