March 10Mar 10 21 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said: Negative 20 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: Not I, said Felix the Cat. Had to reboot the mirror cast.
March 10Mar 10 Author 10 hours ago, Radical Larry said: Gonna miss you, Stanky, but Mikko is so damn good. agreed. we needed size and skill and unfortunately Stanky could only (marginally) provide one of those. he'll do great in CAR
March 10Mar 10 Stankoven has the potential to become a brilliant speedster scorer. With proper surroundings, he could develop into an accomplished player. The Stars, though, have Roope Hintze (usually) in that role. Getting a developed multi-skilled player like Rantanen, signed throughout the prime of his career, significantly upgrades the roster. Seguin and Benn have more "games played" than "games to play". Leadership will be needed. Finally, the Avs have to absolutely hate seeing a player they valued come back to the division in the hands of a rival!
March 10Mar 10 Author 3 hours ago, GoldAppleCorps said: Stankoven has the potential to become a brilliant speedster scorer. With proper surroundings, he could develop into an accomplished player. The Stars, though, have Roope Hintze (usually) in that role. Getting a developed multi-skilled player like Rantanen, signed throughout the prime of his career, significantly upgrades the roster. Seguin and Benn have more "games played" than "games to play". Leadership will be needed. Finally, the Avs have to absolutely hate seeing a player they valued come back to the division in the hands of a rival! I said it previously, but I think the Stars were hoping Stank would be another DeBrincat or Garland. Small, but effective. And he still may very well be that, but it was clear with the current makeup of the Stars, that potential was not being realized. I am 100% in favor of the sure thing now (Rantanen) than the promise of what could be - we've been in that mode for a half decade or more. It's time to win. You're right on Hintz - his major upside is his speed and transition game. Good teams have those players, but you have to balance them with checking forwards. Benn and Segs will be around a few more years. They'll take smaller and smaller contracts to stick around and win a few cups. We're flush with leadership players - Esa, Duchy, Granlund even though he's new. This is the Avs nightmare scenario. We not only signed him, but it a better deal (for us) than he was about to accept in Colorado. Kinda nutty, but I'm stoked to have him. Still weird to see him in green. Edited March 10Mar 10 by Longhorn_Fan68
March 12Mar 12 In case it interests anyone else out there, Victory+ is now available as a native WebOS app. That's mostly LG smart TVs. It'll keep me from having to switch back to the FireBox to use it.
March 15Mar 15 The jets appeared to be in a whole different class than the Stars. Maybe when Miko and Hinz get back they can hang with them.
March 15Mar 15 Don't worry, we're going to choke on horsedick as usual. We'll get swept in the first round. It's like clockwork.
March 15Mar 15 I watched the 1st on streameast, fortunately that stream went real shitty early 2nd. Saved me the trouble.
March 15Mar 15 18 minutes ago, jetsfan76 said: Don't worry, we're going to choke on horsedick as usual. We'll get swept in the first round. It's like clockwork. I just don't see it that way. I know that's years of sports trauma talking.
March 15Mar 15 1 minute ago, cactusflinthead said: I just don't see it that way. I know that's years of sports trauma talking. He’s just managing his emotions.
March 16Mar 16 Author Terrible call to end the period. Gonna need a cup caliber period to win this one
March 16Mar 16 Author Just now, Hagbard Celine said: waste of a comeback Not at all. Got a point, and that's never not nothing. It's hard to win in that barn. It's basically a cheat code for the home team because of the altitude
March 17Mar 17 I don't think the Stars had the same lineup twice for any of these 4 road games that took a week to play even though the first two were back to back. The Jets game in particular was an indication of what playoffs will require. Winnipeg had precision and Dallas didn't. Passes that hit tape instead of skates. Clearing the zone instead of to the line. Pucks sticking to the blade rather than rolling over. Some games, the tactics are correct, but the chemistry is just a touch off. Getting a few healthy bodies to practice together will help. Even see the OT against the Avs. Dallas gets the opening draw, circles for an attack, and goes offside when a player cuts off his own puck handler at the blue line. The Avs win the new draw cleanly and never give up the puck.
March 17Mar 17 Author 3 hours ago, GoldAppleCorps said: I don't think the Stars had the same lineup twice for any of these 4 road games that took a week to play even though the first two were back to back. The Jets game in particular was an indication of what playoffs will require. Winnipeg had precision and Dallas didn't. Passes that hit tape instead of skates. Clearing the zone instead of to the line. Pucks sticking to the blade rather than rolling over. Some games, the tactics are correct, but the chemistry is just a touch off. Getting a few healthy bodies to practice together will help. Even see the OT against the Avs. Dallas gets the opening draw, circles for an attack, and goes offside when a player cuts off his own puck handler at the blue line. The Avs win the new draw cleanly and never give up the puck. yeah, that's been my observation since Rantanen came over - just looking a little out of sorts. Clearly missing Miro and I hope we're not overworking Harley, but getting Segs and Miro back will be huge (assuming we do). but in the meantime the coaches need to zero in on some forward lines and d-pairings that work. doesn't help when Bichsel sits out a game sick (and who knows if he was ill prior). I would try something like this: Robertson-Hintz-Rantanen Benn-Johnston-Granlund Marchment-Duchene-Dadonov Back-Steel-Blackwell Harley-Lindell Bichsel-Ceci Lyubushkin-Dumba Whatever the mix, I would stick with it for a few games. We can't afford many more losses, but we need to find some chemistry too, so we gotta balance experiment with results. I think today was a practice day - hopefully they use it to gel a little better. They'll get there.
March 18Mar 18 Why are the Stars/Ducks tickets so expensive tomorrow night? What am I missing? A Tuesday night game against a crappy team. Tickets for Tampa on Thursday are cheaper. Better game. Is it nickel beer night or something?
March 18Mar 18 Quote Dallas Stars set to host Noche Mexicana on March 18 The celebration will begin with a pregame party on PNC Plaza at 5 p.m. that will feature food trucks and performances by Monica Saldivar and Mexico 2000 Ballet Folklorico Party on, amigo.
March 18Mar 18 Author 13 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said: Party on, amigo. awesome. I expect a raucous crowd tonight
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