GDT: Kraken at Stars, 18 Dec

[Fuhrious]

First time seeing the Stars since last season's playoff ouster. Team is largely the same : added Duchene; Pavelski, Robertson and Hintz are still really good. 3W and 2L in their last 5 but have gotten thumped by VGK recently along with playing struggling teams like STL (OT loss Saturday night) and OTT (5-4 W Friday night) very close.

Dont know if my usual embed from the team's Twitter account will work; it's my understanding that those have been broken from Twitter's end recently?

Heard on Saturday night's Kraken game that Oettinger might have been injured; Wedgewood has been announced.

I havent seen any updates on Eberle (unknown return), Schultz (unknown return), Gru (24 Dec listed return) or Bura (unknown return). Will update when/if a Kraken goalie is announced.

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[The Marquis]

My favorite NHL team vs. my least favorite. Go Kraken!

 

[RainyCityHockey]

@Fuhrious
Grubauer has been ruled out "week-to-week".

That usually means about a month and given how he went down it looked like his groin exloded.

Anyways, let's see if the Kraken are able to overcome their injuries and, at best, inconsistent play this season.

 

[Fuhrious]

@Fuhrious
Grubauer has been ruled out "week-to-week".

That usually means about a month and given how he went down it looked like his groing exloded.

Anyways, let's see if the Kraken are able to overcome their injuries and, at best, inconsistent play this season.

Fair enough, I usually just post what Puckpedia shows as the team’s injury info at the time I make the thread.

 

[majormajor]

My favorite NHL team vs. my least favorite. Go Kraken!

I watch a lot of random games around the league and now I'm trying to remember the last time I rooted for the Stars to win one. I came up with a blank. Maybe all the way back to Ed Belfour!

 

[The Marquis]

I watch a lot of random games around the league and now I'm trying to remember the last time I rooted for the Stars to win one. I came up with a blank. Maybe all the way back to Ed Belfour!

I stopped cheering for them the day they moved to Dallas. I was a North Stars fan growing up. I was pissed and as such have hated the stars ever since. Oddly the North Stars jersey I have is the one they used their last season in Minnesota, which was only changed by adding the state of Texas to the shoulder when they moved, so I sort of hate that jersey too.

 

[kihei]

I liked the franchise well enough when Mike Modano played. The move to Texas royally pissed me off. Never paid much attention to them after that...until last year's ouster. So now I hate 'em, too.

Well, that didn't take long.

 

[kihei]

The D looked bad on that one. This is going way too easy for Dallas so far.

 

[kihei]

I thought the effort was better in the last ten minutes of the period, but, still, too many giveaways and odd man rushes. Dallas looked way the better team.

 

[kihei]

Tatar halves the lead at 32 seconds, but Duchene restores the lead a few minutes later.

 

[Fuhrious]

Third one is on Dumolin for that brainless half-power backhanded blind chuck up the boards directly into the Stars players stick, leading to the extended zone pressure, the delayed penalty, the longest 6 on 5 I’ve ever seen, and the eventual goal.

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Just saw on the score sheet Tatar potted his first as a Kraken,Nice

Tatar halves the lead at 32 seconds, but Duchene restores the lead a few minutes later.

This team is looking like the First year team a bit with giving up goals right away after scoring themselves...yikes

 

[Fuhrious]

Stars looking far more dangerous in the 2nd

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Nice patience by Eberle and great goal by Beniers

 

[Fuhrious]

And as soon as I hit Post Reply, Beniers scores!

 

[kihei]

Terrific play by Eberle to set up Matty. Back withing one goal.

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

I thought the effort was better in the last ten minutes of the period, but, still, too many giveaways and odd man rushes. Dallas looked way the better team.

Its times like this when I think GMFrancis needs to blow things up and extra extra draft choices for coming UFA's

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Close...

 

[Fuhrious]

ludicrously soft penalty…

 

[kihei]

I spent the first ten minutes of the game thinking "damn, we are just not that good" and the rest of the game thinking "wow, we can win this thing." Suffice it to say, the Kraken have finally shown up and an entertaining game has emerged.

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Good to see the Scot doing the game

 

[The Marquis]

Tatar and Beniers seem to have some chemistry.

 

[Toomany7pins]

And as soon as I hit Post Reply, Beniers scores!

Start smashing the reply button brother. You got the gift, use it!!!

 

[Fuhrious]

Stuck with a Stars stream tonight, honestly not as bad as some (I particularly dislike listening to the Avs crew, such nonstop homers) but does make you realize how good Kraken fans have it. The team definitely nailed the broadcast crew imo…

 

[kihei]

Damn good penalty kill. Let's build on it.