Spits & Suds Podcast

Our Spits and Suds Stars/NHL Insider Sean Shapiro joins us for his weekly visit. Sean and Gavin discuss Pete DeBoer's comments and some changes coming out of Friday's practice that we might see Saturday afternoon against Philadelphia. Can this team hold up defensively? Sean gives his thoughts on the lines that he would like to see and why plus some interesting notes on the early success of Victory Plus. 

The Stars lose 3-2 in a shootout to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Host Gavin Spittle opens up with Pete DeBoer’s comments after this game. DeBoer wasn’t happy with the effort from his team and Gavin agrees with what he had to say. Casey DeSmith stole them a point with the performance he had in regulation. Gavin reads tweets from listeners to wrap. 

Professional Coach and Analyst Jack Han joins host Gavin Spittle talks about his journey from China to working with teams around the world at the highest level. Jack has a new book out Hockey Tactics 2025 and the guys discuss modern day analytics and strategies that teams use as well as Jack's thoughts on the Dallas Stars and head coach Pete DeBoer. Jack explains why the slap shot is going away, why the drop back pass happens on the Power Play and what analytics work best for hockey fans. 

After multiple trades and the highest prospects now flourishing for the Dallas Stars, D Magazine's David Castillo joins host Gavin Spittle to talk about the next wave of prospects that you might not have heard of and how they are playing in Junior Hockey as well as in College. David also gives his thoughts on last night's Stars OT win, the NHL Playoff format as well as how far Dallas can go without Miro Heiskanen.  

The guys also discuss the Stars goaltending prospects and talk about the NHL playoff picture.

After multiple trades and the highest prospects now flourishing for the Dallas Stars, D Magazine's David Castillo joins host Gavin Spittle to talk about the next wave of prospects that you might not have heard of and how they are playing in Junior Hockey as well as in College.

Host Gavin Spittle and D Magazine's David Castillo recap the Stars win against the Ducks.

Mikael Granlund’s game winner in overtime gives Dallas a 4-3 win against the Anaheim Ducks. Host Gavin Spittle explains why this was a huge win for the Stars. Thomas Harley had a massive game with a goal and two assists. Gavin says Miro Heiskanen needs to be 100% or he doesn’t play in the first round of the playoffs because you have to look at the future for Dallas next season and how you don’t want to start the 2026 season with Miro hurt. He addresses the penalties and what Matt Duchene had to say in postgame about how they need to clean up those penalties. He wraps by going through tweets sent in by listeners. 

The Stars lose to Winnipeg 4-1 Friday night. Host Gavin Spittle opens up with the way the playoff format used to be and how it would benefit the Stars better if the playoffs were set up the way they used to be. As hockey fans doubt Connor Hellebuyck in the playoffs, Gavin doesn’t want Dallas to face the Jets. They have the Stars number and have dominated the entire league. He goes through how efficient Winnipeg’s offense was on the goals they scored and how the Stars defense just couldn’t keep up.  

The Stars face the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night. To break it down, Connor Hrabchak who covers the Jets, joins host Gavin Spittle. The guys talk about the trade deadline and how the Jets had a disappointing one by not addressing a second line center. The guys discuss the Mikko Rantanen deal for the Dallas Stars and how it was nice for two weeks for the Jets to avoid him when he was in Carolina, but now he’s going to be in Dallas for the next 8 years. The guys look ahead at the playoffs and what kind of run Connor thinks Winnipeg can have. Connor warns the Stars to not take a penalty because this Jets power play has been really good. The narrative of Connor Hellebuyck not being able to win the big games is a narrative people in Winnipeg are tired of.