DALLAS — The Dallas Stars have not faired well against the top teams in the Central Division. Against the Nashville Predators, Winnipeg Jets, and St. Louis Blues the Stars are a combined 0-6-0 and yet they are still in a wild card position heading into Saturday’s game with Nashville. Dallas picked up a key win […]
STARS MAILBAG: Fallout from the Oleksiak trade, goalies, and Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays. To those of you reading this mailbag, thanks for subscribing and supporting the work we’ve done at The Upset. It’s been a fun first month and I’ve got a couple longer-term stories I’ve been working on coming out this weekend during the NHL’s Christmas break. On another note the traditional podcast with Ryan […]
Tyler Seguin goes back to the basics and finally breaks scoring slump
DALLAS — It hasn’t been an easy month for Tyler Seguin. Heading into Thursday’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks the forward hadn’t scored in eight games and only had two goals in the month of December. For a player used to finding the back of the net — he had 12 goals between October and […]
Morning Skate: Hitch looks for 800th win against “best bench coach in the league”
DALLAS — Ken Hitchcock doesn’t like to discuss career milestones. So on the verge of his 800th career win, Hitchcock isn’t talking about his accolades. Even if the Stars win tonight against the Chicago Blackhawks, he’ll probably shrug it off and quickly move onto another talking point in his postgame press conference. Blackhawks coach Joel […]
Capitals third goal the difference as Stars fail to hold late lead
DALLAS — For Ken Hitchcock the Dallas Stars lost the game with 3:26 remaining in regulation. After the Stars had taken a 3-2 lead on a goal by Alexander Radulov, a momentum-swinging goal that pumped life into the building, the Stars fell asleep on the ensuing shift and the Washington Capitals tied the game 41 […]
Jim Nill: It was the right time for Dallas Stars to trade Jamie Oleksiak
The Dallas Stars have traded Jamie Oleksiak to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a conditional fourth-round pick. The Penguins have two fourth-round picks in the 2019 draft, both their original selection and one from Minnesota, the Stars will get whichever pick is earlier. “I think our coaching staff had kind of settled on the six or […]