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10 hours ago, Radical Larry said:

Gonna miss you, Stanky, but Mikko is so damn good. 

agreed. we needed size and skill and unfortunately Stanky could only (marginally) provide one of those. he'll do great in CAR

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Stankoven has the potential to become a brilliant speedster scorer. With proper surroundings, he could develop into an accomplished player.

The Stars, though, have Roope Hintze (usually) in that role. Getting a developed multi-skilled player like Rantanen, signed throughout the prime of his career, significantly upgrades the roster.

Seguin and Benn have more "games played" than "games to play". Leadership will be needed.

Finally, the Avs have to absolutely hate seeing a player they valued come back to the division in the hands of a rival!

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3 hours ago, GoldAppleCorps said:

Stankoven has the potential to become a brilliant speedster scorer. With proper surroundings, he could develop into an accomplished player.

The Stars, though, have Roope Hintze (usually) in that role. Getting a developed multi-skilled player like Rantanen, signed throughout the prime of his career, significantly upgrades the roster.

Seguin and Benn have more "games played" than "games to play". Leadership will be needed.

Finally, the Avs have to absolutely hate seeing a player they valued come back to the division in the hands of a rival!

I said it previously, but I think the Stars were hoping Stank would be another DeBrincat or Garland. Small, but effective. And he still may very well be that, but it was clear with the current makeup of the Stars, that potential was not being realized. I am 100% in favor of the sure thing now (Rantanen) than the promise of what could be - we've been in that mode for a half decade or more. It's time to win.

You're right on Hintz - his major upside is his speed and transition game. Good teams have those players, but you have to balance them with checking forwards. 

Benn and Segs will be around a few more years. They'll take smaller and smaller contracts to stick around and win a few cups. We're flush with leadership players - Esa, Duchy, Granlund even though he's new.

This is the Avs nightmare scenario. We not only signed him, but it a better deal (for us) than he was about to accept in Colorado. Kinda nutty, but I'm stoked to have him. Still weird to see him in green.

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I don't think the Stars had the same lineup twice for any of these 4 road games that took a week to play even though the first two were back to back.

The Jets game in particular was an indication of what playoffs will require. Winnipeg had precision and Dallas didn't. Passes that hit tape instead of skates. Clearing the zone instead of to the line. Pucks sticking to the blade rather than rolling over. Some games, the tactics are correct, but the chemistry is just a touch off. Getting a few healthy bodies to practice together will help.

Even see the OT against the Avs. Dallas gets the opening draw, circles for an attack, and goes offside when a player cuts off his own puck handler at the blue line. The Avs win the new draw cleanly and never give up the puck.

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3 hours ago, GoldAppleCorps said:

I don't think the Stars had the same lineup twice for any of these 4 road games that took a week to play even though the first two were back to back.

The Jets game in particular was an indication of what playoffs will require. Winnipeg had precision and Dallas didn't. Passes that hit tape instead of skates. Clearing the zone instead of to the line. Pucks sticking to the blade rather than rolling over. Some games, the tactics are correct, but the chemistry is just a touch off. Getting a few healthy bodies to practice together will help.

Even see the OT against the Avs. Dallas gets the opening draw, circles for an attack, and goes offside when a player cuts off his own puck handler at the blue line. The Avs win the new draw cleanly and never give up the puck.

yeah, that's been my observation since Rantanen came over - just looking a little out of sorts. Clearly missing Miro and I hope we're not overworking Harley, but getting Segs and Miro back will be huge (assuming we do). but in the meantime the coaches need to zero in on some forward lines and d-pairings that work. doesn't help when Bichsel sits out a game sick (and who knows if he was ill prior). I would try something like this:

Robertson-Hintz-Rantanen
Benn-Johnston-Granlund
Marchment-Duchene-Dadonov
Back-Steel-Blackwell

Harley-Lindell
Bichsel-Ceci
Lyubushkin-Dumba

Whatever the mix, I would stick with it for a few games. We can't afford many more losses, but we need to find some chemistry too, so we gotta balance experiment with results.  I think today was a practice day - hopefully they use it to gel a little better. They'll get there.

 

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