Yeah, but there's a pretty low ceiling on Panik that I'm not sure is gonna hold up when we hit the playoffs. It's like the Brouwer-Toews-Kane or Bickell-Toews-Kane lines of the past: he's not a first-liner, he's a guy playing on the first line. (Though to be fair, those were, after all, first lines on teams that won championships.) He's getting very good at what he's told to do, but I can't shake the feeling that we're still one impact player short.

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Stars have one of the worst PK's in the NHL, are coming off a game in which they gave up 3 goals while on the PK, and the Hawks managed...3 "meh" shots.

A two point margin of victory!
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I'll take it. Darling has stepped up big these last few games, two goals against in 181 minutes. He'll frustrate you in a spot start but when he needs to come up big he comes up big.

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