2018 Dallas Stars wasted season thread

[Pato del Muerto 52663]

So here we are. 

[cactusflinthead 27609]

sigh. makes me want to hit things

[cactusflinthead 27609]

just like that motherfucker

[Continental Op 3934]

This team sucks. 

[Gardner Barnes 1562]

Fuck you bitches.  It could be worse. You could have millions tied up in a 97 year old defenseman. 

 

3 cups tho. 

[Gardner Barnes 1562]

 

Holy shit

I love this new site. My collar has been taken off and locked out.   I’m allowed to post in you losers thread again 

Edited March 26, 2018 by Gardner Barnes

[Guest Mileslong]

What a beautiful game by Kari, I hope we can sign him to about a ten year contract 

[Skipper 6244]

New Board, same shitty ass team

[Hornstrader 179]

gutless

[Longhorn_Fan68 33901]

I'm here for the gangbang

[Buzzrock 15004]

Does this replace the old MLS thread?

[vtaenz 602]

Gardner made it. 

 

...sweet

[Constant 6758]

I want to drown Kari in the Trinity. 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33901]

At least someone has played to their potential this season: https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/mattias-janmark-named-stars-nominee-for-masterton-trophy/c-297379340

[Skipper 6244]

Per an article in The Athletic, Stars had 80 points through 66 games.  Since 06, 101 teams had 80  points after 66 and all made the playoffs.  Stars playoff odds currently at 1%.  That is one epic collapse.

[Mileslong 4729]

I better not see that pile of garbage lehtonen in a Stars uniform next year.

he is unrestricted free agent and making fucking almost $6mil a year which makes him like the fourth highest paid player on the damn team.  Trails Benn, Rads and fucking Spezza at $7.5m !!!!! He is also unrestricted.

they both better be gone next year, give the money to someone who deserves it, Seguin.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33901]

So I guess we just needed Shaggy to die. #silverlinings

[C-Man 27293]

Lehtonen was terrific last night. Good win, albeit too little too late.

[Bill Brasky 1468]

At least they didn't waste his good effort last night like they had in other losses during the streak from hell 

[Firemans4Horn 18186]

Spezza has another year at $7.5m. 

Hopefully a new coach can can get something out of him. 

[Mileslong 4729]

3 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Spezza has another year at $7.5m. 

Hopefully a new coach can can get something out of him. 

i thought he was unrestricted free agent after this year...

[Shooter 5]

Spezza's contract expires after next year. Same with Seguin's.

[vtaenz 602]

we suck

 

#5secondkari

Edited March 30, 2018 by vtaenz

[Mileslong 4729]

10 second Kari, DIAF

 

[Firemans4Horn 18186]

Cool season. The Titanic didn’t take on water this fast. 

[cactusflinthead 27609]

This sucks

[Jive Turkey 12672]

Can we sign the Chicago emergency goalie? He’s an accountant. Should be able to get him. 

 

Edited March 30, 2018 by Jive Turkey

[Jive Turkey 12672]

https://deadspin.com/blackhawks-play-36-year-old-local-accountant-as-emergen-1824199592

[SmokeyBear1861 107]

On 3/28/2018 at 5:45 PM, Shooter said:

Spezza's contract expires after next year. Same with Seguin's.

Lets resign Seguin.

Get a new coach. Focus on defense and keeping a good formation.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33901]

Not sure if anyone is planning to go to the game tomorrow but I'm coming up with a dozen or so stars fans from Austin tomorrow. Hmu if you want to meet up. Team may suck, but Mo will be in the house and that's reason enough to celebrate 

Edited March 31, 2018 by Longhorn_Fan68

[Longhorn_Fan68 33901]

Well, you missed a good game. Go stars

[Mileslong 4729]

That was a fun game, hope you guys had fun

[vtaenz 602]

Mathematically eliminated

[Longhorn_Fan68 33901]

Go Texas Stars! 

 

 

Sigh.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33901]

nobody wants to talk about Jamie's second goal from last night?

[Mileslong 4729]

So Jaime had a hat trick and I missed the entire game. Would have been worth it just to see Kari not in net

[Ebeye 116]

23 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

nobody wants to talk about Jamie's second goal from last night?

Beastmode Jaime would have been useful during that losing streak 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33901]

8 hours ago, Ebeye said:

Beastmode Jaime would have been useful during that losing streak 

Actually he was one of the few playing well during that stretch. He had 8 goals and 8 assists (and 6 of those 16 points were on the power play) in 17 games in  March. It's hard to blame Jamie for where the team is right now.

[Ebeye 116]

9 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

Actually he was one of the few playing well during that stretch. He had 8 goals and 8 assists (and 6 of those 16 points were on the power play) in 17 games in  March. It's hard to blame Jamie for where the team is right now.

True.  The sins of the team fall to the captain though, founded or not.  At the end of the day, I think it is really more Hitchcock's system, the lack of another scoring line, and Bishop going down in no particular order.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33901]

I think the collapse has more to do with Hitch than any one or group of players. In the pursuit to round out the defense and goaltending he all but neutered the offense. I was reticent about him coming back, and now I'm convinced he's not the right fit for this team.

[Ebeye 116]

Yeah, I think he will be shuffled upstairs after this season.  It will be interesting to see who is the next (hopefully) coach.

[Pato del Muerto 52663]

I’ve seen this movie. After Hitchcock it’s tippetts turn again 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33901]

I know no one cares, but McKenna getting the start tonight. Guessing it's Kari tomorrow night. Win out and at least feel good going into next season.

And of course the hockey gods gave us a b2b on the west coast to end the season. This schedule was kinda stacked against us this year.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33901]

Benn with a natural hat trick in the first period with 5 minutes to go. Sigh, what could have been

[cactusflinthead 27609]

Tiny Razor and Luds on the radio sound awful

a wasted hat trick in a wasted season

I can't root for the Preds, I just can't

[mdmost 43074]

This is fine

 

 

[cactusflinthead 27609]

Hitch is retiring to upstairs. Breaking on the little ticket

[Firemans4Horn 18186]

Nill has to get this hire right or else he’ll be gone next year. I went back and looked at his draft record and it is hot garbage. 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33901]

15 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Nill has to get this hire right or else he’ll be gone next year. I went back and looked at his draft record and it is hot garbage. 

Huh? How did you reach that conclusion? We have probably the top defenseman prospect in the league and several forwards that are going to play in the bigs. The goalie pipeline is very strong too 

[Firemans4Horn 18186]

Lulz. He’s been here since 2013 and we had Julius Honka and Remi Elie (14 points in 72 games) as the best players he’s drafted to help our team last year. 

 

The Athletic ranked the Stars 28th out of 30 teams in draft record from 2011-2015

https://theathletic.com/277861/2018/03/20/from-worst-to-first-ranking-how-each-nhl-team-performs-at-the-draft/

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/blackoutdallas.com/2018/03/23/dallas-stars-issues-poor-drafting-nill/amp/

 

When you’ve been the GM for five years, the players you helped scout, draft, and develop should be making a difference for the NHL club by now. Well, let’s take a look at every major, top two-round selection Nill has been in charge of.

• 2013: Valeri Nichushkin, Jason Dickinson, Remi Elie
• 2014: Julius Honka, Brett Pollock
• 2015: Denis Gurianov, Roope Hintz
• 2016: Riley Tufte
• 2017: Miro Heiskanen, Jake Oettinger, Jason Robertson

There are zero current impact players on the list. From 2013, Nichushkin is playing in Russia as a KHLer, Dickinson is perpetually up and down between the Dallas Stars and Texas Stars (AHL), and Elie is a bottom-six checking-line player with little offensive output.

2014’s Draft was no better. Though Honka has a 50-60 point ceiling, he has yet to consistently crack the Dallas lineup and impose his offensive skill. Pollock is a wasted pick, in a sense, traded away for Kris Russell two trade deadlines ago and playing for the Calgary Flames’ AHL club.

2015 can be marked as a success as Gurianov and Hintz will be NHLers sooner or later, but the players drafted around the first-round Russian currently with Texas – like Mat Barzal, Kyle Connor, and Jake DeBrusk – show the error of Nill’s way.