they were well coached and got the max out of many of their guys but they didn't have enough players and they didn't bury any at key points. in the first two games they had good opportunities to get the game tied late, weak push in the first game, no finish in the second. a lot of people are roasting seguin, i actually think he played a very good series overall but again he was more generating offense than actually putting the puck in the net.

anaheim didn't play their best but you think about the way they meandered in the middle of the series, it's pretty similar to how some favorites (think pitt-philly a couple years ago) have lost a series quickly. they regrouped OK and the big thing was that they just had more contributors than the stars did. guys like bonino and devo came through for them. they got big efforts from role guys in their defense, like i thought bryan allen had a helluva series. dallas didn't have that, they were trying to spread the minutes to their top guys and just use the back end of their lineup where they had to.