Dallas Stars Lose 4-1 To Columbus Blue Jackets

They better man up for the Bruins

Note to self, never think that. Ever again.

What an embarrassment

Well, Phoenix was in it til the end. LA got shut out though, and Anaheim down 4-0 to the Nucks.

No compete from the Stars. Goose is a turnover machine. Pardy can’t play worth shit. Loui is invisible. They have a severe case of overpassaitis from last year, and their PP is a disgrace. If I were Joe, I’d light some fire under some asses. This kind of compete level is simply unacceptable.

want to hear the term “Hard to play against” for this team ever again. I am Die hard Stars fan and will be for life, but this team is the " easiest team to play against". If your team is slumping in any area all you have to do is play Dallas. One word fits this team perfectly. LAZY!!!!!!!. That atitude falls on two members of the team and nearly halfway through the season either one or both needs to be replaced. In case you cant figure out the two its the Capt. and Coach.

and was severely disappointed in the fight from the guys. So many turnovers, and nothing that sparked the offense after Fiddler’s goal. Kari looked great for a first game back, although when he did the splits I feared the worst.

On a side note, I liked the organ.

and kill transition.

Goligoski-Grossman
Larsen-Fistric
Daley-Pardy

match up a skater with a defender and at the same time limit smaller players from being man handled and bigger slower defenders from being abused in transition.

Benn getting less PP time than Ott is something that Mark S. or someone needs to demand an explanation from Gultzan about.

I almost don’t want to watch Saturday and watch them get blown out by Boston and then have to listen to all “the fans” up here. But hey stranger things have happened.

And there’s really not much more i can say about tonight, it was a terrible game and hopefully it doesn’t turn into something worse.

Come on guys, look at the team we have.

Lowest payroll, no #1 centre, no first pairing defencemen, rookie coach, a rookie on D and currently our two arguably best defensive defencemen down with injury.

What in God’s name do you expect!?!?

It’s not an excuse for last night, but its more of a reality check, we have a team that shouldn’t be competing as well as it is with the team we have. Sure Tippett somehow does it in Phoenix, but he had years to perfect his system with the Stars to the point it now works with scrubs. Gully hasn’t had those years of experience at this level yet.

As I see it we have what I would call 2 playoff worthy assets. We have Kari Lehtonen, and the Third Line. Both are outstanding in terms of the whole league.

Benn needs to get back to wing, VERY QUICKLY. Tbh stick Ribeiro inbetween Lou and Benn, and see what happens, I’m sure Morrow is skilled enough to not need Ribs. Our PP is bad because, well… were rolling out Grossman at the point with the current injuries, who is as offensively challenged as a Beluga Whale attempting to walk from Texas to New England.

Come on folks, give Gully a chance, we’ve seen them play better this year for extended periods, so I’ve at least got massive faith in this man.

Hope Morrow is okay.

It was good to see Lehtonen back, but I don’t think that he feels good right now.

Next Boston, I get the feeling that I’m not going to like that game.

The Stars are 5-5 in their last 10, almost all of which was without their MVP starting goalie. The Stars still have the lowest or one of the lowest payrolls in the league so they are doing well with what they have. Now if performances like this keep happening over and over, then there’s a problem.
And Morrow needs to friggin stay healthy.

Learning this center role is all well and good on team that is packed with talent, but doing it when all the pressure is on u to perform night in nights out can have a negitive effect on his production.

I would move Ott to center a line with Benn, and Ryder. Get Loui up with Ribs and Morrow and see how that works. Loui and Benn have played well together, and i hate to split them, but Benn has to play wing for me and this is the only way i can think of doing it with the players we have at the mo.

Overall im pleased where we are. It sounds like effort could have been better last night, and has on occasion been sub par some nights this season.
However, look at the Blue Jackets, look at the Ducks, who we are nearly 20 points better off than, and they are spending much more on payroll. Hell, even look at LA, and San Jose, who by rights we have no chance of competing with this season, yet nearly half through we are right there with them.

There is no need to panic, and i expect GM Joe may bring us a trade to help things out now he has the go ahead to spend a little from TG.

Keep the faith

It does not look like we have enough assets to do a trade to improve before the trade deadline. I sort of wish we sit where the Ducks are. At least they are getting into the lottery, and we will end up 9th in the west and draft another dude who could not contribute for another 3 years.

But Joe prefers homegrown talent. I don’t how we could trade for a player that good without giving up essential prospects and draft picks. Of course if they can make a move for someone who is young like Benn and Eriksson then that would be ideal.

Larsen is very young and he will make mistakes and learn from them. Pardy and Fistric are a little older and Pardy got an awesome contract for his abilities obviously so they have no excuses in my opinion.

I keep saying this, but I have no clue what to think about Grossman anymore. I thought he was turning into a great shutdown d man. But whenever he throws the puck into the middle of our defensive zone with opposing players around I wanna throw my face into my tv.

I was pissed at first when she did it, way back in October. Probably not as pissed as the lady who paid over $250 for the package though.