Author: Erin Bolen

With Connor McDavid Injury Documentary, The NHL Is Endorsing The Wrong Message Completely

By Erin Bolen | Feb 18th 2020 | 5 min read |

Pretend, just for a moment, that you are a professional hockey player. You slide into the post and end up with a bad injury, a tear to the biggest lig...

Dallas Stars Still In Salary Cap Heaven After John Klingberg Deal

By Erin Bolen | Mar 4th 2019 | 7 min read |

[Ed note: Thanks to the commenters who caught the incorrect inclusion of Brett Ritchie on the RFA list. He’s been added to the forward cap hit f...

Good Goal or No? You Make the Call About Nathan MacKinnon's Goal Against the Dallas Stars

By Erin Bolen | Mar 3rd 2019 | 8 min read |

An NHL referee has an impossible job, making split-second decisions on things he may not be able to see. This was the case for Gord Dwyer in Saturday&...

Happy New Year from Defending Big D!

By Erin Bolen | Feb 26th 2019 | 1 min read |

If you’ve made it home from the parking lots around the American Airlines Center, and by some of the reports from last night, I’m not sure...

Jamie Benn Named Captain of the Dallas Stars

By Erin Bolen | Feb 23rd 2019 | 6 min read |

There’s been a lot of talk about who, if anyone, the Dallas Stars would name captain for the upcoming season. Speculation has ranged from three ...

NHL Realignment Officially Approved: Dallas Stars Out of the Pacific Division Next Year

By Erin Bolen | Feb 23rd 2019 | 6 min read |

While the approval of NHL realignment was never really in doubt after the NHLPA agreed to a new four-division structure last week, the Dallas Stars fr...

Dallas Stars Recall Cristopher Nilstorp After Injury to Kari Lehtonen

By Erin Bolen | Feb 22nd 2019 | 4 min read |

In a move that surprised almost no one after Kari Lehtonen left Friday night’s game against the Vancouver Canucks with a lower-body injury, the ...

Dallas Stars Send Jamie Oleksiak Back To AHL's Texas Stars

By Erin Bolen | Feb 22nd 2019 | 3 min read |

Jamie Oleksiak, the Dallas Stars first-round draft pick from 2011, is headed back to Austin. The 6-foot-7 defenseman had a decent six-game stint with ...

Dallas Stars Daily Links: One Federal Mediator Removed In Lockout Negoations Because Of Twitter

By Erin Bolen | Feb 21st 2019 | 4 min read |

Given how messy the collective bargaining agreement negotiations between the NHL and NHLPA have been so far, I guess it should come as no surprise tha...

2012 NHL Lockout: Creative Business Structure, Profitability, The NHL And The Florida Panthers

By Erin Bolen | Feb 21st 2019 | 7 min read |

One of the main arguments the NHL has put forth during the ongoing lockout is that in order for all 30 franchises to be financially healthy, expenses ...