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Tabs on Tactics: Against Boston, Dallas Generated Good Offense From Good Luck

By David Castillo | Feb 9th 2022 | 5 min read |

One of Dallas’ best wins all season took place this year, where it usually does: at American Airlines Center. It came against a struggling, but stil...

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Tabs on Tactics: Why Dallas’ Shell Against New York Almost Cost Them

By David Castillo | Oct 17th 2021 | 4 min read |

I’ll try to make this a recurring feature inasmuch as my schedule will allow. With so many storylines to follow, it’s nice to focus on specific pl...

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Analysis: Who Are The 2021-2022 Dallas Stars?

By David Castillo | Sep 28th 2021 | 18 min read |

Who are the Dallas Stars? Are they the 2019-2020 group that struggled to get into the playoffs, then leveled it up, and went all to the Stanley Cup Fi...

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Analysis: How Close Are the Dallas Stars to Earning a Rematch with the Tampa Bay Lightning?

By David Castillo | Jul 14th 2021 | 11 min read |

Of the last ten Cup winners, only two teams were not returning or future returning champions. There’s no simple, or single formula to winning big. S...

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Opinion: It’s a tough choice, but the Dallas Stars should let Jamie Oleksiak walk

By David Castillo | Jul 9th 2021 | 12 min read |

It’s hard to believe that Jamie Oleksiak is still just twenty-eight. He may be ‘old man hunching his back’ in prospect years, but Oleksiak has b...

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Analysis: Who Can the Dallas Stars Target in this Offseason’s UFA Bargain Bin?

By David Castillo | Jul 2nd 2021 | 12 min read |

This article is gonna look, feel, and probably be moot. The Dallas Stars have $15M to work with. Most of that will go to Miro Heiskanen. A dash of tha...

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Four On-Ice Lessons the Dallas Stars Can Learn from the Final Four

By David Castillo | Jun 8th 2021 | 7 min read |

The stage is set: Vegas vs. Montreal, and Tampa vs. New York. Writers and reporters will look for broad narratives about what it means to be a Stanley...

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Analysis: Roope Hintz Is More Elite Than You Think, But There’s A Catch

By David Castillo | May 27th 2021 | 10 min read |

I’ll come clean. I didn’t see the emergence of Roope Hintz coming. Not when contrasted with the 2019-2020 season. Sure, I knew all the reasons why...

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Analysis: Heiskanen Wasn’t His Usual Self, and Bowness Didn’t Ask Him To Be

By David Castillo | May 13th 2021 | 11 min read |

When Miro Heiskanen first broke into the league, he was instantly regarded as Dallas’ great Finnish hope. It was like every single ‘reinforcements...

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ANALYSIS: Stars Generate High Danger Shots, But It Comes At a High Cost

By David Castillo | Mar 15th 2020 | 15 min read |

There’s been no shortage of great non-hockey content here at DBD. But I’m not wired that way. Yea I love breweries. And yea, I love video games. I...