Confirmed with Link: Stars sign F Sam Steel (1-year, $850k)
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Troy McClure
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For those wondering how many rookie forwards were going to make the team this season, the Stars are quickly eliminating openings.
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Thats partly why I envisioned Marchment as the odd man out this offseason. I think Duchene in adds more credibility to that theory. Faksa has been floated but he isn’t going to be taking away those guys minutes in the role he plays. Could be way off base.
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I’m happier about this than I should be, but I think at 25 there’s still some un-tapped offense in Steel. He’ll be a 4th liner if you play him with guys like Dellandrea/Faksa/Mush but i could see him rack up more points with a player like Johnston or Duchene on his line.
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He produced very little between Kaprizov and Zuccarello. I don't think he offers any more than we've already seen.
I still like him as a 12-14th forward.
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This is why I'm always annoyed at deals like this and the Smith deal. Granted, both these guys are lightyears ahead of scrubs like Glendening and Kiviranta, these are genuine upgrades. I know that both guys can easily be buried if needed, but this is Jim Nill we're talking about. He's a hoarder. Even if Stankoven or Borque absolutely clown on these guys (or Faksa), it'll take months to adjust. It's like the less extreme version of Oettinger having to beat out the corpses of Khudobin and Holtby to make the team. Or trading Lundkvist to play in front of Harley. Once they sign Dellandrea, that's 13 forwards.
I am genuinely thrilled I never have to hear about how great Glendening is at faceoffs ever again, though.
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But Steel can easily be sent down and the cap covered, Nill has never (that I can remember at least) just opened up a spot and penciled in a rookie, they have to earn a spot over a vet so having cheap deals like Steel and Smith that can put on waivers if one or both of the prospects is fine. Its easier for him to assume a rookie wont make the jump and then waive someone other than hope a rookie is ready and if they aren't then sign someone left over in Sept/Oct
man, we're really gonna miss glendening on the dot.
he was so GREAT at faceoffs.
wasn't he GREAT at faceoffs??
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I’m going to really miss him pinning the puck on the boards in the o-zone while we’re down late in the 3rd.
Nobody was better! A lot of people don't realize he was elite at multiple things.
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If you took a sip of beer every time they mentioned the Stars (and Glendening's) faceoff prowess during a playoff game this year, you would have died of alcohol poisoning before getting through the game.
I don't like Glendening as a player, but my god, it's nothing compared to how annoying the conversation around him is.
He was good at what he was good at, but still "just" a 4th liner, but I think some here compare everyone to Gretsky and find they don't measure up somehow. I don't recall him ever costing us a game, like the Suter turnover, and he played well in the playoffs. Hey, if we, and now a team like TB thinks he has value, he cannot be all bad.If you took a sip of beer every time they mentioned the Stars (and Glendening's) faceoff prowess during a playoff game this year, you would have died of alcohol poisoning before getting through the game.
I don't like Glendening as a player, but my god, it's nothing compared to how annoying the conversation around him is.
Glen was fine IMO. I'd have been OK with him back.
I miss Raffl in our bottom 6.
I miss Raffl in our bottom 6.
Troy McClure
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Magic Mittens
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He was good on the PK, and Hintz and Raff seemed to always get an odd man rush every other game
Raffl was one of our better forwards against Calgary in the playoffs also
Troy McClure
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Getting odd man rushes and doing something with them are two very different things.
Weird, i remember Raffl was one of the better bottom 6 contributors we've had in a long time. Maybe my memory is failing me.
Troy McClure
Suter will never be scratched
Raffl was 7th in ice time per game among forwards. He was 16th in points per 60, behind guys like Tufte and Comeau. Raffl was out there playing a lot and doing little. This is why he’s no longer an NHLer.
