GDT: [#1] Nashville Predators @ Dallas Stars, 7:30 PM CST (FS-SW+, NBC, ESPN+) - For realz this time

[serp]

On the PK beeing terrible at faceoffs can really suck. It often directly leads to some extended PK shifts in the own zone and sure enough that was the case this game as well. I think you can survive without great faceoff guys in the PP if you can get set up later but on the PK thats a problem.

 

[serp]

 

[BrettHullsToe]

I was worried about Dobby being off after his late arrival. Nope! He's right back to his usual self against the Preds, but now with goal support.

 

[Satan]

Excellent 40 minutes

 

[Troy McClure]

Excellent 40 minutes

20 minutes of pre-season to get rolling was a nice touch.

 

[catters078]

Think the stars plan this year will be simple, get the puck from the boards to the point and Klingberg/Heiskanen shoot.

Then scramble from there.

 

[SolidusAKA]

Missed some of this game. How did Dellandrea look?

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

Unfortunately only watched the first period then was busy. Definitely watching the rest tomorrow

 

[Kcb12345]

Missed some of this game. How did Dellandrea look?

Looked better than I expected out there. Pretty much looks like he's NHL ready or very close to it. Of the 3 young guys in the lineup battling for a spot (Robertson, Caamano, and him) he definitely was the most noticeable and best of the bunch

 

[Niten Ichi Ryu]

Oilers fan, Dallas is now my 2nd prime time team to watch now, that Jason Robertson is getting some looks. Followed him for a very long time, but I missed the game . How did he do? I saw Bowness gave him aloft of PP time, but no pts

 

[MMANumminen]

Check out this gem from last season.

This looks like my defending on playstation NHL. I play maybe twice a year

 

[serp]

Oilers fan, Dallas is now my 2nd prime time team to watch now, that Jason Robertson is getting some looks. Followed him for a very long time, but I missed the game . How did he do? I saw Bowness gave him aloft of PP time, but no pts

He looked like still a bit of a deer in headlights. His skating seemed better than last year though

 

[BfantZ]

Think the coaching staff likes Dellandrea. He looks NHL ready or at least not out of place

Looked confident out there . Could of had his first a couple times .

 

[BfantZ]

Oilers fan, Dallas is now my 2nd prime time team to watch now, that Jason Robertson is getting some looks. Followed him for a very long time, but I missed the game . How did he do? I saw Bowness gave him aloft of PP time, but no pts

Looked a bit out of place to start . As the game went on he got time on the pp and looked like knew what he was doing .

 

[BrettHullsToe]

I really like Laxdal's 5-on-3 strategy. Rather than using a regular PP unit, he put the 5 best puck handlers + passers on the ice so they can quickly work the puck around a tight perimeter to open a seam. Worked beautifully.

 

[Troy McClure]

I really like Laxdal's 5-on-3 strategy. Rather than using a regular PP unit, he put the 5 best puck handlers + passers on the ice so they can quickly work the puck around a tight perimeter to open a seam. Worked beautifully.

I also like how they got close to the goal as a group, too. They weren't throwing the puck around the perimeter.

 

[DangeRouss]

Hell of a game

Love to see younsters getting a chance
Finally last drafts were not that bad weren't they !

 

[WhoahNow]

I also like how they got close to the goal as a group, too. They weren't throwing the puck around the perimeter.

Same! I like how Benn engaged the Dman to tie him up so its basically a 4-2 with a netfront battle. Pavelski and Radulov down low on opposite sides of their handedness for one timers. Normally when the Stars have a 5-3 I don't get my hopes up, but I was impressed for sure.

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

Looked confident out there . Could of had his first a couple times .

He had one semi breakaway, my wife wondered why he didn't pass it cross ice. First game, prime scoring op? No way he was going to pass it off, LOL.

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

Not strictly on topic here, but I went to the game last night, and some interesting fan tidbits.

First, I opted out of going to games this year. Turns out, 92% of Stars fans opted in. For the lower deck, that was too many, so those who wanted the full season only got half, or 14 games. There are far fewer upper deck STH, so all of them got all 27 games.

They also relieved the congestion somewhat by offering discounted suites to STH with long standing. A friend of mine took that deal, and asked me to go to his suite. First one free, LOL, then I have to pay going rate for 2 of his 8 seats, which turns out to be $500.....even at the discounted suite rate.

Lastly, and I haven't checked this out, I was told I was an idiot for not opting in, since demand for Stars tickets on Stub Hub drove prices up, especially for Hawks, Wings, etc. I could (they said) paid for this season and next by simply keeping my seats and selling them off. I did look, and the seats just above mine were occupied, so one of them or me would probably have had to move.

Funny item, but the e-tickets said "Dallas Stars vs. Red Predators." I guess that wasn't the real NSH NHL team out there, LOL.