Rod Brind'Amour's coaching prowess was on display, Martin Jones proved his playoff worth yet again, and Brad Marchand fell back into some old habits. That and more from RoryBoylen as he looks back at Round 2 of the StanleyCup Playoffs:
Marchand did escape suspension for the play, but no one was arguing how dirty or unnecessary it was. Head coach Bruce Cassidy said he was going to talk to his player, but also didn’t want to get in Marchand’s head to do it — playing on the edge, after all,At the time of the incident, Marchand was in a four-game scoring drought and that frustration, Cassidy thought, was at the root of the punch.
The Stars finished the regular season with the 27th ranked offence and were deemed a one-line team. The best results came when Jamie Benn, Alexander Radulov and Tyler Seguin were put together, but that didn’t leave a lot of firepower behind them. Having Zuccarello made it so much more palatable to spread the wealth. He ended up with Seguin while Benn and Radulov formed a second line with breakout star Roope Hintz. In the first round Dallas scored 2.79 goals at 5-on-5 per 60 minutes, which was third-best among all playoff teams. They had a much harder time against the tighter checking Blues in Round 2, but Dallas was clearly a different team with a much better offence.
Whether or not Zuccarello stays will be a big storyline in Dallas this summer. After the run he put together, it’s obvious that losing him would make it critical for GM Jim Nill to add another elite playmaking winger and there’s no guarantee that player would find the same chemistry. Dallas was a much different and better team with him, but if they sign Zuccarello the conditional 2020 third-round pick they traded to the Rangers for him would become a first.
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