Dallas Stars Assign Five Players To Texas Stars

by Brandon Worley on Sep 26, 2011 4:37 PM CDT in Dallas Stars News

The Dallas Stars have announced a number of roster moves today as the Texas Stars gear up for their start to training camp, which kicks off tomorrow. We expected these moves to come today after a number of players cleared waivers over the weekend, setting the Stars up to start trimming the roster as they get ready for the start of the regular season.

Of the players that cleared waivers, however, only Brad Lukowich has been assigned to the Texas Stars so far. Here is the full list:

D Jace Coyle
D Hubert Labrie
D Brad Lukowich
F Ondrej Roman
F Mathieu Tousignant

Additionally, Stephen Schultz was released from his professional tryout with the Stars.

Lukowich has been a veteran rock on the blueline for the Texas Stars and continues to be an incredibly important part of this organization, as he helps mentor young defensemen on their way to the NHL. He also provides some veteran depth in the system should he be required again, such as at the end of last season.

Both Coyle and Labrie showed some great potential this summer and have joined the ranks of the exciting young group of defensemen the Stars are building. Both will get valuable minutes and playing time in the AHL as they play their first professional hockey games after leaving the juniors last season.

For now, the Stars have 39 players on the roster and coach Gulutzan has said that as they start to play these final three or four games they're going to work as closely as they can down to the actual NHL roster, so that chemistry can be built. There's still some intriguing decisions to be made, especially between Eric Godard, Tomas Vincour and Matt Fraser.

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so that leaves what... 16? that still need to be sent down?

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by Tsudbury on Sep 26, 2011 4:41 PM CDT reply actions

Stephen Schultz will play with Texas this season

He signed a standard player contract at the end of last year.

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by scm83x on Sep 26, 2011 4:47 PM CDT reply actions

Will be at Texas practice tomorrow.

Since it’s the only one open to the public. I’ve been so geared up for this season, the wife even wants to go. Too bad most the guys I’m familiar with are still up north, so I’ll probably be staring at a roster half the time.

by Chubbs78750 on Sep 26, 2011 4:48 PM CDT reply actions

I kinda want Fraser to stay up with the big club

He seems to score no matter where he is and no matter who he’s playing for. I think he deserves a 9 game tryout at least.

by brickwall5 on Sep 26, 2011 4:53 PM CDT reply actions

Careful

List of undrafted players to make it to the NHL:

There is some talent on that list, but not a ton. The best players were, for the most part, from Europe or the NCAA not the CHL.

Let the kid develop in the minors. His skill set sounds like a solid 3rd liner if he can develop more defensively. Thats a great return considering they didnt have to use a pick on him.

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by Josh Lile on Sep 26, 2011 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Debbie Downer

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by Taylor Baird on Sep 26, 2011 5:43 PM CDT up reply actions

Exactly....;)

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by k9mike on Sep 26, 2011 6:29 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions

He will be a feel good story!

But not if he’s rushed.

by Josh Lile on Sep 26, 2011 6:44 PM CDT up reply actions

I know i know

but he’s been one of the best players in camp and I don’t see a reason to not let him play the first 5-9 games of the season to see where he’s at. They could use goals from anywhere at this point

by brickwall5 on Sep 26, 2011 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions

I get your point

But unless they really think he will be an impact player there is no reason to force him into the NHL early taking away a proven veterans spot. As it is has been a slow developing player, a couple seasons in the AHL can only be a good thing for him.

by brendan1 on Sep 26, 2011 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions

They'll score goals

They need to prevent them.

by Josh Lile on Sep 26, 2011 9:04 PM CDT up reply actions

From what I saw of Vincour last night

I really think he needs to go back down to the Texas Stars for at least one more season. Unless last night was a complete and utter fluke, there is no way that Vincour stays with Dallas.

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by GRees on Sep 26, 2011 6:30 PM CDT reply actions

his first 2 preseason games were very strong.

He created a ton of scoring chances on his own, he just couldn’t cash in. That’s why there’s so much love for him.

The problem is that he was the same way when he was with the big stars last season. Lots of chances, but couldn’t ever cash in. I think he needs a little more time in the AHL as well, before he’s really ready to play.

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by Tsudbury on Sep 26, 2011 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions

So in comparison to the 20 games you watched him play last year

You’d say he was pretty bad last night?

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by Brad Gardner on Sep 26, 2011 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions

My statement came off stronger than I meant it to

and honestly I don’t remember a ton of him from last season last season. I do remember his 1st goal, which I thought was pretty sweet but other than that didn’t notice him all that much. My sample size of him is pretty small, but I’ve been hearing a ton about him from all of you guys so far this preseason so since he was getting a chance to get big minutes in last night’s game I was excited to see him play and was therefore watching him a lot. However, I came away really disappointed from what I saw from him. There were a lot of frustrating moments and a lot of “Come on!” type moments.

Hopefully he can be a good player, but there has been a lot of talk about putting him on the 2nd line around here and 2 points in 24 games combined with his poor showing last night has me disliking that idea. If he can be an effective 3rd/4th line role player then so be it, but 2nd line?

I wish I could have seen his previous two preseason games so I could have a better comparison of what to expect from him this year since it sounds like he did a lot better in those two games. I was a lot more impressed with Garbutt last night than Vincour tbh, but then again Vincour was up against the Avs’ top pairings so it’s difficult to compare the two. However, if he is going to be playing on the 2nd line he is going to be playing against comparable D anyways and I would hope for more from a top-6 guy.

tl;dr I was expecting a lot more from him than what he showed me and came away disappointed.

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by GRees on Sep 27, 2011 12:46 AM CDT reply actions

I don't get why anyone thinks he should be a 2nd line guy....

When you have Ribs, Morrow, Ryder, Benn, Ott, Eriksson, Wandell, Dvorak why would he ever need to be getting that kind of role unless like 3 or 4 of our best guys go down…

by brendan1 on Sep 27, 2011 1:36 AM CDT up reply actions