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Dallas Stars Daily Links: Stars Struggling To Address Lack Of Energy From Some
While for the most part, the compete issues that have plagued the Dallas Stars on and off throughout the season weren't there against the Los Angeles Kings, a few players still stuck out to Glen Gulutzan. And like any parent disappointed in a misbehaving child, he started sending the worst...
Dallas Stars Daily Links: Big Hit From Morrow Keys Late Stars Comeback
Brenden Morrow didn't turn the hockey game around with a goal or a great puck battle along the wall. No, the Dallas Stars captain did it in a way that harkens back to the 2008 Western Conference Semifinals - with a devastating bodycheck to one of the opposition's best players. Morrow's huge hit on...
Dallas Stars Daily Links: Shanahammer Comes Down On Marchand, Jacques; Spares Ott And Sutton?
Brendan Shanahan had very busy weekend. The NHL's disciplinary czar was given more than enough opportunity to come down hard on several NHL players who tiptoed around, or in the case of Brad Marchand of the Boston Bruins, went crashing completely over the line the past few games. And come down hard...
Can We Stop With The False Equivalence?
From Bruins fans to idiotic media personalities looking for attention, there's a lot of criticism of Max Pacioretty as well as Habs fans this morning. It should be expected that any time anything remotely controversial happens, Damien Cox has climbed atop his pedestal to troll fans and then...
Dallas Stars Daily Links: Nieuwendyk Pleased With First Quarter Of Season
The end of the first 20 games of the season is always a time where teams stop to reflect on things that have gone right and wrong. And as far as Dallas Stars general manager Joe Nieuwendyk is concerned, his team's first 20 games were basically positive despite the five-game losing...
Before the Penguins Finale: A Primer of 2010-11 Islanders Grievances
Following the Islanders 9-3 destruction of the Penguins Feb. 11, somehow the national media didn't see it like Isles fans. Instead of seeing it as turning the corner on a tough season with a rout of a division rival (well before the fights started), or even an oft-beat-up team finally standing up...
Opinion: Is the NHL inviting its integrity to be questioned?
A few years ago Tim Donaghy caused a bit of an uproar when he said certain NBA refs were company men who made calls that influenced games in order to cause certain playoff matchups. While the NBA decried that the disgraced ref was just a criminal trying to wriggle his way out of trouble, they also...
Sharks Gameday: Dusty and Buddy
Today I want to talk about two very different hockey players who made headlines during the past week: Joe Pavelski and Matt Cooke. Joe Pavelski had an amazing week. He scored eleven points in four Sharks games, leading the team to three victories. Pavelski's scoring has come at a critical time for...
Ducks Gameday -- The Trial of Jar Jar
Game Five: (5) Nashville Predators at (4) Anaheim Ducks , 7 pmSeries tied 2-2.On The Forecheck and Anaheim Calling -- go see what Anaheim's next suspension will be about! Sigh -- how did I know back when we acquired Jar Jar that this cartoon would one day come true? Of course, I assumed back then...
Ducks Gameday -- Who fills in for B-Ry?
Game 3: (4) Anaheim Ducks at (5) Nashville Predators, 3 pmSeries tied 1-1.Anaheim Calling and On The Forecheck -- watch where you step. I'm not going to spend much time today complaining about Stompgate 2.0 -- once again, it is what it is. Bobby Ryan earned himself a 2-game suspension for stepping...
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