The Montreal Canadiens (8-11-2) came into Tuesday night with four straight losses including one against the lowly Arizona Coyotes, and a more recent one in which they were steamrolled by the Toronto Maple Leafs in embarrassing fashion. The subplots on the ice were many–such as a homecoming of sorts for former Stars Jordie Benn and […]
STARS MAILBAG: Hockey in Houston? Lineups? And is it time to panic?
Reports surfaced this week that Houston could be a future destination for an NHL franchise. Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta has recently met with the NHL to discuss bringing a second team to Texas, and after the former owner — Les Alexander — essentially killed off hockey in Houston, there is hope amongst hockey fans […]
STARS MAILBAG: Spezza, Shipachyov, secondary scoring, and Halloween candy
Growing up in the Shapiro household Trick-or-treating wasn’t about dressing up, it was about acquiring assets. Sure we would wear costumes, but the real prize of the holiday was building up a base of desirable Halloween Candy to last you through the rest of the year. Candy was a bit of a finite resource in […]
STARS MAILBAG: Confidence in Bishop, juggling forwards, and beating dead horses
At some point last night I was asked on Twitter, “Why is this season any different from last season?” And it’s a fair question. While there was an outside expectation for Dallas to establish itself as a title contender, this team actually has a worse record through four games than the team that finished near […]
STARS MAILBAG: Goalies, alternating alternate captains, and defensive expectations
After practice on Thursday I asked a couple of players about opening the season against an expansion team. Anything odd about playing a team without any past history? Is it something you even think about on the ice? Devin Shore had a pretty good answer. “You get to be part of a trivia question some […]
Stars shutout Blues 4-0, Janmark scores second goal of preseason
Kari Lehtonen made 21 saves and the Dallas Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 4-0 in a preseason game on Saturday. Dan Hamhuis, Jason Spezza, Remi Elie, and Mattias Janmark scored as Dallas improved to 2-1-0 in the preseason, with both of the wins coming against the Blues. Dallas outshot St. Louis 38-21 and dominated […]