Spits & Suds Podcast

Host Gavin Spittle joined Trevor Harris on the Upper Bowl Podcast. The guys talk about the parity in the NHL, the state of the Dallas Stars after the first 20+ games into 2025, the depth for teams that are trying to contend, the amount of injuries in the league and the compressed schedule with the Olympics this year, the Winter Classic coming to Arlington Texas and much more!

The Stars absolutely rolled from start to finish against the Edmonton Oilers. Host Gavin Spittle makes note of the Stars not having Mikko Rantanen because of the one game suspension and they didn’t skip a beat. Jamie Benn scored his 400th career goal. Nathan Bastian had a fantastic performance in place of Rantanen. Dallas did what they needed to do on defense to make Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl a non factor. Gavin talks about the discipline from the Stars in this game. They only took one penalty and they killed off the Oilers power play. Jason Robertson continued his point streak, he continued on his heater. Gavin goes through tweets from the Sudsies and shares a heartfelt story.   

It was an ugly loss for the Dallas Stars against the Calgary Flames, 3-2 in a shootout. Host Gavin Spittle talks about the sloppy play from the Stars in this game. They went 0-4 on the power play and allowed two power play goals to the worst power play in the NHL.  He notes Miro Heiskanen and his on ice time being more than 50% of the game and Jason Robertson continuing his point streak going. Then Gavin goes into the Mikko Rantanen hit and explains the process the NHL player safety will go through to determine the punishment for Rantanen. He wraps with tweets from the Sudsies.

The Stars beat Vancouver 4-2 and continue to find ways to win, despite the injuries they continue to deal with. NHL Insider Sean Shapiro joins host Gavin Spittle to discuss the win and the success this team has had through the first 21 games of the season. The guys talk about Mikko Rantanen and how special of a talent he is and Jake Oettinger’s brilliant effort after the first period in the Canucks game. Justin Hryckowian continues to impress, the guys discuss how well he’s played this season. New broke today Connor Hellebuyck is going to be out 4-6 weeks from knee surgery, could this take him out of the Olympics? They wrap with a chuckle for how little a 2,000 dollar fine is to Mikko Rantanen for his embellishment fine.     

News broke today Connor Hellebuyck is going to be out 4-6 weeks from knee surgery, could this take him out of the Olympics? They wrap with a chuckle for how little a 2,000 dollar fine is to Mikko Rantanen for his embellishment fine.

The Stars beat Vancouver 4-2 and continue to find ways to win, despite the injuries they continue to deal with. NHL Insider Sean Shapiro joins host Gavin Spittle to discuss the win and the success this team has had through the first 21 games of the season. The guys talk about Mikko Rantanen and how special of a talent he is and Jake Oettinger’s brilliant effort after the first period in the Canucks game. Justin Hryckowian continues to impress, the guys discuss how well he’s played this season.

David Castillo from Stars Stack joins host Gavin Spittle to talk about Adrian Kempe’s contract extension with the Kings and if it will cause a price hike on Jason Robertson’s contract negotiations. The guys talk about Patrick Roy’s reaction to Mikko Rantanen’s hit and if Rantanen should have been suspended. Gavin and David debate if the Stars should juggle some lines up during this upcoming road trip. Some updates on the injury front and what the lines could look like for when this team is fully healthy. Gavin and David talk about teams playing above expectations in the Western Conference and that will continue. The guys reminisce about the career for Ralph Strangis after he was inducted into the Hall Of Fame. 

Gavin and David talk about teams playing above expectations in the Western Conference and if that will continue. The guys reminisce about the career for Ralph Strangis after was inducted into the Hall Of Fame.

The guys talk about Patrick Roy’s reaction to Mikko Rantanen’s hit and if Rantanen should have been suspended. The guys debate if the Stars should juggle some lines up during this upcoming road trip. Some updates on the injury front and what the lines could look like for when this team is fully healthy.

David Castillo from Stars Stack joins host Gavin Spittle to talk about Adrian Kempe’s contract extension with the Kings and if it will cause a price hike on Jason Robertson’s contract negotiations.