Spits & Suds Podcast

Dallas takes a 3-0 lead and they give up 4 unanswered to the Florida Panthers. Gavin and David Castillo discuss the Mason Marchment penalty and how it was a major turning point in the game. Gavin says a lot of Jake Oettinger hate on Twitter and Oettinger is not to blame for the loss. Gavin and David talk about the possible matchups for the Stars in the playoffs and who they think Dallas will go up against and who they want to avoid. David says he’s ready for the regular season to be over and the playoffs to begin. The Stars are a great team but is it enough to win a cup? Only the playoffs will answer that question. 

Dallas picks up their 5th straight win after a 4-1 dominant win over the Las Angeles Kings and they finish their road trip with a 3-0 record. Gavin goes through the game and how bad of a start the first 26 seconds were for the Stars and then how fast they turned the game around with 4 straight goals. Gavin looks ahead to the upcoming game with the Florida Panthers Tuesday. He wraps with tweets sent in by listeners.  

It’s 4 wins in a row for the Stars as Dallas scores 3 goals in the first period and don’t look back in a 6-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks. Gavin recaps the win, he loves what he saw from Miro Heiskanen. He thinks this might have been one of Miro’s best game of the year. The Stars caused a lot of traffic in front of the net to make Gibsons uncomfortable. Jake Oettinger had a great performance with 25 saves on 27 shots. As people still question if Jake Oettinger is the same guy as last year, Gavin says don’t hit the panic button on Oettinger. He wraps by answering questions from listeners.

The Las Vegas Golden Knights make a trade at the gun before the trade deadline comes to a close as they get Tomas Hertl from the Sharks. Hosts Gavin Spittle and Sean Shapiro break down the Golden Knights blockbuster deal and go through the big trades that made news this trade deadline. Sean says there really was no other move the Stars could make at the deadline to make them a better team other than the Tanev trade. Gavin and Sean discuss concerns for Miro Heiskanen this season as he has taken a few steps backwards. The guys wrap with twitter questions sent in by listeners.

Stephen Meserve who covers the Texas Stars for 100 degree hockey joins us to update us on the Stars farm system after the Logan Stankoven call up and injuries. Stephen and co host Gavin Spittle dig into Mavrik Bourque's play, Lian Bichsel and would he be up if he wasn't playing overseas, insight on Artem Grushnikov being the player in the Chris Tanev trade and a lot more. Everything you want to know about the Stars future players on this edition of Spits and Suds. 

The Stars score 3 goals in a row in a span of just 2:44 off the clock to overcome a 6-3 deficit to the San Jose Sharks. Gavin talks about how massive it was for the Stars to come away with 2 points in this one. He says the defense didn’t do Jake Oettinger any favors in the game.. Gavin wants to see Heiskanen paired with Tanev now that Tanev arrived and played his first game with the Stars. Wyatt Johnston and Logan Stankoven won this game for the Stars as they combined for 5 goals. The Stars know they stole one and that they have work to do.

Two time Stanley Cup Champion Craig Ludwig joins Gavin Spittle for his weekly visit. Luds lets us know where he feels Tanev will fit best and why? He also tells us as a former player how long it takes to adjust to a new system and teammates. Gavin and Craig also talk Miro Heiskanen, Logan Stankoven and Wyatt Johnston. The guys discuss San Jose as well as which Stars line would an opponent play their top defensive pairing against. Then the guys go old school with different sized rinks, something that is no longer allowed. 

Two time Stanley Cup Champion Craig Ludwig joins Gavin Spittle for his weekly visit. Luds lets us know where he feels Tanev will fit best and why? He also tells us as a former player how long it takes to adjust to a new system and teammates.

Gavin and Craig also talk Miro Heiskanen, Logan Stankoven and Wyatt Johnston. The guys discuss San Jose as well as which Stars line would an opponent play their top defensive pairing against. Then the guys go old school with different sized rinks, something that is no longer allowed.

The Stars beat the San Jose Sharks in a 3-2 shootout win Saturday night. Gavin starts by talking about the Nashville Predators winning 8 in a row and turning their season around completely and also helping the Dallas Stars out with a win over the Colorado Avalanche. Then he goes into the Sharks being a better team than their record shows. Gavin recaps the game and talks about how entertaining the overtime and shootout was. Then he answers questions sent by listeners and talks about the Canucks signing Elias Petterson to an eight-year extension.