Should Lindy Ruff’s Job Hinge on Playoff Success?
Lindy Ruff and the Dallas Stars are in an awfully peculiar situation this year. For several seasons now, Jim Nill has used the offseason to load up on talent and address…
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Are Any Stars Poised for Offseason Hardware?
The votes are starting to pile in for the end-of-season awards given out in Las Vegas. Jamie Benn took it upon himself to steal an award last season with his…
Line “Ruffling”: When is it Too Much?
Chemistry is a tough thing to cultivate in the salary cap world of the NHL. Trades are forced due to under-performing, large contracts. Some players are shipped off simply because…
Stars Defensive Depth Passing the Test
Dallas Stars blueline prospect Stephen Johns, acquired last summer as a key part of the Patrick Sharp trade, made his NHL debut last Friday against the Chicago Blackhawks, the team…
Your Move, Jim Nill
For a brief moment, it seemed that the Dallas Stars had gotten their act together for the first time in 2016. Kari Lehtonen was back to performing at a high…
Kari Lehtonen Spearheading Resurgence in Dallas
After all but surrendering the starting goaltender job to Antti Niemi and going over a month without starting back-to-back contests, Kari Lehtonen started three games in a row for the Dallas…
Antti Niemi Getting First Crack at No. 1 Role in Dallas
Lindy Ruff and company may never admit it, but Antti Niemi seems to have ascended to the No. 1 goalie spot for the Dallas Stars. On the season, Niemi has…
‘Splaining the Slumping Stars: The Five S’s
What a difference a year makes. Waaay back in 2015 (roughly three weeks ago), the Dallas Stars sat atop the National Hockey League with a record of 28-8-3. Three weeks…
Nichushkin Passes First Test with Dallas Stars’ Top Unit
Since coming off of a summer’s worth of continued rehab following hip surgery and being a healthy scratch in two straight games near the beginning of the 2015-16 campaign, Dallas Stars…
What’s on the Dallas Stars’ Holiday Wish List?
With Thanksgiving come and gone, the holiday season is officially in full swing. People everywhere are compiling their wish lists and checking them twice before heading out in preparation for…
Are the Floodgates About to Open for Valeri Nichushkin?
Coming into the 2015-16 season, there were serious doubts about how Dallas Stars forward Valeri Nichushkin would rebound from a hip injury and subsequent surgery that saw him miss all but…
Ruff’s History Repeating?
At 14-4-0 through their first eighteen games, Coach Lindy Ruff’s Dallas Stars are off to the best start in franchise history. Six weeks into the season, they sit atop the…