It’s been a good week for the Dallas Stars. First the Stars traded for Ben Bishop and then eventually signed the goalie to a six-year contract extension. One day later Dallas secured an extra first-round pick in this year’s draft when the Anaheim Ducks advanced to the Western Conference Finals. Ryan Satkowiak and I discussed […]
Wrong Side of the Red Line Podcast: Hitch, Nill, and the Stars offseason
The Dallas Stars have a new head coach, the NHL draft lottery is in less than a month, and NHL expansion is officially two months away. It’s a busy time for Dallas and general manager Jim Nill, who is approaching a busy offseason in Texas. How will Ken Hitchcock impact those decisions? What defensemen are […]
Wrong Side of the Red Line Podcast: Hitch is back
The Dallas Stars official hired Ken Hitchcock as their new head coach on Thursday. Ryan Satkowiak was unavailable due to other commitments, so we had the first solo podcast as I dove into the hire and shared a bit of audio from my first interview with the new head coach in Dallas. You can catch […]
Wrong Side of the Red Line Podcast: Hitchcock, Gallant, or Therrien?
With the regular season over the Dallas Stars are now searching for their next head coach. On Sunday Lindy Ruff and Dallas parted ways, and on Monday general manager Jim Nill disclosed he’s already taking the first steps in the coaching search. Ryan Satkowiak and I discussed that this week on the podcast and debated […]
Wrong Side of the Red Line Podcast: It's the final podcast of the season
It’s the last podcast of the Dallas Stars 2016-17 season. The podcast will continue into the offseason and we’ll have an episode next week, but after that it’ll be slightly less frequent and centered around key events (expansion draft, free agency, NHL draft, etc.). Here is what we covered this week: – What is the […]
Wrong Side of the Red Line Podcast: Benns, tragic hips, and Hitch
With less than two weeks remaining in the regular season the Dallas Stars are playing out the string. It seems likely a new coach will be in place next season, while the franchise will likely have a multitude of changes in the summer. We discussed some of those scenarios in this week’s podcast, while attention […]