Defending Big D

GAME DAY: Dallas Stars vs. Edmonton Oilers WHERE: American Airlines Center (Dallas, TX) PUCK DROP: 3 PM CT TV: Victory+ RADIO: The Ticket 96.7-FM, 1310-AM LIVE STATS: NHL Game Center PARTY ON PNC PLAZA: PNC Plaza (south side of the AAC) starting at 1:30 PM CT, 2500 Victory Avenue, Dallas TX 75202 (free and open to the public) PROMO SCHEDULE: Hall of Fame Weekend Game… Source … [Read more...] about GDT: Stars vs. Oilers (3 PM CT)

The good news: The Dallas Stars can count on goaltending to help keep them in the game. The bad news: Their power play might take them out. Jake Oettinger’s eight-year, $66 million re-signing yesterday morning was easily the biggest Stars news of the week, even taking the edge off last night’s 3-2 loss – the first of the season – to the Washington Capitals. Stars senior staff … [Read more...] about Dallas Stars Daily Links: Winnable

The Dallas Stars announced today that they had signed goaltender Jake Oettinger to an eight year, $8.25M AAV extension. It’s a deal that, not coincidentally, perfectly matches the deal Jeremy Swayman signed with the Boston Bruins before the start of the season. The situations are slightly different, of course — Swayman was an RFA coming off a one year, $3.745M deal awarded in … [Read more...] about Jake Oettinger Signs 8x$8.25M Extension

I didn’t get to write many Afterwords last regular season. This was due to a variety of factors, but it mostly boiled down to 1) I was no longer able to reliably watch games live (the joys of new fatherhood), and 2) I couldn’t watch missed games on ESPN+ until 48 hours had passed, at which point it was often far too late for any relevant analysis. So I stuck mostly to games I … [Read more...] about Afterwords: Imperfect Perfection

Casey DeSmith made his Dallas Stars debut on Sunday evening, continuing what Jake Oettinger started in the team’s net. The result – two straight shutouts. Of course, those games were against the New York Islanders and the Seattle Kraken, both teams that are expected to struggle offensively this season. Tuesday night, enter the San Jose Sharks, a team that just got shutout by … [Read more...] about Stars Finish Homestand Against Winless Sharks