Hockey thoughts, reactions, and outbursts. Usually about the Dallas Stars. (No AI content will ever be used here.)
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What does the development path hold for the players still on it, like Mavrik Bourque, Lian Bichsel, and Nils Lundkvist?
And how much will it matter?
The NHL may not be a development league, but players have to develop in order to get better. With or without the league’s cheesehead philosophy, development matters. How far does Vegas get without the upward pr...
What Dallas can learn from the 2026 Stanley Cup Finals. Plus some random food talk to make you (like me) hungry.
If I didn’t convince you of a point you hadn’t considered, then I’m not doing my job. Or at least that’s the way I look at it. Three years ago, I wrote a somewhat muddled piece at D Magazine about why Pete DeBoer’s team was “missing its’ id...
Why you should be interested in the five picks Dallas has in the 2026 NHL draft
The following players from the final four teams were taken in the third round, beyond, or went undrafted.
Brendan Gallagher. Josh Anderson. Alexandre Carrier. Arber Xhekaj. Shayne Gostisbehere. Jalen Chatfield. Sean Walker. Eric Robinson....
In a parallel universe where Dallas has cap room, what UFAs could garner their interest?
It's a short list.
As everyone and their rumor mill grandmother knows, Dallas has no cap room. They technically have $10.98M to work with, which includes Jamie Benn’s performance bonuses, but that money will go to extending both Jason Robe...
Light Work: No, Dallas wasn't a victim of the playoff format. But that doesn't mean there are none.
It was almost theatrical. The Colorado Avalanche looked demoralized in the middle of a hockey game, down 0-3 in the series versus the Vegas Golden Knights. Their compass looked broken, they hung MacKenzie Blackwood (brought in for relief) o...
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