CHICAGO — Dallas Stars head coach Ken Hitchcock shed some light on responsibilities for his assistant coaches in an interview on Friday. Stu Barnes will run the power play, Rick Wilson will run the penalty kill, and Curt Fraser will be in charge of “big-picture” elements and game planning. That could mean Fraser will watch […]
STARS NOTES: Potential trade value for No. 3 pick; why Barnes and Fraser are assistant coaches
CHICAGO — Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill is getting calls and the No. 3 pick in Friday’s draft is still available, for the right cost. “There’s a value,” Nill said. “We like the spot where in. If there is something that makes sense we’d do it. I’m not going to make the move for […]
Counting the cards: How Cody Eakin ended up in Vegas
CHICAGO — Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill got the official confirmation around lunch time on Wednesday. Nill always had an idea that Cody Eakin would be the selected by the Vegas Golden Knights in the NHL Expansion Draft. But Nill wasn’t certain and he prefers to work in absolutes rather than hearsay. So while […]
Wrong Side of the Red Line Podcast: Expansion lists, Val, Vegas, and Eakin
The Dallas Stars protection list is set and NHL expansion is officially less than 72 hours away. How will the next three days look for the Stars? Are there side deals being made with the Vegas Golden Knights? And who ultimately ends up in Vegas? Ryan Satkowiak and I sat down to discuss on Sunday […]
Dallas Stars draft prospect report: Robert Thomas
Robert Thomas first jumped onto my radar during the 2016 Memorial Cup with the London Knights. As London dominated the tournament, outscoring opponents 23-7 in four games, I was focussing on watching particular players (mainly Dallas Stars defensive prospect Chris Martenet), and the then 16-year-old forward stood out. He only had one assist in that […]
Ben Bishop's puck-handling ability brings another element to the Stars mobile defense
General manager Jim Nill said a couple interesting things on Friday when he introduced new Dallas Stars goalie Ben Bishop to the local media. First he called Bishop his No. 1 goalie. That’s not a surprise, but it does officially signal the end of a 1A/1B goalie juggling system that’s been in place the past […]