With the fourth pick in the Rule 5 Draft, the Chicago White Sox selected Phillies outfield prospect Carlos Tocci. We learned a few minutes later that Tocci was actually being selected by the Rangers, who had purchased Tocci’s rights for yet-to-be-disclosed cash considerations. Despite being a name prospect since shortly after he signed with the […]
The Upset
How do the Dallas Stars use analytics?
Jim Nill is in the information business. The Dallas Stars general manager is always gathering and evaluating data. He’s an old scout that watches countless hours of hockey both on video and in person each week, while he spends seemingly just as much time on the phone with contacts around the league. “There aren’t many […]
Kari Lehtonen isn’t acting like a back-up, and it’s a luxury for the Dallas Stars
The Dallas Stars don’t want Kari Lehtonen to act like a back-up goalie. Even as he’s stepped into a more traditional back-up role, the Finnish goalie prepares like he’s the starter. He puts in extra work each day with goalie coach Jeff Reese, and he prefers to let his play — as cliched as this […]
Kari Lehtonen picks up 300th win as Stars top Islanders 5-2
Kari Lehtonen picked up his 300th career win and the Dallas Stars defeated the New York Islanders 5-2 on Wednesday. Tyler Pitlick scored twice and the Stars won back-to-back games in New York after opening their four-game road trip with a win against the New York Rangers on Monday. Jamie Benn, Alexander Radulov, and Remie […]
Winter Meetings Day 4: On Being and Nothingness
If I properly understood the premise, Jean-Paul Sartre suggested that nothingness was not simply the absence of something, but a something unto itself. When you are aware of loss, it is more tangible than simply the acknowledgement that something or someone is no longer in your presence. The hole ripped in your being by their […]
The Zack Greinke Recon Mission
Approximately thirteen seconds after posting my article about yesterday’s comments by Chris Gimenez, the news cycle nodded politely and moved on to bigger things: Zack Greinke might be moving eastward. I spent the evening in the hotel lobby asking new friends what they were hearing. One guy with ties to the Diamondbacks front office told me […]