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Dallas Stars Daily Links: Holiday in Dallas

Posted on by Adam Gaston

The Stars have had pretty good amount of success at home this season.  They have posted a 10-4-0 record at the AAC, along with ranking in the top-10 in both goals scored and goals allowed.  It’s going to be very important for the Stars to keep up their good Texas play as they are locked in a close battle for a wild card spot and have some very hot teams coming to town:

The Capitals are 10-2-0 in their last 12 games and currently sit with the second-best record in the Eastern Conference. The Stars swept the  Blackhawks in a home-and-home series two-and-a-half weeks ago, but the  Blackhawks have turned things around lately and are on a five-game  winning streak. The Predators already have beaten the Stars twice this  season and are 16-2-2 over their last 20 games and sit on top of the  Western Conference

Along with playing in the friendly confines of their own arena, the Stars should benefit from the extra rest they will get over the next few weeks.  They just finished a stretch of 11 games (8 on the road) in 19 days and now will play 10 (9 at home) in 26.  John Klingberg is confident and succinct in his belief that the Stars will have a good run coming up:

“Yeah, it’s going to be a tough stretch, but we are going to be at home, so we should take advantage of it,” Klingberg said.

Read more from Mark Stepneski here.

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Pretty slow news day today, hence the low number of links.

Mark Stepneski dropped his Prospect Report:

Here’s Ken Hitchcock on the very important next few games:

A couple updates from yesterday’s practice:

Mike Heika writes that one of Ken Hitchcock’s challenges is harnessing Alex Radulov’s “just drank a triple shot of espresso spiked with Red Bull” energy levels. [SportsDayDFW]

The Other 30

Rob Mixer’s Mixed Bag takes a look at the disaster in Ottawa, the continued success of the Golden Knights, and Jack Eichel’s first career hat trick. [Sporting News]

I think the Canucks must have walked under a ladder while simultaneously breaking a mirror and spilling some salt (without throwing some over their left shoulder) before the season started:

More in foot injury news:

This seems a tad ridiculous insane premature, no?  Loving #21 though:

Dave Lozo has a scathing take down of Senators’ owner Eugene Melnyk. [Vice Sports]

Ryan Lambert also has some spicy words for Melnyk. [Puck Daddy]

I think that train has left the station:

Can you picture this more as the site of a hockey rink or a soccer field:

This one could probably lead to a lot of debate: Greg Wyshynski ranks the ten greatest seasons in NHL history. [ESPN]

I wish the Jets weren’t in the Stars division/always beating the Stars because they really are a fun team to watch.  Here’s how they got that way:

Hockey players with #GoodDogs – apparently a bunch of pomeranians were ceased by local law enforcement and the Vegas Golden Knights got to work trying to get 14 puppers adopted. Here’s Marc-Andre Fleury and a puppy (warning: cuteness overload):

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