It took Game 7, and overtime, and Joel Kiviranta coming off the bench to net his first career hat trick, but the Dallas Stars upset the Colorado Avalanche. So now that they’re finally in the Western Conference finals…what do they do?
Wes and Robert take a long last look at Round 2 and look for themes we can expect to carry into the next level. Is Joe Pavelski the Joe Nieuwendyk the Stars have been waiting for? Is Jamie Benn getting enough credit? And as a series against the Vegas Golden Knights promises to get even chirpier and more physical, are we going to see Blake Comeau, Radek Faksa and Corey Perry in their true forms?
All this, and the Southwest’s clearest explanation of why Miro Heiskanen needs to be in the Conn Smythe conversation…in the latest edition of Afterwords: Delights.
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