Simply put, Dallas is not making the playoffs

[Habs Halifax]

Simply put, every overreacted thread on HF usually backfires sooner or later.

I like how some people use small sample sizes to "prove" something. I think we should have a credibility aspect to our profiles. Polls are set up and people vote. HF boards tracks the winners and losers and shows your data just like how many likes you receive. This should shut some cranky people up at times.

 

[Holymakinaw]

They might.

 

[glovesave_35]

Well, whatever the personal problem was, Hitch's system would be even tougher for a player like Nichushkin to adjust to.

I never thought Hitch is a good fit to fix Dallas problems. And it shows.

Hitch's system has immediately improved the PK and PP substantially, not to mention the other problem areas which are showing improvement.

I agree that Nichushkin is not going to do well with Hitch or in a Hitchcock system in all likelihood. He isn't exactly blowing the doors off the KHL either. I kind of doubt he comes back or his impact if he does give it another try.

 

[Jarey Curry]

They have had a relatively soft schedule to start the season and they have not looked good. It will only get worse and so will the Stars.

They cannot win on the road and they cannot score 5 on 5.

Their depth on the wing has to be bottom five in the league and there is zero A or even B prospects coming to help in that regard. If you are down in the dumps and you find yourself feeling lost, go ahead and look at the Stars wingers after Rads and Benn and just try not to laugh.

Bishop has been OK but he is not stealing games.

Big brained Nill's drafting has been absolutely horrific. Like, "How is he employed?" bad.

Spezza looks finished.

Hitchcock should have retired.

Source: Stars fan

Simply put, you spoke too soon and counted 20 games instead of 82. It's a damn long season

 

[KingBran]

But I was told Dallas and Nashville would be tops in the west and that St. Louis and Winnipeg would be at the bottom of the conference.

 

[Dr Pepper]

But I was told Dallas and Nashville would be tops in the west and that St. Louis and Winnipeg would be at the bottom of the conference.

I don't think I read anything on here about St. Louis being at the bottom of the West. Where are you getting your intel?

 

[TitansVolsPreds615]

I don't think I read anything on here about St. Louis being at the bottom of the West. Where are you getting your intel?

Manufactured in his own head.

 

[KingBran]

I don't think I read anything on here about St. Louis being at the bottom of the West. Where are you getting your intel?

Manufactured in his own head.

Multiple pre-season rankings had them at the bottom from various media outlets and even posters here. There is a guy here who posts for an HF affiliate that had STL at 24th in the league before the season and a the hockey guy at USA Today had the Blues at 29th.

So no. Not in my head [mod].

 

[TitansVolsPreds615]

So two small time bloggers predicted it and it was the gospel? It certainly isn't the consensus that you are implying it was.

 

[Atas2000]

Hitch's system has immediately improved the PK and PP substantially, not to mention the other problem areas which are showing improvement.

I agree that Nichushkin is not going to do well with Hitch or in a Hitchcock system in all likelihood. He isn't exactly blowing the doors off the KHL either. I kind of doubt he comes back or his impact if he does give it another try.

All Hitch improvements have not resulted in a winning team. There is a pattern. The leades are wildly inconsistent. Bottom 6ers are scoring. Team is losing all the tough games. I've seen it before. It is a pattern of a team that is not using it's assets properly.

Don't forget tgat winning games is more important than being great on special teams.

 

[Smelling Salt]

Hahah thanks for the bump. The thread was born out of extreme frustration and a bit of booze.

Seriously as a fan of the team since the early 80s I'm glad they have turned it around but there is still alot of hockey left too.

[mod]

 

[KingBran]

Multiple pre-season rankings had them at the bottom from various media outlets and even posters here. There is a guy here who posts for an HF affiliate that had STL at 24th in the league before the season and a the hockey guy at USA Today had the Blues at 29th.

So no. Not in my head creppy stalker Perds fan who has to respond to every post I make. That's where the intel came from Mr. Pepper.

So two small time bloggers predicted it and it was the gospel? It certainly isn't the consensus that you are implying it was.

Are you really that dense? Or just internally acting like you cannot read? I don't remember every. single. article. I ever read on the preseason. I said "MULTIPLE" and gave some examples including a nationally recognized newspaper and someone who posts / writes for HF.

Seriously. Your agenda is tired and old. You don't like me because I didn't hop on the Perds bandwagon last year. Your whining / quoting / stalking of me is very sad.

 

[dechire]

All Hitch improvements have not resulted in a winning team. There is a pattern. The leades are wildly inconsistent. Bottom 6ers are scoring. Team is losing all the tough games. I've seen it before. It is a pattern of a team that is not using it's assets properly.

Don't forget tgat winning games is more important than being great on special teams.

Uhh have you actually watched the Stars this season ? The past week or two aside, the Stars' biggest issue has been the lack of secondary scoring.

Also, 16-10-1. 11th in point %. Not sure why you keep saying that Dallas isn't a winning team.

 

[BrettHullsToe]

Who knew that the secret to winning was there all along - just gotta wear the yellow laces.

 

[MajorLeafsFan]

Who knew that secret to winning was there all along - just gotta wear the yellow laces.

They should just announce that they're wearing the yellow laces for the rest of the season. Teams try to break their skate laces, and the Stars beat them because of it

 

[LetsGoBLUES91]

I got roasted here in the summer for saying Nill was a overrated GM and i think he got ranked pretty high by people here. But man o man for their sake hopefully they get some upcoming games against the Canucks to boost their confidence

You get roasted for a lot of things, bud.

 

[MajorLeafsFan]

As long as Janmark and Faksa keep scoring, and their PK remains top 5, the Stars should be okay

 

[Ainec]

Hahah thanks for the bump. The thread was born out of extreme frustration and a bit of booze.

Seriously as a fan of the team since the early 80s I'm glad they have turned it around but there is still alot of hockey left too.

I admit that beating Chicago back to back recently did make my nipples hard.

No problem

I can never bump my own threads cause they get locked

 

[Atas2000]

Uhh have you actually watched the Stars this season ? The past week or two aside, the Stars' biggest issue has been the lack of secondary scoring.

Also, 16-10-1. 11th in point %. Not sure why you keep saying that Dallas isn't a winning team.

People will keep on trying to hang on talking about stats. I actually watch how the team plays. We just can wait and see. The problems of the team won't go away.

 

[M2Beezy]

You get roasted for a lot of things, bud.

Stay on topic pal

 

[MajorLeafsFan]

Put up an interesting stat on the broadcast last night. Last time the Stars won 5 in a row, was November 12-21, 2015 (during their great season). I'm hoping they can keep this up, otherwise, I might die in waiting for the second cup

 

[glovesave_35]

All Hitch improvements have not resulted in a winning team. There is a pattern. The leades are wildly inconsistent. Bottom 6ers are scoring. Team is losing all the tough games. I've seen it before. It is a pattern of a team that is not using it's assets properly.

Don't forget tgat winning games is more important than being great on special teams.

They are winning a lot these days. Now that they are finally getting scoring from their depth players. Not sure what you mean by leaders being wildly inconsistent. They were the only ones scoring for a long time.

 

[MBTendy]

Classic example of early season overreaction.

 

[Bjorn Le]

Faksa looks great this season.

 

[Kalamazoo Wings]

I still think this team has it's fair share of warts. I like what Hitch has done for the special team and the latest winning streak is nice and all, but this is still a bubble/WC team. I just don't see them finishing ahead of the 3 teams in front of them in the central right now (NSH, STL, WPG).

This thread might be overreaction, but I still feel like this thread gets a few more bumps when the team streaks in either direction. It's just nice to know the Stars can put more than a few wins together at a time... a vast improvement over last year.