Stargazing: Where Will Turco Play? Oleksiak Impresses at Camp Canada

He’d easily be an upper echelon goalie in Europe. He just isn’t here anymore, if he ever was.

was a lack of offense in front of him. For most of his time here he played behind some pretty good defense, but never go any offensive help….especially in the playoffs. The three shutouts in Vancouver but a series loss come to mind. It’s too bad, the Stars wasted all of his prime.

Turco has the skill, and not a single person who is involved in the NHL will tell you otherwise. He reads plays, makes quick decisions, and works as a 3rd defenseman on the ice for most of the night. Hell, they even created that “goalie’s can’t play here anymore” section of the ice because of him (You see Avery, THAT is how you’re supposed to have a rule created because of you. Not because you’re trying out for the Chiefs).

But I can’t help but wonder if maybe it’s his work ethic that is keeping him from getting a job. There’s no evidence or specific examples that proves my point, just speculation. People forget how much work it takes to stay at the top of your game 100% of the time. It affects everything you do. From the foods you eat, to who you get to spend time with every day of the year. It’s intense, and not many people can really do it for 20 straight years. It takes a lot of sacrifice (Though $100 million in the 20 years would certainly make it better.)

Anyways… Those of us who watched Marty replace Eddie, up until the time he signed with Chicago, we know his personality. He is charismatic, fun loving, and a passionate guy. He proved that day in and day out while he was here. And, it may be just me, but I see that personality as getting tired of the grind after a while. Especially when the defense is falling apart and getting younger with each year. And I really can’t blame him for that one bit.

He may have let up a bit on what he was doing to stay on top, either physically or mentally, and with the saturated goalie market right now, that’s proved to be his undoing. Not to mention he’s in his mid 30’s now, and it takes more to stay on top at that age than it does in your mid 20’s.

Again, it’s all pure speculation, but it’s easy for me to think that is what happened. Especially hearing that Kari had the same issue when he was younger. He didn’t take his preparation for the game seriously, and that turned out to hinder him the entire time he was in Atlanta.

I bet the only place Turco gets a job as a starter is in another league like the KHL. Unless maybe an NHL starter goes down with a year ending injury he may get a call. He might just have to accept the fact that he is now a backup.

I’m really happy to see Oleksiak doing so well and getting attention. Maybe he’ll be with the Stars sooner than we think.

And no ownership news.

I am becoming impatient.

I was always a half-hearted Turco fan. Watching him take over for the Eagle was tough. Eddie would go to play the puck and cold cock a player that was buzzing the crease. Great goalie, with big issues. Aren’t all goalie a bit of a whack job? Has to be work related, if you have a good D, you can be top-tier, when those guys leave, you can go to crap quickly. Turco has a bunch of issues, “get’in’the-crease MARTY!” was a constant refrain from the stands when he overplayed a puck and created turnovers; but the guy was a money 3rd Dman on literally thousands of plays. Couldn’t win in Hockeytown, then he could. Didn’t show up in the playoffs, but then had a top three playoffs GAA in a series where the Nucks squeezed by us. Mid-30s is a tough place to be in today’s game. I wish him all the luck in the world, and want to see him go out with a winning team, but it seems less and less likely every day… I wanted to stop going to games over the last couple years as Lehtinen, Zubov, Mo, and Turco bowed out; but that is the nature of the game, and you can’t hold on too long or your team will be living in denial at the bottom of the rankings.

Trevor Ludwig and Fabian Brunnstrom.

Sean Backman, previously an RFA for Dallas, signed a two-way with the Islanders today as well.

But I think it’s KHL or waiting until someone will get hurt.

As a Finn… Wait, no, please retire Selanne.

he was a stud early on with great skill, and a strong D in front of him.

the D slowly regressed and marty got older and his skill slowly slipped.

i am a turco fan, but i was glad to see him go.

Showing Vancouver how to really riot.