NHL fans in Indianapolis have no broadcaster audio for Game 1 of the Stanely Cup Final. Here's how the first goal sounded on WRTV with only the in-arena sound.

Don't have to even read this to know I agree 100% with David here. (I mean, I'm going to read anyways, because it's David, but you get my point).

Sean sums up my thoughts on the Benn situation perfectly in a way I never could. The Stars may want Benn back because he's Benn, but they would be worse off because of it. It's time to move on, as much as that pains me.

I'm not a conspiracy theorist when it comes to rigged lotteries, BUT...

It's one thing to have several injuries to key players, whether it sidelined them or not. But that alone doesn't make you completely ineffective in one of the most important parts of the game.

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We can talk about a culture problem in Dallas all we want. But it's hard to know meaningful reasons for why that might be. Conversely, we can discover very meaningful things about how Dallas, coaching, and personnel failed on the ice. Any serious analysis starts with the latter.

Feels weird only writing three Afterwords this postseason after the previous three runs, but that's how the cookie crumbles sometimes. www.defendingbigd.com/dallas-stars...

For a long time, I've figured Scott White would be the next Stars GM when Nill eventually retires, *assuming* he wasn't poached first. Would be a bummer to lose him, but would *love* for him to get one of these gigs.

Afterwords: Strong Finish Come for the hockey analysis, leave because of the sandwich analogy www.defendingbigd.com/dallas-stars...

another Nils Lundkvist masterclass, thank you sir

That's a tip that would make Joe Pavelski proud. Holy crap.

Why are the video production people sleeping on the job? We need a Bill Guerin cam, people!

with a heavy heart, I must inform you that biz made a good point just now, highlighting Heiskanen's stick check on the first goal to allow the puck through.

Afterwords: That's More Like It www.defendingbigd.com/dallas-stars... After a disastrous Game 1, the Dallas Stars bounced back with the type of game you expected from this series.

Dallas in 6, if only because I have even less faith in the Wild

Heiskanen is in tonight. Gulutzan says he’s still hopeful that Hintz can play at some point in the series, but they will know more on Monday.

Afterwords: Night and Day "Toughness," the Captain's hot-streak, and making lasting memories with family. www.defendingbigd.com/dallas-stars...

Matt Duchene sticking a fork in Edmonton with the most style and sauce possible.

Pete DeBoer would never

To be fair Pete would have hated this showing of emotion and passion thing

I really love the Discord.

Gulutzan on Roope Hintz: “ He’s gonna miss some time.” “He's got to go see another doctor, so we'll see how long that's gonna be.” Said they’re hopeful Hintz can return for start of playoffs, and maybe even before, but “it’s gonna be a couple weeks for sure.”

Lian Bichsel on Tyler Myers: “He’s not that tall.”

Elliotte Friedman reports that the Stars have filed paperwork officially declaring Tyler Seguin out for the playoffs. His season is over.

Regards tomorrow's game, remember that if USA wins gold, it doesn't somehow magically make their roster decisions good, right, whatever. Just like how losing wouldn't make them automatically bad, wrong, etc.

Super happy for Demarcus Lawrence. I mean, I really like Darnold and don't care for the Patriots to say the least, but at the end of the day all I honestly care about is D-Law getting a Ring.

It's now the 5:30 start time. If the Super Bowl were run by the NHL, we'd just now be starting player warmups on the field.

The Stars when the accidentally acquire a quality young defenseman for cheap

Afterwords: From Filthy to Filthy www.defendingbigd.com/dallas-stars...

Afterwords: A Wild Finish www.defendingbigd.com/dallas-stars...

Afterwords: Monkey Off the Back www.defendingbigd.com/dallas-stars...

Dallas had a throwback to their "superline" days in last nights' 4-3 win over Edmonton: www.defendingbigd.com/dallas-stars...

This is what the Stars did in Heiskanen's 28 minutes, two third of which were against McDavid:

Stars hard-matched their top pair against McDavid's line and contained him very effectively.

Good comeback win by Dallas. Was very much a one line game by them, but that one line was all they needed in the end.

My dad said to me "that's the dagger we won't survive" and then Mikko immediately scores lol

Afterwords: First Impressions www.defendingbigd.com/dallas-stars...

#DallasStars Hockey is back, which means I'm back to writing! Here's Year 7 of my favorite (and only) annual tradition: my bold predictions for the new Stars season. www.defendingbigd.com/bold-predict...

I don't mass produce playoff-only versions of these charts but perhaps I should.

Dallas Stars Afterwords: Under the Bus After a game in which there were plenty of (negative) things to write about, it's a quote from Pete DeBoer on a horrible coaching decision that stands out... www.defendingbigd.com/dallas-stars...

DeSmith still in net to start the second

Something tells me things aren't going well when you call a timeout 7 minutes into an elimination game!

Dallas Stars Afterwords: Out of Gas For the first half of Game 4, the Stars looked like the dominant team. But they only had one goal to show for it, and were all but invisible in in the third. www.defendingbigd.com/dallas-stars...

Afterwords: From Bad to Worse Ugh www.defendingbigd.com/dallas-stars...

Dallas Stars Afterwords: Here We Go Again I do not like reruns www.defendingbigd.com/dallas-stars...

Dallas Stars Afterwords: Comeback Kids In the length of time it would take my toddler to watch an episode of Bluey, Dallas was able to swing a 3-1 deficit to a 4-3 lead. www.defendingbigd.com/dallas-stars...

All five Finns were on the ice for Esa Lindell's empty netter last night. I think that's neat.

Dallas Stars Afterwords: Oettinger Was Better Are we *sure* he's the "US Backup"? www.defendingbigd.com/dallas-stars...