Dallas Stars Daily Links: Tom Gaglardi Talks Trade Deadline

by Erin Bolen on Feb 12, 2012 9:15 AM CST in Dallas Stars Daily Links

New Dallas Stars owner Tom Gaglardi has already talked a bit about what his team might be looking for at the trade deadline this season, and he continued to be open about the subject this weekend.

With no practice and a pretty slow news day on Saturday ESPN Dallas released this Q&A with Gaglardi, focusing on where he sees the team and the moment and what they might do at the deadline.

There were lots of good quotes in this story. I picked this one because I thought it had a pretty good balance of something he emphasized a lot - trying to balance what they can still do this season by not selling the farm for draft picks but not trading away assets that would be big parts of the future either.

"We have a lot of games in February. We’re going to have a clearer picture, or not, by the deadline of where we are in the standings. We still might be in the same spot, we might be in better shape or we might be in worse shape. I honestly don’t think that is going to change a whole lot with what we are going to do. It might a little bit, but we’re not a franchise that is going to trade its best older player for three first round draft picks. I don’t see us doing that deal.

"We want to get better for the longer term and not just for the shorter blip. I think that might take the Stars out of the running for certain players you might see available at the trade deadline, those older guys. We think there are things we can do and there are players that we have identified that would fit what we want. "

After the jump, more on the Stars game today with the Los Angeles Kings, the least effective power play guys in the league and a new entry into the legion of crazy hockey parents.

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Before Saturday night's games, Mike Heika took a look at the playoff math and pointed out why the bar will probably be much lower this year than it was last year. [DallasNews.com]
All the numbers and trends you need to get ready for today's late afternoon game against the Kings. [ESPN Dallas]
If you've thought the Stars defensemen have been contributing more to the offense recently, you're absolutely right. The blueliners have 18 points over the past eight games. [DallasStars.com]
Best news I hadn't realized brought up in this article about some of the top players on the Texas Stars: Scott Glennie has apparently been on a point-per-game pace since late November. Now that's more like it. [TheAHL.com]
If you want to relive Kari Lehtonen extending Friday's game against the Buffalo Sabres to the shootout, the guys over at NBC were impressed enough to give it its own post. [ProHockeyTalk]
Who are the least effective players on the power play, at least relative to how many minutes they play on it each game? Someone has done the legwork for us. Surprisingly, at least to me, no Stars make an appearance. [Backhand Shelf]
The Chicago Blackhawks lost again on Saturday (more on that later), continuing what has been a most horrendous slide. Harrison Mooney tries to make the case here that no matter who our allegiances lie with, that should make us sad. He obviously hasn't asked fans of other teams in the race for the playoffs. [Puck Daddy]
Meet the enemy, part the first: After the Kings' Saturday afternoon game, Daryl Reaugh used Twitter to opine that the Los Angeles Kings should just make "One Goal" their motto for this season. They scored just one goal again in a 2-1 overtime loss to the New York Islanders. [Los Angeles Times]
Meet the enemy, part the second: Much like the Stars, the Kings are also trying to use this next stretch to inform a lot of decisions about the trade deadline and further front-office moves. But they haven't exactly been playing well recently, and that's raising some questions in Kings-land. [Jewels From The Crown]
Around the Pacific Division: The Phoenix Coyotes and Blackhawks extended their respective streaks as the Yotes dominated Chicago for a 3-0 win. [Chicago Tribume]
Other scoreboard watching: It was overtime night in the race for the playoffs. Of course it was. The St. Louis Blues needed overtime to beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 while the Calgary Flames defeated the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 in the shootout. Meanwhile, the Minnesota Wild have dropped from first to 12th in 53 days with a 3-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Calgary Herald/Minneapolis Star-Tribune]
In today's funny/lighthearted link space, we're delving into the Theatre of the Absurd. First of all, in what world does a 9-year-old need to collect pucks from his "milestone" goals? And second, how the heck does one score 200, and is that in a career or in a season? I can't fathom keeping track of career goals for a kid, but then again, I can't really think of doing that for a season, either. [The Daily Item]
With a day off and no new videos from practice (and a decided lack of Stars Insider videos online, recently), today I present to you Adam Burish pitching Hockey & Heels to all the ladies.

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One Team, One Goal

takes on a whole different meaning with the Kings! Till they play us and put up 4 … and as long as it’s a losing effort I’m OK with that.

by 1paniolo on Feb 12, 2012 12:08 PM CST reply actions

"It might a little bit, but we’re not a franchise that is going to trade its best older player for three first round draft picks."

Is there any “older player” in this team worth that much, I wonder?

by Dallas_Stars74 on Feb 12, 2012 12:20 PM CST reply actions

i bet we could get 2 from WAS for ribs

by can we get hatcher back on Feb 12, 2012 12:24 PM CST up reply actions

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by Josh Lile on Feb 12, 2012 12:56 PM CST up reply actions

the Col+Was 1sts for ribs

they are in desperate need of a 2nd line center i dont think it will ever happen but i think they would be willing to pay a premium for him

by can we get hatcher back on Feb 12, 2012 1:42 PM CST up reply actions

Colorado's 1st...

…might not be in play, if WSH is dealing away its 1st rounder this year. I agree that the longer Backstrom takes in returning, more desperate does WSH become. However, we have to assess our own situation prior to dealing away our only bona fide playmaking center.

by Dallas_Stars74 on Feb 12, 2012 1:52 PM CST up reply actions

They aren't in desperate need of a second line center

Backstrom, Johansson, Laich, Halpern

And thats WAY WAY WAY too much for anyone to give up for Ribeiro. If anyone was willing to do that he would’ve already been dealt.

by Josh Lile on Feb 12, 2012 2:13 PM CST up reply actions

I dont know... i think if ribeiro was put on the market some team would pay us a boatload for him

by can we get hatcher back on Feb 12, 2012 2:30 PM CST up reply actions

He was two years ago at the draft from reports.

No one paid up.

by Josh Lile on Feb 12, 2012 2:36 PM CST up reply actions

basically when it comes down to it

i want to move our vet’s out for youth while they still have value our core is young but the morrow/robidas/ribeiro are not part of the future at this point and i think this deadline, the offseason, next deadline we need to get as much value out of them as we can to bolster the benn/eriksson/goose/daley/larsen core

by can we get hatcher back on Feb 12, 2012 2:44 PM CST up reply actions

I'd tap the breaks on throwing Larsen in there. Promising future, but those others are established.

Thats a fine outlook to have, but if those are the returns you’re expecting you’re going to be disappointed.

by Josh Lile on Feb 12, 2012 2:49 PM CST up reply actions

I think larsen would honestly be best used as trade bait at this point

he’s likely going to be better than a 3rd pairing d man and we already have goose/daley for the smallish pmd’s in the top 4

I think we could get a hefty return in picks/prospects for morrow/robidas/ribeiro in the coming years to set us up well

by can we get hatcher back on Feb 12, 2012 2:58 PM CST up reply actions

I doubt it

I think we could get a hefty return in picks/prospects for morrow/robidas/ribeiro in the coming years to set us up well

I think you’d get a nice return for Robidas. Not multiple first rounders, but a nice return. Morrow has serious injury concerns, and I don’t think anyone values Ribeiro much around the league in a trade.

by Josh Lile on Feb 12, 2012 3:01 PM CST up reply actions

i never said we would be getting multiple first rounders for one player

Kaberle trade would be very comparable to what we could get for robidas IMO a 1st a B prospect and a conditional pick

Morrow would bring in something similar to versteeg if not more (which was a 1st and a third)

i dont really know of any center’s being traded at the deadline recently.

We could easily end up with 3 1sts and 2 2nds or so for the three of them

I dont know if GMJN would have the balls to sell off all three of these guys however

If we did it this year and had 3-4 1sts i bet we could capitalize on clb fear of russians and trade way up in the draft, im kind of day dreaming here but possibly you will see my point

by can we get hatcher back on Feb 12, 2012 3:11 PM CST up reply actions

Morrow...

…may not fetch much if indeed he needs off-season surgery. He will be sent to a team (read: contender) looking for grit, hustle, and some hitting prowess (with the adding scoring punch) and those elements will be hard to extract from him seeing how his body has responded this season.

by Dallas_Stars74 on Feb 12, 2012 10:07 PM CST up reply actions