The Dallas Stars didn’t hold a morning skate this morning, opting to have players meet at the airport before flying to Minnesota for the preseason finale against the Wild. Based off recent lines and combinations, the Stars will likely role out a lineup that looks like this: Remi Elie — Jason Spezza — Brett Ritchie […]
Stars Daily September 30: Shore-Hanzal line could be solidified in preseason finale
Martin Hanzal will make his Dallas Stars debut this evening in the preseason finale against the Minnesota Wild. Hanzal missed training camp and most of the preseason with an ankle injury, so the construction of his line is still a bit of a mystery. However if things go well tonight, the forward duo of Devin […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]