FRISCO, Texas — Ken Hitchcock has picked out his six defensemen for opening night. No, he won’t tell you who they are. But making an educated guess by looking at recent comments, lines, and player usage in preseason games this appears to be the pecking order. Esa Lindell — John Klingberg Marc Methot — Jamie […]
The Upset
Stars Daily September 28: Denis Gurianov looking for consistency after getting sent to AHL
The Texas Stars opened training camp on Wednesday and instead of battling for a final roster spot in the NHL, Denis Gurianov was already practicing with the AHL team in Cedar Park. Heading into training camp Gurianov was expected to at least battle for an NHL roster spot. He has a year of AHL experience […]
Dallas Stars release RJ Umberger from PTO
The Dallas Stars released RJ Umberger from his professional tryout contract on Wednesday. Umberger had been trying to make an NHL comeback after sitting out all of last season. Umberger played in three preseason games with Dallas, during that time he didn’t have any points and had eight shots. He had his best preseason showing […]
Half the NHL scouted the Stars this week, what did they see?
There weren’t many available seats in the American Airlines Center press box this week for the Dallas Stars back-to-back preseason games. Fifteen of the 31 NHL teams had scouts with reserved seats for the Stars loss against the Colorado Avalanche on Monday. When you include the Stars and Avalanche executive, more than half the league […]
Stars Daily September 27: Lively end boards a home-ice advantage at AAC?
It’s a minor note, but one thing I’ve noticed during the preseason games at American Airlines Center are the seemingly more lively end boards than last season. In Tuesday’s win against the Minnesota Wild there were a couple dump-ins that got away from the goalies, and a couple of those misdirections led to scoring chances. […]
Shore takes advantage of first-line opportunity as Stars top Wild in preseason
DALLAS — With Jamie Benn getting a night off Devin Shore had an opportunity to play on the top line with Alexander Radulov and Tyler Seguin in the Dallas Stars 4-1 preseason win against the Minnesota Wild. “Its an honor,” Shore said. “It’s no secret how talented those two guys are and how hard they […]