2022-2023 Stars Regular Season Thread

[The Frugal Gourmet]

who is scott reedy?

[slaps]

Titling everything "Breaking" is obnoxious.

[Knives Out]

who is scott reedy?

My boss explained it as follows:

"Reedy plays the Dallas way; Bigger etc.
More NHL experience too."

I liked JP as depth, but I guess I'm placated. Whatever LOL.

[Troy McClure]

who is scott reedy?

He’s a body for the AHL team.

[Troy McClure]

Thrown into the Klingberg trade was Sustr. He’s a name I’ve heard watching games, but I don’t think I ever realized how he spelled his name. Also, Andrej Sustr has a funny career path:

- Undrafted free agent signing by Tampa
- Signed with the Ducks
- Signed with Tampa
- Waiver claim by the Ducks
- Signed with the Wild
- Traded to the Ducks

[Knives Out]

WTF IS GOING ON LOL

[The Frugal Gourmet]

is that marky mark?

[Knives Out]

Yes.

[The Frugal Gourmet]

ok then

[Troy McClure]

He's in Dallas for something. It was mentioned on the Ticket yesterday, but I don't remember why.

[The Frugal Gourmet]

Probably to plug his new movie about a guy with a Boston accent who either commits or prevents crimes.

[ScubaSteve]

When did Mark Wahlberg get cancer?

[mookie1010]

He was at Specs selling his tequila according to the passengers I had last night.

[ToddM]

These Czech dudes are high on the Stars, even moreso if/when our Big 3 graduate into legit NHL stars in 2025ish:

[Troy McClure]

Here you go, Knives

[ScubaSteve]

These Czech dudes are high on the Stars, even moreso if/when our Big 3 graduate into legit NHL stars in 2025ish:

A good counterpoint to this argument is actually watching the Stars play

[slaps]

I've been hearing about how the Stars are poised to dominate for a decade now. It's tiresome. I've watched plenty of other teams go from middling or bad to perennial Cup contenders through aggressive smart moves. I've watched the Stars claw their way all the way up to being a "maybe" for the playoffs almost every year.

[B Kat]

It's true that we have some really good players under reasonable contracts and a couple nice looking prospects in the pipeline, but it takes a lot more than that to dominate.

For example, playing well in the last minute.

[Troy McClure]

And they need serious D help in the future. They need at least two of Lundkvist, Harley, Bichsel, and Kyrou to make it as quality NHLers. Right now, we can't say any of them are going to be very good, which is always the challenge with prospects. A guy like Lindell might be approaching retirement age before we see the two recent draft picks getting full time NHL.opportunities.

Or the likely answer is that if the forward prospects are as awesome as we hope they are, they'll be the trade source to add help on defense down the road.

[Math]

Having Suter off the books will be an immediate improvement to the D and clearing some cap space at the same time.

Then, the Stars would need a good puck mover offensive-minded Dman. Can Lundkvist improve significantly to be that guy? Maybe, and it better be as I don't have much faith or hope in Harley. A big talented physical top-4 defenseman is a must IMO, see Bischsel for that... About Lindell, we can have a way cheaper option to fill his role as a 4th/5th/6th Dman.

[ScubaSteve]

It's true that we have some really good players under reasonable contracts and a couple nice looking prospects in the pipeline, but it takes a lot more than that to dominate.

For example, playing well in the last minute.

They had Klingberg on a Faksa-money contract for 7 years, several of which overlapped with Miro on an ELC, and they were canceled out by the Benn and Seguin dead weight money, just like Robertson and Hintz are now.

[Troy McClure]

Looks like Lundkvist is going to go back to the scratch list.

If the team doesn't think he has it, why not call up Harley and give him a shot? They're running out of season to figure out who they trust as their #6 guy.

[ScubaSteve]

I’m not gonna look it up, but probably not enough cap space to have an extra guy on the roster sitting idle. The roster size limit goes away after the trade deadline I believe, but the cap does not.

[ToddM]

I think Harley might've "played" too many games last season for him to clear waivers, too.

[Troy McClure]

I’m not gonna look it up, but probably not enough cap space to have an extra guy on the roster sitting idle. The roster size limit goes away after the trade deadline I believe, but the cap does not.

That's true. This problem may solve itself soon. Both Wedgewood and Glendening are going on the road trip and are expected to start playing again soon. This means Murray and Olofsson will get sent back down to the AHL. Maybe then we'll see if Harley gets a shot.

I think Harley might've "played" too many games last season for him to clear waivers, too.

Capfriendly says he's still waiver exempt for a while.

[Knives Out]

It’s Kyrou time.

[Knives Out]

[Jason]

[Troy McClure]

Pretty funny. The Stars post this tweet, and minutes later DeBoer lets Stars media know he's still scratching Lundkvist.

[Knives Out]