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Dallas Stars Daily Links: Beating The Summer No Hockey Doldrums

Posted on by Shawn Ladd

The year 2013 was the 1st for the duo of Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin and they had a career night in another Vintage Game of the Week. Since 2013-14 season no other duo has put up more combined points than their 630 points 269 goals and 361 assists. (Kari Lehtonen with a cameo sitting on top of net)

The Captain testing out the new adidas practice sweaters.

With brother Jamie idle during the offseason, Penny Oleksiak makes a bid for the best athlete in the Oleksiak household with a spot in 100m finals.

Another former Stars player getting a day with the Stanley Cup. This time it is Pens assistant coach Sergei Gonchar.

Since things are pretty quiet with the Dallas Stars. We can look at former players news. Alex Chiasson has had an up and down career, since leaving Big D. Should the Flames re-sign him? in 5 on 5 play he had the 4th best possession numbers on the Flames and he stepped up as an effective penalty killer. (Flame For Thought)

Former forward Ryan Garbutt will get a look as a potential Canadian Olympic team member playing in the Tournament of Nikolai Puchkov in Russia. (CBC Sports)

Texas Stars:

Defensemen Gavin Bayreuther made quite an impression in the few games he skated in with the Texas Stars including a goal in his 1st game. Known more as an offensive Dman Gavin wants to work more on his defensive game this season. (Texas Stars)

Captain Travis Morin is the only player that has skated every season for Texas since their 1st season in 2009-10.  Greg Rallo was also there the 1st season but has left and returned twice.

The biggest news yesterday was the Canadiens cutting ties with defenseman Andrei Markov after 16 years with the Habs. At first I thought this was another team cutting a veteran player for somebody younger but it seems Markov wanted a 2 year deal for $6 million a year. (The Last Word on Hockey)

Not bad stats for the Russian defenseman.

There were rumors that he would sign with the Panthers but in the end he chose to return to Russia and the KHL. (The Hockey Writers)

Trivia Time:

What famous comedic actor has a profile page on Elite Prospects? Answer will appear at the bottom of the story.

With Jaromir Jagr, Jarome Iginla and other well known unsigned UFAs you could make a pretty good All-Star team.

On a side note today The Hockey News will look at Dallas in their 2020 Vision series.

Cody Franson to the Blackhawks and Tyler Bozak to the Rangers are just some of the rumors out there. (THN)

Evgeni Malkin and the Penguins have won the cup 3 times recently. In all of those 3 wins they have eliminated the Capitals and Alexander Ovechkin all 3 times. Chalking up the success to bad luck, Malkin still hopes Ovi will get a cup win someday. (Yahoo Sports)

This year’s rookie class in the NHL will pale to last seasons but it is still pretty good with Julius Honka et al. (Pro Hockey Rumors)

For a 3 year period beginning in 2010 the Oilers had the #1 overall pick. The high draft picks didn’t help their on-ice success failing to make the playoffs. Since then 2 of the selected players have been traded in lopsided deals.

Taylor Hall (picked 1st over Tyler Seguin in 2010) traded to the Devils and Nail Yakupov (2012) to the Blues. Is the last remaining #1 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2011) also on his way out of Edmonton? (FanRag Sports)

With the lack of NHL players to chose from who are some of the players that Team USA will look at for their Olympic team next year? (FanRag Sports)

Odds for the 2018 Olympics.

The World Junior Summer Showcase is underway.

Trivia Time Answer:

Finally the Great One with a HS yearbook spelling error.

Talking Points