In today’s NHL rumor rundown, there is news that Nikita Kucherov is dealing with a hip injury. What does this mean for the Tampa Bay Lightning’s salary cap issues? Are the Edmonton Oilers ready to add another left-shot defenseman? Who would they be looking for? The Dallas Stars will have fans in the stands to
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Defenseman Jamie Oleksiak has developed into one of the most valuable pieces within the Dallas Stars organization. Appearing in every regular-season and postseason game for Victory Green, including two game-winning goals in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, 2019-20 was nothing short of a breakout campaign for the former first-round pick in 2011. So much so, aside
The last glimpse we saw of Dallas Stars hockey was watching the Tampa Bay Lightning skate the Stanley Cup. In what was already an unprecedented season for the NHL and sports world as a whole, it concluded with an effort from the boys in Victory Green that no one will soon forget. Today, aside from
The Dallas Stars are currently the loneliest team in the NHL. They are no strangers to rivalries, but each is several states away. No other NHL team resides in Texas nor in the surrounding states. In-state rivalries in hockey breed intense matchups. Look no further than the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins, the Los Angeles
The reigning Western Conference champions will bring back a plethora of scoring weapons for fantasy owners to keep an eye on in 2020-21 but they will be forced to make adjustments due to the absence of forward Tyler Seguin (hip) and goaltender Ben Bishop (knee). Despite finishing third-last in goals scored in 2019-20, the Stars’
The Seattle Kraken will become the next franchise to join the NHL for the 2021-22 season, bringing the number of teams up to 32. Their first step as a new franchise will be to fill out their roster in the Expansion Draft. The Kraken get to select one unprotected player from each NHL team except
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, there is buzz surrounding a new contract for Vancouver Canucks coach Travis Green. That said, there could be a slight holdup in getting a deal done. One scribe wonders if the Boston Bruins be cooking up a trade with the Calgary Flames? Don’t expect Corey Perry to return to the
On Oct. 29, the Dallas Stars named Rick Bowness their 24th head coach in franchise history. The decision came after Bowness led the Stars to the 2020 Stanley Cup Final and a 20-13-5 regular-season record in 2019-20 after he took over as interim coach on Dec. 19. He joined the team after the Stars fired
With the 30th Pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, the Dallas Stars Have Selected Mavrik Bourque From the Shawinigan Cataractes of the QMJHL About Mavrik Bourque It’s tough for 16-year-olds to come in and make an immediate impact for their team. In Bourque’s case, he exceeded expectations. He’s extremely slick and crafty with the
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, there is news the Dallas Stars would like to extend goaltender Anton Khudobin. What would that deal look like? Meanwhile, are the Boston Bruins gauging the market on netminder Tuukka Rask? Will the Columbus Blue Jackets be one of the busier teams and could the New Jersey Devils make some
After playing their first game in the Edmonton bubble back on August 3, the Dallas Stars magical postseason run came to an end 56 days later as they fell 2-0 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final to the Tampa Bay Lightning. It took a while for the Stars to find their mojo during
After a tough loss in Game 3, the Dallas Stars started strong but were unable to contain the Tampa Bay Lightning’s most dangerous players and eventually lost Game 4, 5-4 in overtime. The two teams will tangle again on Saturday night, and we could finally see the 2020 Stanley Cup handed out if the Lightning
After somewhat coasting to a 4-1 win in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final things turned out a bit different for the Dallas Stars in Game 2. A sluggish start doomed Dallas and the Tampa Bay Lightning made them pay dearly, striking three times in a span of 3:53 – which by the end
The first game of the Stanley Cup Final between the West third-seeded Dallas Stars and the East second-seeded Tampa Bay Lightning went to the Stars. When the NHL announced their Return to Play plan, I was a little skeptical we would ever get to this point amidst a global pandemic, but after nearly two months
If we told you back in March that the Dallas Stars would be playing for the 2020 Stanley Cup you’d probably have told us to delete our account. But this has been a year and a season unlike any other. The Stars entered Game 5 of the West Finals up three games to one and
The Dallas Stars finally found a way to score on goaltender Robin Lehner – after he blanked them for nearly two games – and came away with a 3-2 overtime win over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 3 of the West Finals. Alexander Radulov ended the game just 31 seconds into overtime when he
The Dallas Stars just put a stranglehold on the Western Conference Final by defeating the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 4. The Golden Knights were a heavy favorite in this series and have seemed to struggle with the pressure of being down 0-1 and then 1-2. Though they outshot the Stars 33-20, they could not
In Game 2 of the Western Conference Final, we saw the series’ second shutout. This time, Robin Lehner got the start and posted his fourth clean sheet of the 2020 playoffs. The Vegas Golden Knights definitely shook off whatever plagued them in Game 1 and came out flying. They were all over the Dallas Stars,