GDT: [#32] Dallas Stars @ San Jose Sharks, 9:30pm CT [FS-SW]

[Kcb12345]

Imagine being Josh and Razor and having to sit through and act positive about this game

 

[Kcb12345]

My God what a shot. This kid is a defensive sniper

 

[Zapp]

It's either Jamie Benn or Jim Nill that has to go before this team makes any progress towards being a contender.

Sad is its easier to get rid of Nill than our awful captain.

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

Miro is the only reason to watch this team. He needs to put on a shooting clinic for everyone else.

 

[Henderson33]

He's so good! It's crazy to believe he is ours and is only 19 years old.

This doesn't happen in Dallas.

 

[Kcb12345]

By the way, Heiskanen is now just 1 goal behind Seguin

 

[Henderson33]

Another Razor jinx coming up. Mentioning the Stars haven't given up a hat trick to a Shark since the 90's.

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

Even though I’m super bitter about this game I will say Janmark has looked pretty good. Still bitter though.

 

[Kcb12345]

The Stars know this game isn't tied right...they're playing like its 3-3 right now

 

[Kcb12345]

No PP for us this game huh

Lol Ritchie and Comeau out get ready for that game tying goal!

 

[Henderson33]

Does this team need a blowout against for something to change?

We clearly have better players in the AHL ready to try and help the secondary scoring. (Even though we haven't even had primary scoring lately)

Something has to change, right?

 

[Kcb12345]

Jamie Benn missing that empty net sums this season up pretty well for him and Seguin

 

[M88K]

called it, also Honka is straight up garbage and should never play another game again

 

[Kcb12345]

called it, also Honka is straight up garbage and should never play another game again

For someone that is supposed to be a good puck moving and transition dman he might be the worst I've seen lol. Every pass he makes terrifies me

 

[Zapp]

Wonder what the excuse will be this year. I'm sure it will be injuries again but that kinda circles back to the point that even when there are open roster spots due to injury, they keep playing the wrong f***ing players.

I'm sick of watching a team lead by Jamie Benn lose.

 

[Kcb12345]

Wonder what the excuse will be this year. I'm sure it will be injuries again but that kinda circles back to the point that even when there are open roster spots due to injury, they keep playing the wrong ****ing players.

I'm sick of watching a team lead by Jamie Benn lose.

It's funny that we have one of the worst offenses in the league and our young prospects/forwards are one of the biggest reasons the Texas Stars have one of the most dominant offenses in the league.

And yet through all of our struggles...our general manager still has no interest in making room to try and get them up here. I mean we're talking about a guy that won't make room to add free fast, skilled, and young players to our lineup. Once again, COMPLETELY free. We have several players up here right now contributing absolutely nothing to this team and he's too scared to lose them or trade them away.

 

[Kcb12345]

Monty just said this was Honka's best game of the season..I mean he was fine for the most part but the turnovers once again were just brutal

 

[M88K]

Monty just said this was Honka's best game of the season..I mean he was fine for the most part but the turnovers once again were just brutal

so i wonder what game he was watching

 

[Azzuri]

Honka's other games this season have been that bad, is all. I thought Honka was pretty good and decisive which is why the coaching staff wants.

No doubt they'll let themselves get home to see what they can do with rest and a better home schedule before making panic moves. But hopefully Seguin eats a benching at some point ( never will happen) to wake him from his $10mil slumber and Nill makes some moves to get Hintz and Gurianov up here permanently. Trade Comeau/Pitlick and get some speed. This is one of the slowest NHL rosters I've seen the Stars ice in a while and its not wonder our shot generation is terrible with guys like Spezza/Comeau/Hanzal plodding up and down the ice.

 

[Kcb12345]

Honka's other games this season have been that bad, is all. I thought Honka was pretty good and decisive which is why the coaching staff wants.

No doubt they'll let themselves get home to see what they can do with rest and a better home schedule before making panic moves. But hopefully Seguin eats a benching at some point ( never will happen) to wake him from his $10mil slumber and Nill makes some moves to get Hintz and Gurianov up here permanently. Trade Comeau/Pitlick and get some speed. This is one of the slowest NHL rosters I've seen the Stars ice in a while and its not wonder our shot generation is terrible with guys like Spezza/Comeau/Hanzal plodding up and down the ice.

Comeau and Pitlick are 2 of our fastest players though

I wouldn't mind if they were gone though lol. Pitlick especially. He's had some decent forechecking at times but has mostly been useless. Comeau has at least been useful on the PK

 

[HatchtrickBateman]

called it, also Honka is straight up garbage and should never play another game again

Glad to see people can actually see this, as opposed to last season when he was supposed to be better than hamhuis and pateryn. Maybe hitch completely broke him, but I thought he looked garbage then too when he actually played. Would gladly have either one of them in his roster spot

 

[JesusNPucks]

It's either Jamie Benn or Jim Nill that has to go before this team makes any progress towards being a contender.

Sad is its easier to get rid of Nill than our awful captain.

Yeah, I’m there with you. I’m not a Nill homer by any means, as I think he’s had his misfires — what GM hasn’t? — but I think he’s done a great job overall and it would be a mistake to fire him. And I really like how he treats people, including things like sending players to places they’d like to go. We as fans often forget that the NHL is still about people, and it seems Nill hasn’t forgotten that. I think the Stars have a very competent and respected GM, and it would be hard to upgrade. And I think this is evidenced by the fact that high profile UFAs seriously consider coming to Dallas, like Tavares, even though we can’t make the playoffs.

My opinion for a while now is that there have been very few situations in the past five years where blame/responsibility has been put squarely on the players, especially the core ones. I still like Benn as a player, but he’s also maddening at times and I honestly think he’s do better elsewhere where he’s not the captain. I want him to be successful, but I just don’t think it will happen here anymore. There’s too much baggage being piled on; sometimes you just need a fresh start.

After that, I’d be really curious to see how Seguin and Klingberg especially respond if Benn was moved. Would they “own” this team in a good way? If not, find someone who will. And if you don’t have a GM that’s willing to do that, then that’s the point where Nill needs to go.

 

[JesusNPucks]

Glad to see people can actually see this, as opposed to last season when he was supposed to be better than hamhuis and pateryn. Maybe hitch completely broke him, but I thought he looked garbage then too when he actually played. Would gladly have either one of them in his roster spot

Still an upgrade over Pateryn IMHO.

 

[HatchtrickBateman]

Still an upgrade over Pateryn IMHO.

I disagree, but I also thought hamhuis and pateryn were completely overused. They seemed very worn towards the back half of the season.

 

[JesusNPucks]

I disagree, but I also thought hamhuis and pateryn were completely overused. They seemed very worn towards the back half of the season.

I agree on both counts: overused and worn out. But I do think Honka is done here and they need to simply move on. Perhaps trade for someone else’s “reclamation project,” for lack of a better phrase.