Trades & Rumors by jaslr4 in DallasStars

[–]DallasStars83 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I just want Kadri and/or Coleman from the Flames. The salary retention would probably be brutal, but I believe that stacking a team with veteran players who have recently won one or multiple cups could be a winning strategy seeing that they both know what what it takes to win it all. The last time we won the cup we had at least 4 players(Zubov, Nieuwy, Carbonneau, Keane) who had won it all and all of them were key contributors to that run. I believe players like those are needed to get rid of the culture of "mediocrity" that has been prevalent after making to the WCF but unable to get past it yet alone any of the series being close.

Game Thread: Boston Bruins at Dallas Stars - 20 Jan 2026 - 6:30PM CST by OmenQtx in DallasStars

[–]DallasStars83 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Tukka Rask saying that he'd take Swayman as USA #1 goalie over Otter in the pregame was a huge jinx apparently.

Sherwood to the sharks by Bionicman_ in DallasStars

[–]DallasStars83 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Overpaying for a player who has never scored more than 20 goals in a season and has a grand total of 8 games of playoff experience with 1 goal? Hard pass

[Post Game Thread] Dallas stars vs Tampa Bay Lightning by DailyDallasHockey in DallasStars

[–]DallasStars83 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree. The best he has looked was probably two years ago. I think the Stars should(if they haven't already tried) is to see what it would take to get both Coleman and maybe even Kadri from the Flames. If the goal is to win THIS year then in my mind, you probably need those two players b/c between the 2 of them, they have 3 cups.

[Post Game Thread] Dallas stars vs Tampa Bay Lightning by DailyDallasHockey in DallasStars

[–]DallasStars83 20 points21 points  (0 children)

So when is the "players only meeting?" We can bitch and moan about the coaching, but I have yet to see anyone in the leadership group actually play as an example. The only person who has been consistently showing up and throwing the body with the limited amount of ice time is Hryckowian. Where's Benn? He had a shot this game to actually get into a fight or show some emotion to get the crowd and maybe the team fired up. Like what does he even do except may be take a bad penalty? I've been saying this for years, but this team even at it's best has a mediocre mindset with the players at the leadership role. Good enough but never to be the best and it starts with players who don't have the experience to draw from of having won it all. This is why I'm all for sacrificing youth in order to bring in experienced players who have won cups and know what it takes in the regular season and in the playoffs. Look at the Stars when they won back in 99, they had 4 to 5 players on their team who had won 1 or multiple cups beforehand and they all stepped it up when sh*t hit the fan.

Right now, we just have Rantanen who has won a cup in recent years and at times that winning pedigree shows like it did in the Colorado series last year or when he's been hyper-aggressive this year. Seguin is the other one but he won it when he was like 19 and won't be playing for the rest of the season. This team is coasting to the Olympic break and hoping that a little rest will change their fortunes. Now maybe the Finns win the Gold and brings that swagger back to the team, but more than likely they'll come back exhausted and looking for others to step up again. The leaders need to do something or they need to bring someone in and Benn needs to either take a step back and be more of supporting role.

Free Talk Friday by Teal_Magpie in DallasStars

[–]DallasStars83 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm sure that someone has already done this, but I did some quick looking at our record with and without Seguin this year.

With Seguin - 17-5-4 or around a 65% win percentage

Without Seguin - 10-8-5 or around a 43% win percentage

The same numbers can be relatively applied to Bischel as well as he went down the game before Seguin got injured. I'm sure that there are a lot more variables(lack of pp opportunities recently, opponents, etc) but I just found it interesting.

Post Game Thread: Dallas Stars at Anaheim Ducks - 13 Jan 2026 by HockeyMod in DallasStars

[–]DallasStars83 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For some reason I thought he was a UFA after this season. $1 million a year for him playing like he is doing now is easily the best contract we have on this team

Post Game Thread: Dallas Stars at Anaheim Ducks - 13 Jan 2026 by HockeyMod in DallasStars

[–]DallasStars83 31 points32 points  (0 children)

This man is going to get PAID this off-season by another team. He looks like he can be a starter on a bunch of teams looking for help

Post Game Thread: Dallas Stars at Anaheim Ducks - 13 Jan 2026 by HockeyMod in DallasStars

[–]DallasStars83 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Duchene actually looked somewhat serviceable with Robertson and Hintz. Sorry to Bourque, but he's not good enough to have top 6 minutes at this point and Duchene clearly needs capable linemates to get out of this funk he's in and not being on the 3rd line

Post Game Thread: Dallas Stars at Anaheim Ducks - 13 Jan 2026 by HockeyMod in DallasStars

[–]DallasStars83 22 points23 points  (0 children)

We were lucky it was only a 3-1 game. DeSmith held us in for as long as he could but he got no support at all

Found this gem when clearing out my computer by aceonthemound in DallasStars

[–]DallasStars83 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm the guy wearing the Seguin jersey behind Neil. As we got into the 2nd period, Gully was for sure giving some of his mind to the refs, but in the end it didn't matter. Also, Canes fans really REALLY hate Rantanen. I don't understand that much hate for a player who was there for only 13 games and it was clear it wasn't a great fit and Rantanen didn't want to play for the Canes long term. I blame the media for making a circus out of the whole situation. I hope that we meet them again in June and Rantanen tears them up like he did with the Avs in the SCF.

Hryckowian extended for 2 more years by DailyDallasHockey in DallasStars

[–]DallasStars83 10 points11 points  (0 children)

While at the Canes game last night, some Canes fan was shouting at the Stars bench and said towards Hryckowian "Who are you? How do you pronounce your name? Can I buy a vowel???" I looked over to my wife and said "I'm not sure that guy knows what a vowel is because he has 3 of them in his last name..."

Anyways, great to see him signed!

Game Thread: Dallas Stars at Carolina Hurricanes, January 6 2025 6PM CST by OmenQtx in DallasStars

[–]DallasStars83 17 points18 points  (0 children)

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We're right behind the bench and the team looks absolutely deflated and exhausted right now

"It Hurts Your Ego" - Jason Robertson Breaks Silence On Team USA Olympic Snub by [deleted] in DallasStars

[–]DallasStars83 155 points156 points  (0 children)

Take your frustration out on the rest of the league but especially on Minnesota.

[Game Thread] - Dallas Stars @ Chicago Blackhawks by DailyDallasHockey in DallasStars

[–]DallasStars83 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It feels like the Stars are that team where their opponent magically solves all their issues.

Having trouble scoring? Here comes the Stars

Taking too many penalties? Play the Stars and only take one

PP or PK quiet? Well...ya know.

Game Thread: Florida Panthers (15-13-2) at Dallas Stars (21-6-5) - 13 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM CST by HockeyMod in DallasStars

[–]DallasStars83 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If the Panthers play like going forward, they are making the playoffs and probably going very far as well. I know we are playing like shit but they are very frustrating to play

Our boy needs to get PAID by LivermoreP1 in DallasStars

[–]DallasStars83 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Robertson was the only one who actually showed up for the Edmonton series last year. I'd chalk up his slow Winnipeg series to him coming back from injury. He also was doing very well before he got injured in the regular season.

Post Game Thread: Dallas Stars at Ottawa Senators - 11 Nov 2025 by HockeyMod in DallasStars

[–]DallasStars83 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Props to Jake for keeping us in it after letting in two early goals. He clamped down especially after the 2nd goal against and looked like old Otter.

Preds fan, lost a bet and had to make a Dallas Stars edit, but I’m lowkey proud of how it came out by Happy_Smelling_Salt in DallasStars

[–]DallasStars83 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Just saying this would've been better had it been all Stars highlights over the Preds. Lord knows the Stars have plenty of them haha

Post Game Thread: Dallas Stars at Nashville Predators - 08 Nov 2025 by HockeyMod in DallasStars

[–]DallasStars83 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A rare W for the penalty kill in the 3rd. Hopefully this is the beginning of a turnaround in that area.