FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill doesn’t have any issue with carrying eight defenders on his roster to open the regular season. “Good possibility of that,” Nill said Friday. For now the Stars have nine defenders on the roster and the top-six seem to be set with Marc Methot, John Klingberg, Esa […]
STARS MAILBAG: Discipline with Hitch, high praise for Shore, and Honka to the minors?
Preseason results can be a bit misleading. Last season the Colorado Avalanche went 6-0 in exhibition games, they followed that up with the NHL’s worst regular season record. So diving too deep into preseason stats and results can be dangerous. However, there have been a couple encouraging preseason numbers from the Dallas Stars through five […]
Stars Daily September 29: Remi Elie gets a seat upgrade
Throughout training camp RJ Umberger had a stall in the Dallas Stars locker room at the practice facility in Frisco. While it was always a long shot for Umberger to make the team as a tryout player, it was a nod of respect to an NHL veteran and former Ken Hitchcock disciple. When Umberger was […]
Notes: Hitchcock has picked opening night defense, Hanzal in practice, Benn on maintenance program
FRISCO, Texas — Ken Hitchcock has picked out his six defensemen for opening night. No, he won’t tell you who they are. But making an educated guess by looking at recent comments, lines, and player usage in preseason games this appears to be the pecking order. Esa Lindell — John Klingberg Marc Methot — Jamie […]
Stars Daily September 28: Denis Gurianov looking for consistency after getting sent to AHL
The Texas Stars opened training camp on Wednesday and instead of battling for a final roster spot in the NHL, Denis Gurianov was already practicing with the AHL team in Cedar Park. Heading into training camp Gurianov was expected to at least battle for an NHL roster spot. He has a year of AHL experience […]
Dallas Stars release RJ Umberger from PTO
The Dallas Stars released RJ Umberger from his professional tryout contract on Wednesday. Umberger had been trying to make an NHL comeback after sitting out all of last season. Umberger played in three preseason games with Dallas, during that time he didn’t have any points and had eight shots. He had his best preseason showing […]