Welcome to another edition of the Dallas Stars Mailbag. It’s been a busy week — highlighted unfortunately by another injury — so let’s get started: @seanshapiro is there any reason to protect Eakin after the season? He’s been outmatched + outworked by teammates with 0 addition to offense — huttonjackson (@DownSetHutton) February 2, 2017 All […]
Wrong Side of the Red Line Podcast: What are waivers and why are they important?
Waivers are often misunderstood. Even amongst those who work in the hockey industry, there is often a bit of confusion when it comes to waiver status and two-way contracts. And it’s something that Dallas Stars fans should probably understand, since it’s going to have an impact on Dallas sooner than later. Ryan Satkowiak and I […]
STARS MAILBAG: How should you handle young defensemen?
It’s a loaded mailbag this week. Let’s get started: @seanshapiro Do you see Nemeth and Oleksiak with the Stars come next season? Feels like one will be traded and one will be expansion drafted — Johnson, Zach (@zachj10) January 5, 2017 Patrik Nemeth may have already played his last game for the Dallas Stars. Nemeth […]
Stars prospect Joseph Cecconi wins World Junior gold, Denis Gurianov claims bronze
Dallas Stars defensive prospect Joseph Cecconi helped the United States claim the gold medal with a 5-4 victory against Canada in the World Junior Championship game. The United States scored the only goal in the shootout after a wildly entertaining 80-minutes of hockey. Both teams had chances in a 20-minute overtime, but both goalies helped […]
Stars prospect update from the World Junior Championship semifinals
Stars defensive prospect Joseph Cecconi and the United States will play against Canada for the gold medal at the World Junior Championship after a 4-3 shootout win against Russia in the semifinals. Stars forward prospect Denis Gurianov was the player of the game for Russia after scoring twice in regulation and then twice in the […]
Stars prospect update from the World Junior Championship quarterfinals
Stars forward prospect Fredrik Karlstrom scored his first goal of the tournament in Sweden’s 8-3 quarterfinal win against Slovakia. Filip Ahl manages to get the puck to Fredrik Karlstrom after getting clipped. 5-0 ?? pic.twitter.com/bMVVw7QFTp — Shayne Pasquino (@shaynepasquino) January 2, 2017 Karstrom had 13 shifts for 8 minutes, 5 second of ice time and […]