Spits & Suds Podcast

Gavin and Sean answer tweets sent in by listeners.

Golden Knights head coach Bruce Cassidy explains why he is making a change in Goaltending before a pivotal Game 5. We hear from Stars coach Pete Deboer's thoughts on players like Joe Pavelski and Roope Hintz struggling to score. Brent Severyn joined 105.3 The Fan's Shan and RJ to preview Game 5 and we hear his thoughts. 

On the latest Spits and Suds our favorite former Stars Dman, 17 year vet and two time Stanley Cup Champion Craig Ludwig joins Gavin Spittle and gives us the players perspective from the Game 4 victory. Craigs thoughts on wearing helmets in warm ups to avoid injury. A player comparison from his day on Wyatt Johnston. Luds has a new nickname for Logan Stankoven as well. Plus, how to prevent the Vegas odd man breakouts highlighted by Jack Eichel and why Craig thinks it's not a great idea for five Stars Defensemen to be logging so many minutes.

The Dallas Stars have evened the series with the Golden Knights after a 4-2 win in game 4. Host Gavin Spittle and our NHL insider Sean Shapiro recap the win. Gavin makes note of Jake Oettinger saving 65 shots on 69 attempts in the last two games. They give praise to Wyatt Johnston as he had another big goal and has been the best player for the Stars on the ice. They also talk about the 4th line clicking. Even though they won, Gavin and Sean wanted to see more from the Stars offense in the third period. Sean says you can’t go 10 minutes in a playoff game without trying to play offense. The guys discuss what they think Vegas will do in game 5 for adjustments. Sean says you’re noticing the effect of LTIR with the Golden Knights having guys that haven’t played together all season and it’s noticeable. The guys wrap by reading tweets from listeners. 

The Dallas Stars have evened the series with the Golden Knights after a 4-2 win in game 4. Host Gavin Spittle and our NHL insider Sean Shapiro recap the win. Gavin makes note of Jake Oettinger saving 65 shots on 69 attempts in the last two games. They give praise to Wyatt Johnston as he had another big goal and has been the best player for the Stars on the ice. They also talk about the 4th line clicking. Even though they won, Gavin and Sean wanted to see more from the Stars offense in the third period. Sean says you can’t go 10 minutes in a playoff game without trying to play offense. The guys discuss what they think Vegas will do in game 5 for adjustments. Sean says you’re noticing the effect of LTIR with the Golden Knights having guys that haven’t played together all season and it’s noticeable.

The guys read and answer tweets sent in by listeners

The Stars beat the Golden Knights in a massive game 3 overtime win cutting the Golden Knights series lead to 2-1. Host Gavin Spittle is joined by our NHL Insider Sean Shapiro to recap the game. Sean said Johnston’s goal is a season ending saver and how we have a series now. The guys talk about this being one of the better games the Stars have played with all the chances they had and make note Logan Thompson isn’t going to stand on his head every time like he did in this game. Gavin talks about fans sending tweets to him during the game bashing Jake Oettinger. Gavin and Sean both defend Oettinger’s performance. They also make note how massive the 4 on 4 changed the game, which was what Vegas wanted to happen.

Spits and Suds insider Sean Shapiro joins Gavin Spittle for a Game 3 Stars/Vegas preview. Sean gives his thoughts on what the Stars need to change in Game 3. With the injuries, will we see AHL MVP Mavrik Bourque recalled? Sean discusses line changes at Stars practice and why it's more gamesmanship than what we will actually see. Get everything you need heading into Game 3 with Spits and Suds!

Two time Stanley Cup Champion and former Stars Dman joins Spits and Suds to recap a tough Game 2 loss and the adjustments that he feels could help in Game 3. Host Gavin Spittle gets Craig's thoughts as a player with 177 career playoff games, the mindset after that loss and going into Game 3. How does Craig think the Stars can breakthrough in Game 3, how the size of Vegas is giving the Stars fits and much more. It's a complete Stars/Vegas breakdown on Spits and Suds. 

The Stars are down 0-2 after a 3-1 loss in game two against the Golden Knights. Gavin says Vegas is one of the best teams in the playoffs right now, if not the best team in the playoffs right now. Gavin says if the Stars want to win this series, they need to neutralize Jack Eichel. He recaps the game and then reads tweets sent in from frustrated Stars fans.