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Dallas Stars Out Again

by Paul on 04/26/13 at 11:51 AM ET
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from Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News,

On the season, the Stars aren’t in the top 10 in any main statistical category. They are 11th in scoring at 2.72, but 24th in GAA at 2.94. They are 17th on the power play at 17.3 percent and 17th on the penalty kill at 80.6 percent. They fixed their power play and power play opportunities (sixth in 2012-13) from last season, when they finished 30th and 28th respectively, but they still were 29th in times shorthanded after finishing 27th last season.

That’s not the progress the team was seeking.

So, while the rally has felt great, it pales a little under proper autopsy. What’s more, the Stars just faced some hungry teams in St. Louis, LA, San Jose and Columbus, and could get just one point in those four games. That sounds like a playoff sweep just waiting to happen. Or it sounds like they didn’t earn a trip to the post-season.

Again.

Do the Stars need big changes? Those are questions owner Tom Gaglardi and his lieutenants will have to ponder in the coming days and weeks.

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Morning Line

by Paul on 04/24/13 at 08:39 AM ET
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It has to be this way for Stars fans, right?

No easy way out, no gentle letdown, no “let’s be friends” talk.

Nope, they pull you in, make you believe, and then punch you in the gut. They did it again this season, and it had to hurt Tuesday night.

-Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News, where you can read more on the Dallas Stars losing to the San Jose Sharks last night.

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Did The On-Ice Officials Miss This Call?

by Paul on 04/22/13 at 11:54 AM ET
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First the LA Kings broadcast team and the Dallas Stars broadcast is below...

 

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Morning Line

by Paul on 04/22/13 at 08:34 AM ET
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By getting a point in the standings, the Stars (22-19-4, 48 points) still control their own destiny. If they win their last three games and get six points, they will make the playoffs (because they will be taking points away from eighth-place Columbus and ninth-place Detroit in the final two games). Heck, if they get six points and finish with 54, they might pass seventh place Minnesota too.

So…maybe…the Stars are the beast.

Maybe…they were stabbed with the steely knives on Sunday, but not killed just yet.

 Maybe…there will be pink champagne on ice for all.

-Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News where you can read more on the Stars and 'Hotel California' references too.

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No Quit In The Dallas Stars

by Paul on 04/15/13 at 12:06 PM ET
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from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,

The Stars have reeled off win after win since the deadline passed and are just two points out of a playoff spot with less than two weeks to go in the regular season.

"It's been good, I think the young guys like [Alex] Chiasson and [Matt] Fraser have stepped in and have really added a lot of spark," Stars GM Joe Nieuwendyk told ESPN.com. "But one of the keys, too, has been the veteran guys and how they've responded, guys like Vernon Fiddler, Eric Nystrom and Erik Cole and Ray Whitney -- those guys have been terrific. They've really stepped up their games."

Here's where it gets tricky: the schedule. The Stars have some mighty tough games left, starting Monday night at Chicago, followed by a home date Thursday with Vancouver, then Friday at St. Louis, Sunday at Los Angeles, April 23 at San Jose, April 25 at home to surprising Columbus, and the finale at home April 27 versus Detroit -- the club the Stars are chasing for eighth in the West.

If the Stars make it in, they will have earned it, that's for sure.

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Believing In The Stars

by Paul on 04/14/13 at 10:03 AM ET
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from Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News,

The Stars on Saturday were like Hercules visiting the Temple of Zeus, like Rapunzel getting a glimpse of that tile portrait. They still have many, many battles to fight. We estimated at the trade deadline that 54 points would be needed to get into the playoffs, that a 9-2-1 record was necessary down the stretch. This five-game winning streak makes that a 4-2-1 record now.

Is that reachable? Can they keep this up against Chicago and Vancouver and St. Louis and Los Angeles and San Jose and Columbus and Detroit? Could they even dream of moving into seventh place for a first-round playoff match-up with the Ducks? What if they really pull this off and become the hottest team in the NHL? What if they really make some noise in the playoffs?

Could they win the Stanley Cup?

What if they come out of nowhere with one of the greatest hero movies ever?

You really can start pondering those questions right now.

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Dallas Stars Making A Late Playoff Push

by Paul on 04/10/13 at 09:14 AM ET
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from Scott Burnside of ESPN,

Funny how the expected can suddenly get turned on its ear in the push for a playoff berth. 

A week ago, after the trade deadline had passed and the Dallas Stars had sold off three key pieces of today for a bunch of tomorrows, they were whipped 5-2 by the Anaheim Ducks. Fair enough. The Ducks are a good team, running away with the Pacific Division and gearing up for the postseason, while the Stars had apparently turned their attention to looking at some kids and starting to think about next fall. 

But since that loss a funny thing has happened to the Stars. Instead of simply playing out the string after GM Joe Nieuwendyk moved captain Brenden Morrow, Derek Roy and Jaromir Jagr in the days leading up to the April 3 deadline, the Stars have won three straight. Tuesday night, Dallas overcame the loss of netminder Kari Lehtonen early in the game to a "lower body" injury and scored four times in the third period en route to a 5-1 victory over the defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings.

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Jagr To Boston

by Paul on 04/02/13 at 12:58 PM ET
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added 1:00pm,

 

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added 2:28pm,

 

added 3:05pm, Official Dallas Stars release is below...

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Dallas Trades Derek Roy To Vancouver

by Paul on 04/02/13 at 12:35 PM ET
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That Went Over Like A Lead Balloon

by Paul on 04/02/13 at 08:53 AM ET
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from Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News,

It might have been the worst decision of the year by the Stars’ organization — and that’s saying something.

With the team’s playoff hopes circling the drain in the third period Monday en route to a 4-0 loss to the Anaheim Ducks, the Stars promised a glimpse of the new uniforms that have been approved by the NHL for wear next season. Fans have been eagerly awaiting the new threads, as they promise a new era under Stars owner Tom Gaglardi, and are a sign of the change that has been so anxiously anticipated by those who have stuck through the dark days of this franchise.

And, then, out of a curtain jumped a guy in a horse head wearing the old alternate sweater — "The Mooterus," as it is called in disgust by fans.

April Fools!

continue for mor on the Stars as trade deadline day approaches...

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