This is my attempt at a head-to-head between two lower pairing Defensemen that i think should be going through the minds of every one in the Stars' front office right now.

I hope everyone enjoys this, and thanks to Brandon for encouraging me to write this.

If you have any feedback, i'm all ears.

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According to our favorite website bleacherreport.com:

"The first overall selection in the 2010 NHL Draft, Mike Modano is one of the last players to ever don a North Stars jersey."

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In a recent question sent to outstanding writer Mike Heika, a fan asked Heika if it would be smart to acquire Kevin Bieksa of the Vancouver Canucks. Here is where you can read the entire article.

The Stars need to improve on defense, everyone in Dallas knows that. However, with that $3.75 million contract attached to Bieksa, with only one year remaining on the contract, would it be worth it? Plus, who would you trade?

I have a feeling that some people might throw Matt Niskanen in a trade proposal to Vancouver, but I would still hold on to him just to see if he does get his act together. Stars fans know what he is capable of doing, but the only solid play that he showed was when he was paired with Sergei Zubov. Zubov is gone and ever since he has left, Niskanen has shown to be confused at times.

So, if you were Joe Nieuwendyk, and you did in fact have interest in Bieksa, who would you trade and why?

Hey y'all.

About a year ago, I put out an offer for a Stars fan survey.  I've decided to put that out there again.  What the survey does is ask questions about being a Stars fan.  I'd like to compare how we're all alike and how we're different.  The survey is open to anyone, including people who count the Stars as their second or third favorite team, whatever.  All I ask is that you know enough about the franchise to answer certain questions.  If you took it last time around, but woud like to take it again, that's fine too.  I'm just trying to get as many surveys back as I can, so I can hopefully analyze and draw some conclusions.  Best case scenario is that everyone here at DBD took it, but it's fine if you don't want to.

I promise that it won't take a lot of time out of your life.  It really depends on how much you're willing to tell me.  I can also promise that everything will be anonymous, though I might share a couple of stories and anecdotes.  If you're really worried, just create a name for yourself.   Feel free to alert other Stars fans to this.  Like I said, the more people who take this survey the better.  I'm just trying to make the off-season a little more interesting for everyone.

If you'd like to take it, email me at dallasstars4life@gmail.com

Zorry for the self-promotion, but I just wanted to get this out here.  Thanks!

Brian Burke is again Shopping Kaberle as traid bait for a forward. The Deadline for a trade without kaberle's approval is Sunday. The rumors persist that Dallas is willing to trade Ribiero possibly for a puck moving Defenseman. Kaberle's salary is $4.25M vs the $6+M that Ribiero makes. Throw in a prospect in the deal and Toronto gets two forwards, we get a badly needed top line D and shed some salary at the same time. I think, though that dallas would want some assurances that an extention owuld be in the deal. We definitely don't need a one year deal with Kaberle only to see him walk via free agency. There isn't much point because Dallas isn't ready to make a playoff run much less contend for a cup. I don't think Kaberle would re-sign with a new team unless he was traded to a contender.

If there are any dull moments during training camp, Mike Modano and Ruslan Salei can exchange stories about the night all you-know-what broke loose between the Ducks and Stars back in 1998.  I remember watching this on tv and the last three minutes took about an hour - it was like watching basketbal, but with skates and a lot of fighting.  Was this just a case of "you hit our guy, now we're going to go after your guy," or was something else brewing?

If you made it to the rink that night, you probably still have bloodstains on your jersey.

Mighty Ducks vs. Stars Brawl

 Land of Confusion

Red Wings sign Ruslan Salei

Bit of an off-the-wall thought, but anyways;  According to http://www.nhlnumbers.com the Stars are currently at 44.3 million in terms of player salaries, less Neal, Grossman, Niskanen. Now the talk all along has been the internal cap is at 45 million. Now it doesn't take a fifth grader to realize that these numbers do not jive. Now it is very possible that I do not fully understand the situation and how this internal cap pertains to certain salaries(ie. Sean Avery). However, beyond the point that I have believed from day 1 this "internal cap" is not a hard number......

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Comparatively speaking, the Dallas Stars have been quiet on the transaction front as opposed to the Chicago Blackhawks, who continue to "wheel and deal" with teams and sign some free agents. The most recent as the entire hockey world knows, is goaltender Marty Turco.

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In Facebook there is group: Re-sign Modano (Keep him a Star) - http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=107581955957206 -   and this blog is from the creator Travis Currie.

I don't know, do we have news here, but it was interesting and I just had to share it.

I myself will not wear Detroit jersey, but will cheer for Mo, if this really goes down.

This was my first fanpost, so I'm sorry if it is a bit messy one.

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 these are connected to the first series of three. classic classic classic. hope you guys like them. I kind of like the all green stripes, and i gave you guys a few versions of the black jersey, just differences on the stripes, and numbers. the green numbers are really cool, and if you can imagine the texas logo on the shoulders then there you have it. i think at the end of the week ill hold a vote on which jerseys you think should be our home and away, and our third (ill make an entire post of thirds). then we can have the fans idea of jerseys :) il need a little help from Art and Brandon to organize that if it's even possible.

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