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May 11, 2022 Got A Match?
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45 min
May 09, 2022Yard Sale Or Track Meet?
The Dallas Stars’ postseason to date isn’t made up of especially pretty strokes, but it’s pretty much impossible not to like the whole picture so far.
Wes, Taylor and Rob sat down to discuss what the Victory Green Gang has done right during the past two victories over the Calgary Flames. In this episode:
Are the Stars actually, really built for the Stanley Cup playoffs?
How have they managed to keep the Flames from converting their superior possession metrics into useful offense?
When will Roope Hintz be able to buy a goal again?
Is Jake Oettinger a Vezina-caliber netminder as well as an adorable sea creature?
Is Calgary playing into Dallas’ hands if they try to get edgier and more physical?
And will the series ultimately be decided not by depth scoring, but by the top line that gets going consistently?
Is it all depth scoring if nobody scores? Stargazing is asking the most important questions of our time. And then destroying them. With answers!
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45 min
May 05, 2022 Flame On
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43 min
April 26, 2022 Place Your Bets
It could be a big, big Tuesday for the Leave one at Defending Big D or find us @WesALawrence or @KETibbetts. You could be part of the next podcast.
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37 min
April 23, 2022Have Doubts, Will Travel
“Dallas Stars hockey at its best” means different things at different times. Sometimes it means a cry of pain after another missed opportunity. The Victory Green Gang should have scored at least two victories during their last road trip, and yet they came home with none. What are we supposed to think?
Wes and Mark contemplate whether our team will rise to the occasion or choke another postseason away during the next few days. In this episode:
Does goal differential really matter? Or at least matter as much as we fans like to think?
Can the Stars actually win against teams they should be able to beat?
Will they have to deal with the Vegas Golden Knights the old-fashioned way on Tuesday?
Is Jake Oettinger going through a phase, or should we be worried? And how much of that can be chalked up to the 200-hockey-men baggage attached to young netminders?
Can the Avengers Line carry the Stars the rest of the way?
Has the relentless reality of their bubble-team status left that as the only viable option?
And what will happen if they do make the Stanley Cup playoffs?
Who’s your First Man in Nacho Land? Let’s talk about it. Welcome to Stargazing.
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45 min
April 02, 2022 Middle-Of-The-Road Trip
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39 min
March 24, 2022Point Of No Return
The NHL season’s no-going-back moment is here. Will the Dallas Stars fail all their open quests if they proceed?
Yes, we’re talking about the push for the playoffs, yet again. But this time, Robert Tiffin is back to join Wes Lawrence and Mark Zimmerman. If anyone can game this out, it’s them.
Please note that this cast was recorded before the NHL trade deadline. (And it’s KT’s fault that we haven’t posted it until now. It happens.) With that said...
How much has the team missed Miro Heiskanen?
Has the John Klingberg-Thomas Harley pairing almost, almost made up for it?
Are Joel Kiviranta and Marian Studenic as good together as you think they are?
What good will trade-deadline acquisitions be if the basic lineup doesn’t really change?
And what would you give for a dominant win against a real contending team?
Are you creating enough chances? Think about it. This is Stargazing, the podcast that is not weird about Aleš Hemský, mostly.
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1 hr 2 min
March 12, 2022The Push For The Postseason
We’ve said it over and over again, but the Dallas Stars really are a team for whom anything – whether good or bad – seems possible. With that said, their recent run of play has even the stats gurus liking their chances for the 2022 Stanley Cup race.
Wes and Mark have been watching the Stars’ progress as closely as anyone, and they spent another evening examining the case. In this episode:
Did the recent road trip give the Stars enough momentum to challenge for one of the Central Division’s postseason spots?
Will the emergence of Jason Robertson as an all-world superstar turn out to be the X factor they need?
Does Jake Oettinger have what it takes to backstop a deep playoffs run?
How much should we worry about what could be an extended stay on injured reserve for Miro Heiskanen?
And will the search for depth scoring never really end?
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44 min
February 27, 2022 Schrödinger’s Stars
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47 min
February 18, 2022Texas Stars Update - Spring 2022
Expecting the unexpected is a prerequisite of true Dallas Stars fandom. And the trait of consistent inconsistency runs in the hockey family.
Back in 2021 preseason, the Texas Stars were shaping up to be a potential superpower in the AHL’s Central Division. Since then...well, life happened. Stephen Meserve, editor and mastermind of 100 Degree Hockey, joined Mark and Taylor this week to discuss the season so far, and the outlook for the Stars’ prospects.
In this edition:
Why does the Stars’ blue-chip prospect pipeline keep missing Cedar Park – and how has this affected the team on and off the ice?
How is goaltending shaping up now that Jake Oettinger has moved to Dallas permanently?
Which defenders are performing (or underperforming)?
Why is reigning AHL Rookie of the Year Riley Damiani struggling to put up the kind of numbers he gloried in last season?
What has former Star and new assistant coach Maxime Fortunus brought to the mix?
How have ECHL prospects playing for the Idaho Steelheads factored in?
And will T-Stars head coach Neil Graham be the next big prospect to graduate from Austin Metro?
All this, plus Stephen’s explanation of the AHL’s new playoffs rules, are waiting for you in this week’s Stargazing. You might be able to find better gameday listening, but you’d have to look really, really hard.
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55 min