Stargazing: Razor Fights Back, Waiting for Richards Update, Lindgren Excelling in Europe

by Brad Gardner on Mar 3, 2011 12:02 PM CST in Dallas Stars News

While we anxiously await word from Phoenix about Brad Richards status for Friday night in Anaheim, here's some lunch time reading to keep everyone busy.

It appears the cries of the Stars fan have indeed been heard on high by the Razor boy himself and he doesn't share their point of view. Apparently the loquacious pontificator would walk into an MLB dugout, callously point at the scoreboard, and with a cheek full of sunflower seeds loudly ejaculate "HEY LOOK HE'S GOT A NO HITTER GOING!"

From Mr. Reaugh's blog...

So you Easter Bunny, Unicorn believing conspiracy theorists out there, step into the reality lounge. Kari's last two shutout bids were foiled by: A Goligoski high sticking penalty and ensuing Tomas Holmstrom powerplay goal in Detroit. And, a blown coverage followed by a defenseman's slow-boots inability to retrieve a dump-in and make a play late in the game last night.

Oh don't I wish I had the kind of power of speech that some amongst you feel I possess. If I could say a word and have the opposite happen I'd rule the globe. Words like: broke, abstain, and loser would constantly be on the tip of my tongue - not to mention, ugly.

Ah, he's probably right and we love him to death, but sports fans can't be blamed for being a superstitious bunch.

Mike Heika has a great piece on Jamie Benn and his dominance lately. It's not behind the pay wall. At least not if you have a free account there I think. [DMN]
Foxnews.com, of all places, has a great read on Perttu Lindgren, the former Dallas Star prospect. He's having a sensational season in Europe and appears very happy with his progress. He was an RFA last off-season, Dallas made him an offer, but he chose to go back overseas. The Stars retain his North American rights...not sure if anything can come of it for Dallas, however. [FoxNews]
When Mike Milbury says you made the right move (in holding onto Brad Richards) you know you're in trouble. [Pro Hockey Talk]
Stepneski updates the playoff race. If the Red Wings are going to let lousy teams like Anaheim beat them this is going to be much harder than I'd hoped. [ESPN Dallas]
'Stars seek a turnaround' [The Hockey Writers]
Matt Hulsizer is the man who is currently trying to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes. It has been said recently though that if things continue to go south he will pull out and seek to buy ANOTHER franchise. No word on what franchise that could be, but it's hard to imagine he'd want to step out of one mess and into another one like we have here in Dallas. Still... [Pro Hockey Talk]
People think Matt Niskanen is "skilled" [Winnipeg Free Press]
The Observer talks about Doug Miller [D Observer]

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Perttu has been good.

But I think that he might stay with Rauman Lukko, for now.

by Henri Muroke on Mar 3, 2011 12:19 PM CST reply actions

Too bad

Though, he’s right, there’s not much room in the organization right now. Still, you wonder if he could play center in Cedar Park next year with the little Stars. Could be he’s just content to stay in Finland. Good for him but it kind of stinks if the Stars have this potential asset they can’t do anything with.

Defending Big D

by Brad Gardner on Mar 3, 2011 12:23 PM CST up reply actions

i thought I read somewhere that he wasn't happy with playing in the AHL, that's why he went back to Finland...

But you can’t make it to the NHL without at least spending a little time there. Maybe something will come of it next year, but I doubt it.

"I’m going on record that he read it wrong. We’ll see who’s right." - Hull Fan, in regards to Joe not trading Richards

by Tsudbury on Mar 3, 2011 12:35 PM CST up reply actions

Unless your name is Mike Modano or Jamie Benn.

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by TracyJean on Mar 3, 2011 12:41 PM CST up reply actions

there's always a few exceptions to the rule

And i’m always glad when they’re on my team :-)

"I’m going on record that he read it wrong. We’ll see who’s right." - Hull Fan, in regards to Joe not trading Richards

by Tsudbury on Mar 3, 2011 12:48 PM CST up reply actions

AHL might be the reason why Perttu is so good right now.

He returned before and was pretty bad, pretty much in every way… No self-confidence and just no smart plays…

Then he had his year with Texas Stars and after that he plays like this.

by Henri Muroke on Mar 3, 2011 12:50 PM CST up reply actions

Nisky had a two point game against the Maple Leafs

Goal and an Assit (A nice stretch pass that miraculously didn’t get intercepted)

He’s outscoring Neal anyway!?

by Great British Stars Fan on Mar 3, 2011 12:27 PM CST reply actions

miraculous as in, Nisky performed a strech pass.

by Great British Stars Fan on Mar 3, 2011 12:27 PM CST up reply actions

We should have kept him!

Because it had been 56 games since he scored…should have known it was coming!

Defending Big D

by Brad Gardner on Mar 3, 2011 12:28 PM CST up reply actions

SACK JOE!!!!!!!!

by Great British Stars Fan on Mar 3, 2011 12:29 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

it's going global!

"I’m going on record that he read it wrong. We’ll see who’s right." - Hull Fan, in regards to Joe not trading Richards

by Tsudbury on Mar 3, 2011 12:33 PM CST up reply actions

When we re-sign Richards...

…this off-season, I will make a FanPost of the full GM’s prayer for those who haven’t seen it.

"Our GM,
who art in the front office,
on Conn Smythe be thy name…"

by Angelou Del Angel on Mar 3, 2011 1:31 PM CST up reply actions

And yet he still found a way to cost his team the game, lost track of Grabovski in front of the net, but still a pretty good game

by chris1989 on Mar 3, 2011 1:10 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

I actually don't blame him for that

He had been covering Phanuf from the moment he took it in to the corner. Looked to me like one of the forwards, either Staal or Neal, followed Gabrovski to the hash marks and then just let him go instead of taking him to the net

by PSyCo2012 on Mar 3, 2011 1:43 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

yeah that game pissed me off

well not the game just how retarted people are. they think nisky is as good as gogo….

GET OFF NIEUWENDYK'S NUTS

by 8thegreat on Mar 3, 2011 1:23 PM CST up reply actions

Maybe he is.

But the point is we weren’t gonna see it here. Think back to what Montreal thought they were trading away in the Ribiero-Ninimaa deal.

"Our GM,
who art in the front office,
on Conn Smythe be thy name…"

by Angelou Del Angel on Mar 3, 2011 1:47 PM CST up reply actions

So with these two points that means

he needs (and I’m just guessing here) about twenty more to even out all the one’s he’s cost us from missing assignments and coughing up the puck?

As a rattled Stephane Robidas searched the ice near the Stars bench for his mouth guard a smart-ass teammate suggested he check the stands. -- Razor

by EagleBelf on Mar 3, 2011 1:49 PM CST up reply actions

My only argument for Razor is that he ALSO guaranteed that the stars would make the playoffs.

If I remember correctly, he posted that about 1 day before they begain their nice little 10-2-1 streak. So thanks for that, too, razor.

"I’m going on record that he read it wrong. We’ll see who’s right." - Hull Fan, in regards to Joe not trading Richards

by Tsudbury on Mar 3, 2011 12:28 PM CST reply actions

2-10-1?

And yeah, that’s about right.

Defending Big D

by Brad Gardner on Mar 3, 2011 12:29 PM CST up reply actions

yeah 2-10-1....

Still not used to that kind of a losing streak, so my brain flips it around automatically.

"I’m going on record that he read it wrong. We’ll see who’s right." - Hull Fan, in regards to Joe not trading Richards

by Tsudbury on Mar 3, 2011 12:31 PM CST up reply actions

Why doesn't Razor just condemn the Red Wings by saying

“hey, because I’m the master of the full frontal lobotomy, and I think it would almost be larsoning not to, the Red Wings will go undefeated this season.”

by Great British Stars Fan on Mar 3, 2011 12:33 PM CST up reply actions

Because Murphy's law detects abuse, and will apply what you said to be true.

It’s a sub paragraph in the law, i think.

"I’m going on record that he read it wrong. We’ll see who’s right." - Hull Fan, in regards to Joe not trading Richards

by Tsudbury on Mar 3, 2011 12:36 PM CST up reply actions

Damn these American manerisms

Ah yes, Sod’s law in the UK.

Looks like it wouldn’t of worked here either.

So who’s up for sacking Joe & Razor?

by Great British Stars Fan on Mar 3, 2011 12:37 PM CST up reply actions

posted it on the 19th of Jan, and the losing streak began on the 21st.

shut your pie hole, razor!!!

"I’m going on record that he read it wrong. We’ll see who’s right." - Hull Fan, in regards to Joe not trading Richards

by Tsudbury on Mar 3, 2011 12:38 PM CST up reply actions

Here's what I e-mailed Razor... maybe others should do the same before he singlehandedly wrecks our season....

Razor,

As much as I wish I could see sense in your argument, I can’t help but feel how much you are invoking Murphy’s law. I’m going to have to ask you to stop immediately.

My only rebuttal for you is a post that you made on Jan. 19th, guaranteeing that our Stars would make the playoffs. If you’ll recall, the stars immediately went on a 2-10-1 streak. Is this all because of you? No, probably not. But most of it is!

I will accept nothing less than a public apology to the fans, and a promis of no more “guarantees”, and no more using the words “Shut out!”

Best regards,
Trevor

"I’m going on record that he read it wrong. We’ll see who’s right." - Hull Fan, in regards to Joe not trading Richards

by Tsudbury on Mar 3, 2011 12:44 PM CST up reply actions

The Jamie Benn article is behind the pay wall.

If the article title has the little d in a blue circle, it’s pay content.

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by TracyJean on Mar 3, 2011 12:37 PM CST reply actions

Well

I haven’t given them one red cent and I can read it, I guess because I have an account there. Definitely haven’t paid though.

Defending Big D

by Brad Gardner on Mar 3, 2011 12:46 PM CST up reply actions

Free trial

is still in play for registered users to convince you to sign up. Eventually they will shut the wall for real.

by BrettB29 on Mar 3, 2011 1:13 PM CST up reply actions

I just

registered for an account, didn’t pay, and it let me read it.

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by BloggingBevo on Mar 3, 2011 12:49 PM CST up reply actions

heh Nisky is skilled

if thats the case…..I should be able to play in the NHL.

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by shock00 on Mar 3, 2011 12:49 PM CST reply actions

It's harder than it looks.

I was out at an ice rink about three months ago, and had the opportunity to see some local team — couldn’t have been more than high school level — practicing, before open skating time.

I know the NHL players make it look easy, but even those middle/high-school guys just zip around on the ice and handle the puck in ways I can only dream about right now without any effort at all… and remember that these guys aren’t good hockey players yet, in the grand scheme of things.

Most of those guys are probably never going to amount to a minor league team. If one of them does, then out of that team, there’ll still probably be only one or two of those guys that’s good enough to advance to a higher level… and so on, all the way up to the best of the best, the elite 700 (plus two thousand or so more, if you include the AHL, ECHL, and the like).

NHL and AHL players — even Niskanen — are the best out there. It’s easy to look at it from the comfort of your couch or chair and say that that guy’s awful, and you could do better, or that you’ve made better plays like that on a video game, but all of that’s nothing compared to the constant grit, speed, and finesse that the real pro leagues require, of even their worst players.

People can bash Hatcher for being slow, or some fourth-line guy like Georges Laraque as a “no-talent” thug, or some AHL all-star like Ken Gernander for not being able to crack the NHL roster, but I’m willing to bet that if any of these guys were to play against those pro players, the pros would skate circles around them… and light up the lamp more than anyone is willing to count.

I don’t know why I decided to rant about this, it just struck me as a good thing to write about.

"I've always considered myself as good (as), or better than Patrick." - Ed Belfour

by C. Bob on Mar 3, 2011 1:52 PM CST up reply actions

Fair enough, but....

…let’s look at it this way. Without Zubov, Nisky has looked out of his league.

That keeps it in perspective.

"Our GM,
who art in the front office,
on Conn Smythe be thy name…"

by Angelou Del Angel on Mar 3, 2011 3:14 PM CST up reply actions

LOL at Nisky being good

The media tends to forget that on his debut he basically handed Patrick Marleau a breakaway in OT. Anything to make the Stars look like they got the bad end of the deal…

by phil7488 on Mar 3, 2011 3:09 PM CST reply actions

I thought Niskanen was good last night. Here is some funny reading about Brad Richards trade

http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2011/mar/03/thursday-morning-cupcheck-time-get-medieval-trade/

by Supernova10 on Mar 3, 2011 3:57 PM CST reply actions 1 recs

that was hysterical

by PSyCo2012 on Mar 3, 2011 4:15 PM CST up reply actions

That was AMAZING!!!

I can’t remember the last time I laughed that hard! Thank you!!

As a rattled Stephane Robidas searched the ice near the Stars bench for his mouth guard a smart-ass teammate suggested he check the stands. -- Razor

by EagleBelf on Mar 3, 2011 9:36 PM CST up reply actions

Doing the opposite of Barry Melrose's opinion is > The praise of Mike Milbury

Joseph: "You mean this wet paper bag filled with dog droppings? But why would anyone want this? I inherited it, and it has been my curse to bear."
Anita Shero: "Ay, I'll take it with the heavy axe for my forgotten shield."
Joseph: "O happy day!" http://tinyurl.com/4pxt6mu

by EagleBelf on Mar 3, 2011 9:50 PM CST reply actions