Yes, he has bounced around from team to team, but perhaps he just never really found where he fit in before now.

Teeny splash, ludwig’s mullet? LOL. He doubled his offensive output for the year in just his first game with us (1 goal, 1 assist). He’s made more than a teeny splash. But you are right in that it remains to be seen whether he can continue to provide that kind of steady offense (as with Lehtonen – I love what he did last night, but can he keep it up?). But for right now, I’m enjoying watching Segal play. I’ve seen more passion out of him in seven games than in some people (cough Morrow cough) for most of the year.

From Josh Lile’s blog on HockeyBuzz:

On the season Segal has put up a .9 DGVT value; .4 with the Kings in 6 minutes a game for 25 games, and .5 with the Stars in 10 minutes a game for 6 games. With the Kings, Segal played with terrible teammates. His teammates have an aggregate value of -.382 (Click here to look at the numbers). Only 53 players that have stepped on the ice at all played with worse teammates. Trevor Lewis, Ratis Ivanins, and Brayden Schenn are all right around the Segal mark, which makes you appeciate the work the Kings did at the trade deadline fortifying the bottom 6 with Halpern.

If Crawford keeps sticking with the Morrow-Ribiero-Segal line, I don’t see why he can’t continue this level of play. Playing with skilled linemates can make all the difference (see Jonathan Cheechoo’s Richards trophy season). I don’t see him as a point per game type of guy either, but he could definitely continue to be an impact player.

I wonder if he can keep it up.

I can say this though: I like the start he’s had and he’s a righty (something we’ve sorely needed for a while).

Can he keep it up?

Hockey is all about team and line chemistry. Some players have the ability to play with just about any line configuration and some need the right linemates to shine.

I have a feeling that Segal needs the right linemates and that’s okay if the Stars have a roster full of those potential linemates. I have a feeling that we do.

I’m beeing hopeful that Segal will thrive here in Dallas. We could all use a little hope these days anyway.

Two or three actually, so it’s not like he’s this great finisher or anything, but he works hard and you earn your bounces in hockey so who knows…he’s a guy that’s signed very cheaply for next year and he doesn’t appear to useless like some have recently, so… I like him ( on a team with a budget)

But from what i’ve seen from him so far i’m very pleased. Can he keep it up, only time will tell. He is a real pleasant surprise! Has already made me forget about Brunnstrum………….

The same thing happened to us with Matt Ellis two camps ago. It was a numbers game. I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect a point a game from him no matter where you put him, but he is exactly the kind of guy you can plug into an offensive role for a few games, and he won’t hurt you. Possibly consistency was an issue, but I can’t say I really noticed it. He played a bit with Frolov and Handzus and played well. I believe he played a game with Moller and Corey Elkins, too, which would actually be a pretty good line in a couple of years. THAT DREAM IS DEAD NOW!

Every time a player gets picked up on waivers, there’s a tendency to say, “there must be something wrong with him.” In the post-lockout world, I don’t that’s operational anymore. It might be true (e.g. Cheechoo), but it might just be that a player is coming back from injury, or someone is coming in via trade, or someone is getting called up, and a spot must be made available. That’s how we got Matt Ellis. That’s how we lost Matt Ellis. That’s how we got Kyle Quincey, who could have been rookie of the year last year. Certainly he was one of our two or three best players.

Unlike Connie, who describes herself as neutral on Segal, I liked him from the beginning. I wish we had gotten him a couple of years ago, because it was his age (over 25) that made him eligible for waivers in the first place.