It’s quite possible that the industry is underrating Leody Taveras. At first that sounds a bit silly; how can you underrate the consensus number one prospect in the Rangers’ system? Due to Leody not “breaking out” yet, I hypothesize that the large scouting orgs are being cautious when it comes to Leody’s tools and skill […]
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STARS MAILBAG: Fallout from the Oleksiak trade, goalies, and Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays. To those of you reading this mailbag, thanks for subscribing and supporting the work we’ve done at The Upset. It’s been a fun first month and I’ve got a couple longer-term stories I’ve been working on coming out this weekend during the NHL’s Christmas break. On another note the traditional podcast with Ryan […]
Tyler Seguin goes back to the basics and finally breaks scoring slump
DALLAS — It hasn’t been an easy month for Tyler Seguin. Heading into Thursday’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks the forward hadn’t scored in eight games and only had two goals in the month of December. For a player used to finding the back of the net — he had 12 goals between October and […]
Stars Coach Ken Hitchcock Records 800th Career With 4-0 Win Over Blackhawks
The three game losing skid for the Dallas Stars came to a screeching halt in convincing fashion as they handed the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-0 loss and picked up a career 800th win for head coach Ken Hitchcock. It gave the Stars a 3-0-0 record against their division rival Blackhawks this season. Ben Bishop finished […]
Scouting Report: Jurickson Profar
This piece has been a long time coming. I saw Jurickson Profar late in the 2017 season when I wanted to see Willie Calhoun (the return for Darvish) in person. I had heard concerning things regarding Profar’s future projection and it was easy to buy into them after his consistently subpar numbers at the MLB […]
Morning Skate: Hitch looks for 800th win against “best bench coach in the league”
DALLAS — Ken Hitchcock doesn’t like to discuss career milestones. So on the verge of his 800th career win, Hitchcock isn’t talking about his accolades. Even if the Stars win tonight against the Chicago Blackhawks, he’ll probably shrug it off and quickly move onto another talking point in his postgame press conference. Blackhawks coach Joel […]