Stars 2019 Training Camp and Pre-Season

[LT]

Well there's a lot of expectations for the Stars to succeed this year according to the NHL.com writers.

Stanley Cup predictions for 2019-20

2 have us winning and 5 have us making the Finals? Every writer has us in the playoffs?

15th overall pick, here we come.

 

[serp]

Pretty neat.


Shapiros articles about Finland , Miro and Hintz are also pretty great as well by the way if you have an Athletic subscription.

 

[Satan]

2 have us winning and 5 have us making the Finals? Every writer has us in the playoffs?

15th overall pick, here we come.

Oh shit

 

[Kcb12345]

Couple of Sportsnet writers have us winning the Cup as well (one of which is Elliote Friedman).

A couple also have Klingberg winning the Norris, a bunch with Bishop winning the Vezina, and 5 or so I think have the Stars winning the West

 

[Satan]

Jim Nill got people’s attention with his off-season moves

 

[Smelling Salt]

I'm still not convinced the Stars can score any higher than the bottom 25% of the league, but we'll see. If that is a problem, we'll definitely need another Vezina-type season.

 

[LT]

Jim Nill got people’s attention with his off-season moves

Is this 2014 2015 2016 2017 2019?

 

[Troy McClure]

I'm still not convinced the Stars can score any higher than the bottom 25% of the league, but we'll see. If that is a problem, we'll definitely need another Vezina-type season.

Pavelski will help the offense. Even if he drops off from prior seasons, he will add 20+ goals that simply weren't on the roster last season.

I'm not expecting a huge leap because it still looks like the bottom of the roster will produce nothing, but they should be up into more of the middle of the pack.

 

[serp]

Pavelski will help the offense. Even if he drops off from prior seasons, he will add 20+ goals that simply weren't on the roster last season.

I'm not expecting a huge leap because it still looks like the bottom of the roster will produce nothing, but they should be up into more of the middle of the pack.

It's more important the 3rd and 4th line aren't defensively liabilities and scoring there is secondary . Last year at times those lines got scored on too much and because of it there was a ton of shuffling.

If the top 6 produces and the bottom six doesn't get scored on a ton the team should be good.

 

[Kcb12345]

No Gurianov is kinda a shame. Powerplay is the only spot he felt useful in

 

[LT]

Dowling on the PP?

Kill me now

 

[Kcb12345]

That 2nd unit will never work unless they get a clean zone entry or win an OZ faceoff

 

[LT]

That 2nd unit will never work unless they get a clean zone entry or win an OZ faceoff

Heiskanen will give them great entry after great entry and they’ll f*** every single one of them up

Just role with 2D on the first unit

 

[Satan]

Is this 2014 2015 2016 2017 2019?

I feel like only in 2014-15 people were penciling the Stars in as cup winners though

 

[LT]

I feel like only in 2014-15 people were penciling the Stars in as cup winners though

There definitely were some in 2016-2017, after the season we had. Most people who actually followed the team saw the massive dip on defense, but it seems like a lot of the general public ignored that.

 

[serp]

I feel like only in 2014-15 people were penciling the Stars in as cup winners though

For 2016-17 i saw some mentions.

 

[Satan]

makes sense

idk why members of the media expect a low scoring team with an aging starting goalie to win the cup

 

[Troy McClure]

Dowling on the PP?

Kill me now

Is a better option being left out?

For me the bigger surprise is Lindell playing over Sekera.

 

[serp]

Is a better option being left out?

For me the bigger surprise is Lindell playing over Sekera.

Thats to me looks like a shooting defensive setup on the PP with both Lindell and Heiskanen beeing threats to score with their shots. Radulov and Dowling as primary playmakers and Faksa standing in front of the net.

 

[serp]

Not this is not something we didn't know . Its just official now.

 

[Kcb12345]

Regular season thread time yet?

 

[LT]

Yea I’ll open one later tonight

So Hanzal is on IR but not LTIR, correct?

 

[LT]

Yea I’ll open one later tonight

So Hanzal is on IR but not LTIR, correct?

Yes, per CapFriendly. So we get the spare roster spot but not the cap relief. We haven’t called anyone up because we only have 75K in cap space.

 

[serp]

Since they're so close to the cap we'll see alot of tinkering with LTIR and back for when the team needs an extra and when he goes back. On 75k capspace they can't afford to call somebody up.

Well and also because of the bonus money that could slide over into next year.

 

[Smelling Salt]

Regular season thread is up:

2019-20 Dallas Stars Regular Season Discussion