Spits & Suds Podcast

Gavin and Robert answer questions sent in by listeners.

Gavin recaps the Stars 5-4 win over the Ottawa Senators and talks about how he isn’t happy about this one. He’s relieved they won but they are showing they have some major issues if they are only beating Ottawa 5-4 and were outplayed for the majority of that game. Jake Oettinger got injured in the game and Scott Wedgewood came in relief and played well only allowing two goals. He talks a look at the upcoming game with the Blues and answers questions from listeners. 

With talk about how much better Miro Heiskanen would be if he was on his strong side, Spits and Suds gets the thoughts of two time Stanley Cup Champion Defenseman Craig Ludwig. The guys also discuss the art of checking and taking a hit and how it's leaving the game. Plus our thoughts on the most important player in the Dallas lineup. 

With talk about how much better Miro Heiskanen would be if he was on his strong side, Spits and Suds gets the thoughts of two time Stanley Cup Champion Defenseman Craig Ludwig.

The guys also discuss the art of checking and taking a hit and how it's leaving the game.

A listener brought up that he would like to change the rule of being able to challenge an offsides, Gavin and Craig discuss.

Gavin has Grand Rapids Griffin Cross Hanas on. Cross grew up in Highland Village in Dallas, he talks about how he got into hockey and how his dad grew up in Canada and had a big influence on him to be a hockey fan. Cross talks about his favorite player to watch growing up and the connections he made in Dallas with local players. Cross got injured last year and talks about how that journey was for him. Some of his teammates were called up as the Red Wings have some injuries, he talks about how much he misses home and told them to send him pictures when they were in Dallas. 

Gavin and David recap the Stars win over the Red Wings. Gavin makes note that Detroit was missing some players and the Stars took advantage of that as they lit up James Reimer. Gavin and David talk about Oettinger not getting consistency because they are giving him time off and starting Wedgewood for load management reasons. The guys also discuss possible trade candidates for the Stars to improve the team. Gavin wants to see more shots coming from in front of the net from the Stars moving forward as they started to get some of those as the game moved along against Detroit. 

Former Dallas Stars Assistant GM and NHL Executive for 17 years Frank Provenzano hops on Spits and Suds for some great stories. We pull back the curtain on drafting Alex Ovechkin when he was with Washington, not re-signing Mike Modano in Dallas, the backgrounds on trades, the bankruptcy in Dallas, the Sean Avery incident and more. 

Another loss for the Stars as they drop to the Florida Panthers. Gavin looks at the schedule and talks about the lack of quality wins the Stars have had this season and there aren’t many. He also talks about the Stars being up against the cap and this is the roster they’re set with right now. Gavin wraps with answering Tweets sent in by listeners.