Tobias Stephan In Net Tonight

30Mar09

Mike Heika is reporting that Tobias Stephan will be getting the start tonight. The game is airing nationally on Versus, which – let’s face it – is a little bit scary. It’s a chance for Stephan to prove himself, and for the Stars to stop their slide. However, everyone knows that the Yotes have had [...]

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Couple Notes

24Mar09

Twittering the game tonight.
Also, Oilers have an interesting article up, going over the teams in the race for the last few Western playoff spots. It is written around what the Oilers need to get a spot, but still gives some good info about all the other teams.
Like the fact that they’re all playing tonight. 
If you’re [...]

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SHR +/-: 3/21/09 (DAL at SJS)

24Mar09

Since neither of us actually saw this game (and consequentially forgot to do the +/-), if anyone would like to add something we missed, please comment. 
 
Nicklas Grossman: two for the assist; +2
Stephane Robidas: three for the goal; +3
Brendan Morrison: two for the assist; +2
Loui Eriksson: three for the goal; +3
Jere Lehtinen: because he’s awesome; +2
Steve [...]

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Richards Out Indefinitely, Stars Recall Wandell

22Mar09

As I’m sure you’ve heard, the official word from Dave Tippett is that Brad Richards has a spiral fracture in a bone in his hand and is out indefinitely.
Andrew’s is reporting today that the Stars have, as expected, recalled center Tom Wandell. His season with the Swedish Elite League ended last month as his team [...]

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NHL Overall Team +/- Examination

21Mar09

The Stars take on the Sharks tonight, but before they do I’d just like to point something out. Everyone knows that +/- doesn’t tell the whole story. However, I think it does tell some of the story. For example, check out what you find when you compare the overall team +/- score for the top [...]

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Game Review – 3/17/09 (DAL at VAN) and 3/18/09 (DAL at CGY)

19Mar09

Games:
I’m going to try to keep this simple. We lost both these games, and there’s been a lot of talk about why that is. The blame game can be played in many ways here. You could start back at the beginning, and blame Hull for signing Avery. You could also blame Avery for being Avery [...]

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Game Day News Links

18Mar09

To help you kill some time before the late-starting game tonight, here are a few links and stories from the past couple of days.
Our very own Loui Eriksson has been featured on Pierre LeBrun’s blog on ESPN.com. Thanks to Andrew’s for the link.
Also, if you missed it, check out this video of Loui on BaD [...]

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Tags: DMN, James Neal, Loui Eriksson, News, Sean Avery, The Ticket