Jere Lehtinen was never one for much emotion. During his 15-season career with the Dallas Stars, the Finnish winger was the consummate competitor and focused on the little things. Things were calm, controlled, and the chaos of emotions might have gotten in the way of success — there were routines that had to be followed, […]
STARS MAILBAG: Honka, Oleksiak, Hamhuis, Nichushkin chatter, and EBUGs
Every so often I’ll go into what I call my “writing bunker.” I take my laptop to the kitchen table, away from the distractions of my office (there is a TV in there and a big window), put in head phones and listen to Bruce Springsteen music while drinking way too many cups of coffee. […]
Ben Bishop is the voice of reason for Dallas Stars defenders
Esa Lindell put his head down, pulled a loose puck out of a scrum of bodies, and planned on shooting it the length of the ice as the Dallas Stars clung to a 3-2 third period lead against the Detroit Red Wings on Oct. 10. But a voice told him not to ice the puck. […]
Hamhuis could return against Avalanche, Oleksiak potentially healthy scratch
FRISCO, Texas — Dan Hamhuis could return to the Dallas Stars lineup on Saturday against the Colorado Avalanche. Hamhuis missed the past two games with a groin injury and had his first full skate with the team Friday. Stars coach Ken Hitchcock said the team would see how Hamhuis responds in morning skate and if […]
Stars Daily October 7: What went wrong on the Golden Knights game-winning goal?
The Dallas Stars lost their season-opening game to the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 on Friday. The Stars were the better team. Marc-Andre Fleury stole the game, the Stars shots against were high because they took eight penalties (which is on them), and James Neal simply took advantage of two mistakes by the Stars. Kari Lehtonen […]
Notes: "Good possibility" Stars will carry eight defenders, "A team" gets night off vs. Wild
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 […]