The mailbag is loaded this week and I can’t think of a worthy intro at this moment, so let’s get started… Comment from discussion Mailbag, time for questions. Alexander Radulov is the type of player you want on your hockey team, and that has nothing to do with his all-world skill. Both on and off […]
September 20 Stars Daily: Nick Caamano is still here and that's a good thing
Editor’s note: I’m experimenting with a new daily feature for Wrong Side of the Red Line. Essentially a quick-hitting post each morning that should be easily consumable with a cup of coffee/tea/orange juice…. Please let me know what you think and if we should continue this project. Around lunch time on Tuesday the Dallas Stars […]
Janmark stars in return to NHL game action, Caamano continues to show moxie
DALLAS — It’s been a step-by-step process with Mattias Janmark. Recovering from a pair of knee surgeries to correct a genetic disorder the 24-yead-old Swede can’t rush things. So the Stars have broke his progress into steps. First it was simply a return to skating, how would he hold up? Things progressed from there. How […]
Wrong Side of the Red Line Podcast: Dowling, Honka, and stories from Cedar Park
The Dallas Stars opened NHL training camp this week down in Cedar Park and things have gone relatively well to kick off the Ken Hitchcock era. The Stars are healthy, the camp has a quick pace, and the players seem to be responding well to the new coaching staff. Individual players have also grabbed our […]
Training Camp Day 3: Dowling, Caamano, and Smith seize opportunity; Janmark feels good
CEDAR PARK, Texas — Justin Dowling, Nick Caamano, and Gemel Smith made a statement on Sunday in the Dallas Stars scrimmage at H-E-B Center. Stars coach Ken Hitchcock split training camp into two groups on Day 3. In the morning the veterans — a group of players expected to make the NHL roster — practiced, […]
STARS MAILBAG: Training camp, Gurianov, Caamano, Radulov, and special teams
Earlier this week I was sorting through the basement of my parent’s house in Michigan and came across my first published story. It was the fall issue of the George Washington Middle School student newspaper and I had written an NHL preview for the 2002-03 season. There was a sentence about each team and as […]