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Diehard Avalanche Roundtable: The Stanley Cup Playoff Edition

April 20, 2024

Apr 14, 2024; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Colorado Avalanche goaltender Alexandar Georgiev (40) settles a Vegas Golden Knights dump in during the first period at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports

Beyond Colorado-Winnipeg, which Round 1 series are you most excited for and why?

AJ: Vegas-Dallas. It's two teams who were expected to meet more in the conference finals versus Round 1. The Golden Knights were mediocre the moment their 11-0-1 start to the season ended and some of that was injury and such but some of it was that their goaltending looked a lot more like what you'd expected from Adin Hill and Logan Thompson and not the Hill that had the brilliant run to the Stanley Cup last spring. Jake Oettinger has just been okay for the Stars this year so we're talking about two talent-laden teams that could be betrayed by poor goaltending and one preseason Cup favorite is guaranteed to ...