Mats Zuccarello, Yakov Trenin Not On The Ice On Eve Of Game 4
Concerns rise as key forwards Mats Zuccarello and Yakov Trenin miss crucial practice time before Game 4, casting doubt on their availability.
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I think it's gonna come down to goaltending.
when you look at, you know, either team, they're, they're both strong offensively.
They both have pretty deep, you know, defense corps.
Mm-hmm.
But, you know, I think it's gonna come down to Jake Oettinger versus, you know, whether it's Philip Gustavsson or if we even see Jesper Wallstedt who's- What?
Or, I don't know, how do you pronounce his name now?
Is it Y- Wester- Jesper Wallstead?
Wester Jesper.
After that little prank the other day, uh- where they changed the nameplate.
Yes.
Yeah.
So they're ha- they're having fun.
I, I, I still think it's gonna come down to which team has the best goaltender, and I really do think this one's gonna go the distance.
I, I'm probably not going out on a limb to say that, but- Yeah I will go out on a limb and say I think Minnesota might pull off, do we call it an upset when these two teams are so close?
Maybe.
Yeah.
but I'm saying the Wild takes it.
It's a big win.
All right, Ry, what do we think?
To me, the biggest X factor is Miro Heiskanen's health, right?
Yeah.
Like, they think he could be ready for game one, for Dallas, and obviously- Sure that would be a massive boost for the Stars because he is one of their more s- most important players.
Yep.
But if he misses that game, huge loss.
Even if he plays in it, is he 100%?
You hope so because- Right you know, he's an elite defenseman.
Minnesota has Quinn Hughes, who's an elite defenseman.
And again, i- i- as Mike said, like, it's really gonna come down to those, like, small edges because they are so evenly matched.
I think Dallas overall has a bit of an edge in that they're, they're better at center.
but again, like, if you don't have Miro Heiskanen, then you're losing a guy that could play, you know, hypothetically 26, 27 minutes a game in a playoff game and, and that would be big
