Dallas Stars GM Joe Nieuwendyk Talks With ESPN Dallas

by Brandon Worley on Feb 17, 2010 2:51 PM CST in Dallas Stars General Info

Joe Nieuwendyk spoke with Richard Durrett of ESPN Dallas yesterday, and he talked about a variety of topics including a potential Marty Turco trade, Steve Ott and the team's overall vision for the future. Full interview is here.

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Well, there you go...Just what I was saying earlier in the other thread

I don’t think so. You go through our defense. Who don’t you like? [Nicklas] Grossman and [Stephane] Robidas are fixtures. I like what Trevor Daley brings for us. Would you like to see 20-plus goals from Daley? Absolutely. It’s probably not there. But he brings 22, 23 minutes every night and has great skating ability and is a great defender. We could probably use somebody back there that can add a little more offensively and that’s an area to work on. But our defense, we kind of like them all.

We’ve had growing pains with [Matt] Niskanen, but after Robidas, he’s probably our best puck-moving defenseman and he’s young. Look at the improvement of Mark Fistric. Patience is an important part of it. Who doesn’t like Karlis Skrastins for what he does every night? He puts his body on the line and doesn’t complain. Our defensemen get a bad rap when we say we have to improve our defense. We have to look at that area, but it’s overrated about the wholesale changes people think we need.

Translation: This is your defense. So get over it.

DefendingBigD

by Brad Gardner on Feb 17, 2010 3:13 PM CST reply actions

Kind of makes the what kind of D-man can we swing for Turco argument moot, doesn't it?

by TracyJean on Feb 17, 2010 4:16 PM CST up reply actions

I didn't hear him say that ...

though I actually agree with him. I like all those guys. Doesn’t mean I don’t like them a WHOLE lot more if someone comes in at the top and bumps everybody down one spot though.

by 1paniolo on Feb 18, 2010 1:01 PM CST up reply actions