The Texas Stars closed out their abbreviated season on May 15th with a 3-2 win over the Iowa Wild in Des Moines. It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster year for the AHL club, and they fell to an overall losing record of 38-17-18-3. Of course, they definitely weren’t helped by the relentless schedule of the Dallas Stars, the injuries, …
Now that the Stars season is officially over, the thoughts of the team and the fans turn to the off-season. First up on July 21st is the expansion draft. As a reminder, teams can either protect 7 forwards, 3 defense, a goalie (the most likely scenario), or 8 skaters and 1 goalie. Players with no move clauses must be protected; …
The Dallas Stars season is foundering, even if it hasn’t quite yet reached its nearly inevitable conclusion. The Texas Stars are dwelling near the bottom of the Central Division (having lost many of their players at some point to the NHL team’s taxi squad), and the Calder cup won’t be awarded this year. That being said, there has been a …
In early April, in a must-win game against the Blackhawks, Rick Bowness made a small switch in the Stars line-up. Jamie Benn, typically a left-winger, was put in a center for the injury-wracked Stars. Benn, of course, played center early in his career for the Stars but for the better part of a decade has played on the left-wing, most …
The Stars mostly stood largely pat at the trade deadline despite a rumor early in the am that Jamie Oleksiak was about to be traded to the Oilers. This was a somewhat eyebrow-raising suggestion as Oleksiak seemingly has established himself as a solid partner for Miro Heiskanen on the second defensive pairing. However, the rumor turned out to be false, …
It’s not a secret that the Stars have had their injury issues this year. This tweet, however, really brings home quite how severe the injury issue is: The axis on the chart had to be extended. The chart shows lost wins above replacement (WAR) per injured player against points per games played for those, not of an analytical bent. Wins …
It’s a pretty obvious statement that the Stars have been struggling to generate offense this year. One area where they seem to be struggling is capitalizing on rebounds. It seems obvious when watching the games but what does the data tell us? The NHL doesn’t track goals generated from rebounds in its play-by-play data, but we can do some approximation …
The Stars introduced their new blackout jersey in October last year. The new jersey marked the first time since 2006 that the team had had an alternate jersey. They haven’t proved all that lucky for the team, and the Stars currently sport a losing record while wearing them. The “inspired by Texas” jerseys include the phrase “Come and Take It,” …
There isn’t all that much that hasn’t been said about Miro Heiskanen by both Stars fans and local media (although the national media is a different story). Sunday’s game against the Predators saw him skate a truly herculean 32.30, a whole 7 minutes longer than the next player (Esa Lindell). More than half of that extra 7 minutes was power-play …
The Dallas Stars have announced the signing of 2020 first-round draft pick Mavrik Bourque to an entry-level contract. The 19-year-old forward, listed at 5’10’’, 179lb, is an exciting prospect and was considered by many to be something of a steal for the Stars with the 30th overall pick last year. The young player has spent the last 3 years playing …
