Safe to say that this weeks edition of U&D's won't be pretty with the Stars having lost all three of their previous games, but I did manage to find a positive here and there because as bad as three losses in one week is at least it wasn't four losses right?
Goalies | Trend | Notes |
Kari Lehtonen | ![]() |
Hard to fault him completely for this past week, but those games against Vancouver and Boston could have gone much better. |
Andrew Raycroft | ![]() |
Two shots against and two goals against in the game against Boston. Granted it wasn't all on his shoulders, but yikes! |
Defensemen | ||
Trevor Daley |
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Still good defensively, but his play offensively has dropped off a fair amount. |
Mark Fistric |
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A -2 in his return to the lineup against Philly. |
Nicklas Grossman |
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As always a nice physical presence at the blue line, but teams with speed as always can get around him. |
Matt Niskanen |
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Handled the puck like a live grenade one too many times this week. |
Stephane Robidas |
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A -4 mark against the Bruins puts a damper on what was otherwise a marginal week for him. |
Karlis Skrastins |
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Saved from a 'down' thanks to his goal against Boston, but otherwise wasn't overly effective in his own zone. |
Forwards | ||
Krys Barch |
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Hate to pick on a guy that got pummeled right into the IR, but it's frustrating to see him lose twice as many fights than he wins. |
Adam Burish |
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Showed lots of toughness in trying to stay in the Boston game and even scoring while his eye was swelling shut. |
Loui Eriksson |
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A decent offensive week for him as his strong overall play continues. Was the Stars best forward of the week. |
Aaron Gagnon |
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Played the role of a decent - if not young and inexperienced - defensive forward and didn't look overly bad in doing so. |
Jamie Langenbrunner |
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Not that many of us were expecting a flood of goals or anything, but a point at some point this week would have been nice. |
Travis Morin |
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Getting a longer look at the pros due to injuries and not doing too bad as a fill-in. Was actually quite good on face offs against the Flyers. |
Brenden Morrow |
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Did spark the comeback a little against Boston, but his offensive play from a few weeks ago has completely cooled off. |
James Neal |
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Back to being almost completely snake bit. |
Steve Ott |
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The demolishing of Gregory Campbell and 15 minutes worth of PIMs along with one assist he racked up against Boston were the only impressive parts of his game this week |
Mike Ribeiro |
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Same ol, same ol from Ribs... Lots of pretty passing and creating plays - No results. |
Brad Richards |
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We know he's fighting through some nagging injuries so we'll cut him slack as well. Still managed to put up a goal and assist so he's not completely fallen off the board, but the Stars need more. |
Brian Sutherby |
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Please Brian... Stop fighting. Your attempts are more depressing than Barch's |
Raymond Sawada |
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Not to make light of it, but I'm willing to bet he's not a huge fan of the movie "The Blind Side" |
Colton Sceviour |
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Didn't see much ice time, but a solid debut for the kid nonetheless. |