In retrospect, I feel a little better about yesterday's performance than Game 2. We were barely competitive in that game. After a lackluster first 20 minutes and an 0-2 deficit courtesy of the Oilers scoring two goals during a period of time when the Stars should've been playing a man up, the Stars brought it most of the rest of the game and dominated. We gave up the killer McDavid goal to end the second period (thanks Rantanen) and then Hyman picked off a ridiculous snow-bird goal to make it 4-1. It was basically over then. A soft-as-baby-shit penalty on Harley led to another Edmonton goal. (Refs only made the call as a half-assed attempt to ward off the Stars looking for frontier justice as retaliation fro Nurse's bullshit in G2. Shame on the refs for not seeing that the Stars didn't do any of that shit yesterday.)
Otter was not great and I feel his concentration probably waned as the third period drug on. I still think Edmonton is better, especially if that's the Skinner they're going to get. He's liable to lose it at any moment though. Bring maximum effort tomorrow and try to steal one there. Turn it into a best-of-3. I'm prepared for this to all be over Thursday in Dallas. As I've said multiple times, there's zero chance McDavid doesn't hoist the Cup during his career. This might be the year. But Florida ain't gonna sit idly by and let him take it from them. I hope we can delay the party a bit -- if not completely spoil it.