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 MAILBAG: Discipline with Hitch, high praise for Shore, and Honka to the minors?
Preseason results can be a bit misleading. Last season the Colorado Avalanche went 6-0 in exhibition games, they followed that up with the NHL’s worst regular season record. So diving too deep into preseason stats and results can be dangerous. However, there have been a couple encouraging preseason numbers from the Dallas Stars through five […]
Half the NHL scouted the Stars this week, what did they see?
There weren’t many available seats in the American Airlines Center press box this week for the Dallas Stars back-to-back preseason games. Fifteen of the 31 NHL teams had scouts with reserved seats for the Stars loss against the Colorado Avalanche on Monday. When you include the Stars and Avalanche executive, more than half the league […]
Oleksiak continues to impress coaches, Bishop knocks off rust in preseason loss
DALLAS — Throughout the preseason one thing has remained consistent for the Dallas Stars — Jamie Oleksiak continues to impress Ken Hitchcock. That trend continued on Monday when the Stars fell to the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 in their third preseason game. Hitchcock has indicated multiple times that Oleksiak would be a nice fit on the […]
Sunday with Hitch: Oleksiak brings defensive stability and who fits with Hanzal?
FRISCO, Texas — Back-to-back preseason games are going to act as a live audition for the 32 remaining players in Dallas Stars training camp. Ken Hitchcock said all of the players remaining, other than Martin Hanzal, will participate in the back-to-back preseason games on Monday against the Colorado Avalanche and Tuesday vs. the Minnesota Wild. […]
Stars Daily September 24: Oleksiak continues excellence, what does that mean?
On Friday Ken Hitchcock said he’s moved into the second phase of roster construction for his NHL team. Instead of looking to make cuts, now the Stars are looking for players to step up, grab roles, and earn their spots. Theoretically it’s a somewhat open competition for NHL jobs and Hitchcock will force management to […]