GDT: Stars General Thread '23-24

[serp]

Lets hope neither plays in a playoff game. Murray i guess i would accept if we face the Leafs in the finals and they are forced to use their Matt Murray . Matt Murray grudge match

 

[MBTendy]

 

[Kcb12345]

Really curious if DeBoer would actually play Pouliot over Lundkvist....

Once again, Pouliot sucks defensively even at the AHL level

 

[serp]

I the press availability from yesterday Deboer said calling up a third goalie and another defenseman because Jani probably isn't ready to start was something they discussed. Guess that discussion came out with the decision yes.

 

[Spotty 2 Hotty]

Nils or Pouliot doesn't matter.

Miro is gonna be hitting 40 min of TOI per game with either of them in the lineup.

 

[Troy McClure]

And even if Hakanpaa is ready to go, Nill has always liked having 8 D on the roster going into the playoffs.

 

[serp]

If Pouliot is just another body for practise i don't mind him but if the team needs another defenseman to actually play the option to do it should not be him.

 

[Kipper 17]

Bichsel done dominating his playoffs yet?

 

[LT]

Bichsel done dominating his playoffs yet?

Nope. Finals either just started or start soon.

Another week or two before he'll be able to come over (if at all, depending on Texas' playoff run).

 

[serp]

I don't exactly have huge confidence in Texas beating Manitoba after last nights beat down .

I think the pressbox is going to be filled to the brim with Texas Stars players very quickly.

At the very latest the Milwaukee will end Texas season and will do it quickly. Texas just isn't that good this year especially the defense was suspect the whole year.

Which is why its going to be worrying if any of the Texas defenseman get closr to playing in a playoff game.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

No shot Poo Poo is playing. LHD.. trash.. he is just here as we have no #7 available.

 

[Zrhutch]

This is the year

 

[Troy McClure]

This is the year

No extension by now was a sign.

 

[Elysian]

Me about to turn 42 feeling like I'm dying most days: I get it

 

[Zrhutch]

I just looked at his stats and for all the looking slow and visual decline, he still pocketed a tidy 67 points this year and would assuredly get a contract from a contender if he wanted it. He’s going out on his own terms/as a Star, and I kinda love it.

 

[Spotty 2 Hotty]

This is the year

Where the f*** are the kids gonna stay now?

 

[Magic Mittens]

Me about to turn 42 feeling like I'm dying most days: I get it

I just turned 43 and it's way better! You feel young again. I'm just kidding, it sucks

 

[M88K]

I just turned 43 and it's way better! You feel young again. I'm just kidding, it sucks

20yrs ago. I could jump out of a tree and walk it off. Today; I slept on the wrong pillow and am on IR for a month

 

[Elysian]

I just turned 43 and it's way better! You feel young again. I'm just kidding, it sucks

I ran a slow 3mi today and feel like death

 

[Zrhutch]

Need this energy from you fellas tonight, in arena, on the boards, and abroad. Let the hate fuel you

 

[Sports2]

Need this energy from you fellas tonight, in arena, on the boards, and abroad. Let the hate fuel you

Big Joe Thortnton energy

 

[insomniaddict]

Since March 5th ( Tanev's debut ) Dallas has led the west in points percentage .789, goals allowed 2.32 and expected goals share 62.7%

Reading this right now, as we just lost a game we dominated while allowing four goals, really warms my heart.

 

[Troy McClure]

Apparently the glass banging attention whore was melting down on Twitter last night because he was told not to hold his stupid sign against the glass. He was challenging people to fights online. Be careful about drunk posting. It can be embarrassing.

 

[M88K]

Apparently the glass banging attention whore was melting down on Twitter last night because he was told not to hold his stupid sign against the glass. He was challenging people to fights online. Be careful about drunk posting. It can be embarrassing.

It was Entertaining to read though

 

[Troy McClure]

In addition to the front office loving him, another reason Suter probably isn’t getting bought out is the Stars will already go into next season with $2.6 million of dead cap money because of performance bonuses being paid to Pavelski, Stankoven, Lundkvist, and Harley. This is the downside of using LTIR to go over the cap because it punts those performance bonus cap hits to the next season.

Pavelski’s contract was purposely structured this way to allow them to spread his cap hit over two seasons. Vegas isn’t the only team doing funny cap math under the rules.

While the cap will go up $4 million next season, the Stars will already have consumed over half of it paying for this season’s roster. Buying Suter out would add another $783k in dead cap money.

FYI, their bonus carryover penalty going into this season was only $372k.