Tim Cowlishaw of the Dallas Morning News answaers some questions, a few Dallas Stars related...

If this Lehtonen/Niemi experiment continues to fail how much longer do you think Stars ownership will give GM Jim Nill?

Cowlishaw: Well, it's pretty simply. Lindy Ruff will be gone at the end of this season, assuming the Stars don't win a playoff series. Ruff was Nill's hire. Every GM gets one coaching change and then it's on him. So the clock starts ticking on Nill after Ruff leaves. Nill has been very good for the most part. But he hasn't addressed goaltending when he needed to, and the results aren't what they should be for this team.

Do you think the Stars should be buyers or sellers at the deadline?

Cowlishaw: Sellers. Unless things change drastically.

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