Texas Stars thread

[ToddM]

As of to-day... like, this very second:

Dickinson >>> Korpikoski/Eakin/Cracknell/McKenzie
Honka >>> Jordie/Oduya/Nemeth/Probably Hamhuis

[ToddM]

Riley Tufte, whom you may remember as our #1 pick last year, was bumped up from the 4th line at Minnesota-Duluth (where he didn't score) to the 1st line, and now is a goal-a-game player ever since. Pretty good for a freshman.

[wonko80]

You should probably include how many games that is. Like is it 2 games or 20 games that he is a goal-a-game player?

[ToddM]

You should probably include how many games that is. Like is it 2 games or 20 games that he is a goal-a-game player?

4 goals in 4 games. That's enough sample size for me.

[ScubaSteve]

I will be sure to congratulate him on his Hobey Baker win and his hat trick in his only career NHL game when I'm ordering my Starbucks in five years.

[Knives Out]

Blolz. Very accurate.

[ToddM]

[BigAl]

He looks like a giant playing with elves.

[ToddM]

Roope Hintz tearin' it up in Finland's top league. Despite missing 13 games (about 25% of the season) with an early injury, he's just outside of the top-ten in scoring.

We also have a goalie in Finland's second league with stellar stats, but we're not going to be talking about Finnish goaltenders any more.

[The Frugal Gourmet]

There are many Hintz that this guy is the real deal.

[ToddM]

I'm not about go get Rooped in, but the kid does seem to have promise.

[Troy McClure]

Has he progressed enough for Nill to R.Hintz his hands of the guy by trading him for goalie help.

[ScubaSteve]

Have they introduced checking into the Eurospare leagues yet?

[The Frugal Gourmet]

Trump has recently demanded that European leagues put in at least the same amount of checking as American leagues, per NATO obligations. It's only fair.

[ToddM]

Just FYI, it's been 23 years since the Stars drafted and developed a good goaltender. Not having an AHL goalie coach might have something to do with that:

http://www.wrongsideoftheredline.com/20 ... lie-coach/

[ScubaSteve]

Roman Turek, Manny Fernandez, Dan Ellis, Mike Smith, etc were all starters in the show for quite a while. There was a point where like 1/6 of all the starting goalies in the league were Stars draft picks. The fact that none of them found success here is another story.

[Troy McClure]

You're still talking a very long time ago since the Stars produced an NHL quality goalie.

[ToddM]

...and which coincides exactly with the hiring of Mike Valley.

[ToddM]

[ScubaSteve]

You are fake news.

[wonko80]

https://twitter.com/coreypronman/status/843973927831506944

If that were anything like the beer league hockey I play, all of his teammates would be screaming "PASS!" the entire rush up the ice.

[ToddM]

So Riley Tufte and his Minnesota-Duluth team will be in the Frozen Four in two weeks. We'll see if he has a Gurianov moment and just takes that shizz over. But probably not, since he's just a freshman, albiet a giant one.

[ToddM]

Tufte takes the ice against Harvard at 6pm on ESPN2, for those of you who enjoy watching hockey and haven't been reduced to a pile of cold, grey ash by this season.

[Jason]

Friday Gurianov with the Stars only goal

Wednesday Gurianov scored the game winning goal

[ToddM]

ROOOOOOOooooOoOOOOPE!!!

[Jason]

[Knives Out]

Dries Hanna is a good riot grrrl band name.

[Eskimo Spy]

Damnit, it actually is.

[ToddM]

[ToddM]

Good read, with pretty gifs, on Gurianov:

https://www.defendingbigd.com/2017/7/10 ... -nhl-ready