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00:03 >> Western Conference Finals action should be an awesome series here as well.
00:06 Casey, the Oilers taking on the Stars, a slight favorite.
00:09 Now, Dallas is the home ice advantage team here over the seven games.
00:12 They're a slight favorite at the FanBlue Sportsbook at a -125 price here.
00:16 Edmonton at a short target +104.
00:19 What can we anticipate from this series with a lot of superstar talent on the ice?
00:24 >> Yeah, you're talking about another offensively high-powered matchup,
00:28 but something that I can't look away from is the way that the Stars weathered
00:31 an offensively high-powered team in the avalanche.
00:34 Not to mention is how their defense managed star players like McKinnon,
00:38 Rantanen, and other guys that added and contributed such depth to the AFC scoring roster.
00:43 They took away some of their key players too that were starting to get hot like
00:47 Miles Wood and Ross Colton.
00:48 So to see how they manage that team, I can only imagine their game plan when it comes
00:53 to attacking the Oilers.
00:54 And their head coach has been in this position numerous times before.
00:57 And I think that he's going to be able to coach his team to kind of overcome.
01:01 My biggest thing always is how Ottinger performs between the pipes.
01:04 He's been pretty inconsistent when it comes to this portion of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
01:08 But he stood on his head pretty well versus the avalanche.
01:11 The Stars edge in the better goaltender.
01:15 Even strength scoring, they're tremendous.
01:17 They're eighth best on 5-on-5 expected goals in the NHL throughout the season
01:21 heading into playoffs.
01:22 And Nurse and whoever he's paired with the Oilers has been really underwhelming
01:26 during this entire playoffs.
01:28 So I think that the Oilers are going to get a little bit more of an offensive battle
01:31 than they did with the Canucks.
01:33 Canucks didn't have much scoring depth.
01:35 The Dallas Stars are known for their scoring depth.
01:37 Not to mention is that they don't have to rely on special teams to get the job done.
01:41 Oilers really just have special teams momentum strings coming after that.
01:44 So if the Stars blue line and Chris Tanniff who's been outstanding,
01:48 isolates McDavid, isolates Dreisaitl, isolates Bouchard and some other guys,
01:53 then you're looking at the Dallas Stars taking this one.
01:56 Maybe in six or seven games.
01:57 I'm leaning to six.
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