Before we got into today’s mailbag, I wanted to share a couple quick thoughts. (And would love to hear reader feedback in the comments on this or anything in the mailbag). 1. Why don’t we see more minor-league conditioning assignments in hockey? Sure, it’s not like baseball where a team can send a player to […]
Ask the Stars: What’s the biggest goal you’ve scored?
If you’ve reached the NHL you’ve likely scored thousands of goals in your life. Even those players that aren’t typically considered goal scorers in the NHL, you don’t reach the NHL without banking a few big goals in either minor or junior hockey. But what’s the biggest goal you’ve ever scored? It could be a […]
STARS MAILBAG: Shootouts, home and away goalies, and an update on Nichushkin
No one asked about Valeri Nichushkin this week. Nichushkin has been a hot topic in past mailbags, and today I actually have a good answer. So, and I can’t believe I’m doing this, I will pose the question myself: Any update on Val? Yes. After talking to several people, some in Dallas and some not, […]
Win Streak Hits a Wall as Stars Fall Prey to Predators 5-2
The lustrous yellow of the Jere Lehtinen laces worn by the Stars during this incredible stretch of play was finally snuffed out by the Nashville Predators–a team serious about yellow. Though the Predators were playing their second game in two nights, and on the road, they took the Stars’s lunch money and won in convincing […]
Give us 10 minutes of 3-on-3 overtime, please
DALLAS — Ken Hitchcock could hardly see one of the NHL’s most exciting 3-on-3 overtime sessions of the season. Consider it a side effect of having tall defensemen, four of them 6-foot-3 or taller. “I couldn’t see a damn thing,” Hitchcock said. “I’ve got tall defensemen who refuse to sit down so I missed 90 […]
Tyler Seguin scores a hat trick and Stars douse Flames 6-4
The Dallas Stars took to the ice in Dallas on Friday evening in front of a capacity crowd that was nostalgic and misty eyed from the Jere Lehtinen number retirement ceremony. The number 26 will hang in the rafters at the AAC and will ring into eternity. In town to spoil the party was the […]