The October edition of Stars Prospect Insider came out on Sunday with season updates for each prospect in the Dallas Stars system. If you missed it, you can check out the link here. You cal also find it by clicking the link in the menu tab above. For those who haven’t subscribed, here are two […]
Stars daily October 29: Observations after a weekend sweep by the Texas Stars
With the Dallas Stars having back-to-back days off, I used Saturday as a chance to role the tape on the past two Texas Stars games for a quick catch-up on the AHL team. Here are a couple observations: — Jason Dickinson is continuously the Texas Stars best overall player. His goal scoring is grabbing more […]
Stars Daily October 28: More oddities with Stars defensive usage
The Dallas Stars defensive situation took another odd turn in a 2-1 win against the Calgary Flames on Friday. Greg Pateryn, who for the first nine games of the season had been nothing more than a practice player, led all defenders in ice time. On top of that, Pateryn has the worst possession numbers on […]
STARS MAILBAG: Spezza, Shipachyov, secondary scoring, and Halloween candy
Growing up in the Shapiro household Trick-or-treating wasn’t about dressing up, it was about acquiring assets. Sure we would wear costumes, but the real prize of the holiday was building up a base of desirable Halloween Candy to last you through the rest of the year. Candy was a bit of a finite resource in […]
Stars Daily October 27: Checking in on Chris Martenet and Philippe Desrosiers in Idaho
I caught up with Idaho Steelheads coach Neil Graham on Thursday afternoon about a pair of prospects playing for the Stars ECHL affiliate. Defensive prospect Chris Martenet missed all of NHL and AHL training camp with mononucleosis, a diagnosis that Stars general manger Jim Nill said could cost the prospect upwards of two months. Surprisingly […]
Stars lose to Oilers 5-4, Jamie Benn scores twice
The Edmonton Oilers went into Friday night with a 1-3 record at home. The Dallas Stars were sporting a 1-3 record of their own on the road. The Oilers had yet to score four goals in any game, and the Stars had allowed four or more in every one of their road games. Something had […]