The Dallas Stars have the third overall pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft and it’s one of the most intriguing spots in the draft. Brandon Wheat Kings center Nolan Patrick and Halifax Moosheads center Nico Hischier are considered the top prospects in this draft class. There is some debate whether Patrick or Hischier will […]
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Dallas Stars draft prospect report: Casey Mittelstadt
The Dallas Stars have the third overall pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft and it’s one of the most intriguing spots in the draft. Brandon Wheat Kings center Nolan Patrick and Halifax Moosheads center Nico Hischier are considered the top prospects in this draft class. There is some debate whether Patrick or Hischier will […]
Wrong Side of the Red Line Podcast: The Stars are picking third in the NHL Draft
The Dallas Stars were one of the big winners in the NHL Draft Lottery on Saturday and jumped up from eighth to third. Ryan Satkowiak and I discussed what this means for the Stars in a special edition of the podcast after the lottery results were unveiled. You can catch the podcast on Soundcloud, iTunes […]
Dallas Stars grab the third-overall pick through the NHL Draft Lottery
The Dallas Stars have made a huge jump and will pick third in the upcoming NHL Entry Draft. The New Jersey Devils won the draft lottery and will pick first while the Philadelphia Flyers have the second pick after making a major jump. Rich Peverley was the Stars representative at the draft lottery. The draft […]
STARS MAILBAG: Seguin, Darling, free agents, journalism, and summer movies
The big news in sports journalism this week came out of ESPN, where close to 100 people lost their jobs. That includes hockey writers Pierre LeBrun, Scott Burnside, and Joe McDonald. Other sports also took a hit as long-time baseball writer Jayson Stark was amongst those axed, and several college football writers were informed they’d […]
20 AND COUNTING: Idaho Steelheads and hockey's new longest playoff streak
For years the Detroit Red Wings were the gold standard for playoff qualification. From 1990 to 2016, a stretch of 25 seasons, the Red Wings reached the NHL playoffs and spring hockey was a fact of life in “Hockeytown.” That streak, along with Joe Louis Arena, came to an end in 2017. Detroit missed the […]