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Dallas Stars Daily Links: Let the Crazy Offseason Begin

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Stars are a 16 to 1 shot to win the Stanley Cup next season.

Look for home opener dates this Friday.

By the time these links are published Defending Big D acting as the Stars GM selected  Casey Mittelstadt with the #3 pick in the SB Nation mock draft. You can follow the draft and the schedule for the rest of the 1st round here.  Dallas 2nd first round pick will come next Wednesday. (SB Nation)

Dallas goalies should benefit most playing in new head coach Ken Hitchcock’s system. Hitchcock goalies’ usually have top 10 wins and GAA playing for him. What might the team do with #3 and #29 picks, and what the D corps might look like next season, are just some of the topics discussed in Mike Heika’s weekly mailbag session. (SportsDay DFW)

Now that the Penguins have won the cup, putting an end to the 2016-17 season, Scott Burnside has a nice 2016-17 season wrap up and a look at the playoffs. (Stars)

Although he had a poor Draft Combine weekend, couldn’t even do 1 pullup and 1 bench press rep at 160 lbs. Casey Mittelstadt’s name has been mentioned as one of the top forwards in this year’s draft. Mark Stepneski with a draft profile on Mittelstadt. Defending Big D wasn’t scared off, by his combine results, picking him with the #3 pick. (Stars Inside Edge)

Look for the new Adidas design on the Victory Green sweaters a week from today.

In Jerry Seinfeld’s Bizarro World Stars forward Jason Spezza would have waive his NTC to complete the proposed deal to the Predators and how the other moves around the league would have played out. Seems there was deal in place during the 2014 NHL Draft but Spezza said no to skating in the Music City. A hockey blogger has a look at a deal that would have SCF winning goal scorer Patrick Hornqvist playing in Ottawa.(GNG Hockey)

Maybe GM JIm Nill is onto something with the two-headed goalie system.

Sean Shapiro discussing the NHL Expansion Draft in his latest podcast. Interesting point this is the first expansion draft from any of the 4 major sports to be covered on social media.

The Bruins Matt Beleskey and Jimmy Hayes have a 6.1 million dollar salary cap hit and Boston fans are looking to move the duo out, after they combined for 5 goals and 8 assists in the 2016-17 season. Which is more than current Stars forward Tyler Seguin’s cap hit of $5.75 million and other former Bruins in the league. (The Hockey Writers)

Former Stars Jordie Benn has a new ride.

Dallas goalie prospect Markus Ruusu was loaned from his  JYP Jyväskylä team to the  Ilves in the Finnish Liiga. Interesting the Lynx already have a goalie by the name of Antti Lehtonen. Couldn’t find if they were related or not.

Would Dallas fans like this deal?

Texas Stars:

Next season doesn’t seem that far away when you look at it this way.

Former Texas Stars forward Derek Hulak may be playing in Poland next season.

A friendly reminder about certain dates are coming up.

With the Pens victory in the Stanley Cup the NHL Draft order has been finalized.

Looks like Pittsburgh goalie Marc Andre-Fleury will be the Golden Knights starting goalie after he waived his NTC back in February. (In Goal Magazine)

Some places he might end up playing at. (Sportsnet)

Yesterday was the deadline for teams to ask players to waive their NTCs besides Andre-Fleury the Senators asked defenseman Dion Phaneuf to waive his. (NHL) Update Phaneuf has refused to waive his NTC

A list by teams of players that have No Trade Clauses in their contracts. (The Fourth Period)

Seems the Vaughn goalie pad stuffer was right that the Pens would win their 5th Stanley Cup.

With a league that reverses a goal on a microscopic offsides call, it sure seems silly that a ref’s inadvertent whistle can prevent a goal. The failings of the Video Review system are looked at here. (The Hockey News)

According to the NHL 38.4 Colton Sissons’ goal should have been reviewed. Depends how one defines “Continuous Play.”

This goal made the Top 5 Controversial calls in the Finals. Number 1 on the list? Of course the Brett Hull foot in the crease in the 1999 finals. (ESPN)

Referees usually don’t become famous for correct calls they make. Kevin Pollock will be remembered for this no goal call. (New Yorker)

It must be hard to watch the visiting team lift the cup in your barn. (The Tennessean)

Patrick Sharp and Hornqvist are just 2 of the numerous players that have scored a Cup winning goal against their former teams. (THN)

The Pens filled the bottom ring on the Stanley Cup and the top ring will be removed. Imagine if the “stove pipe rings” and 2 previous rings were not removed the SC would be 8’ 9” inches high. Would make post cup game skates a bit cumbersome. 13 cup winners fit on one band so the winners from 1954 to 1964 will be the taken off.

How tall would that cup be? Approximately 3’ 6”. (Deadspin)

Will the Preds make it back to the Finals next season their youth says yes but they will need some help from 2 older players, goalie Pekka Rinne and captain Mike Fisher. (The Tennessean)

Some post game quotes from Nashville players as they reflect on their playoff run. (Penalty Box Radio)

How much did losing center Ryan Johansen hurt  the Preds chances. (Sportsnet)

Apparently the Nashville’s anthem scheduler didn’t know this little fact.

Sidney Crosby won the Conn Smythe trophy as the MVP of the playoffs but who makes the All-Postseason team? (Bleacher Reports)

Down Goes Brown has ranked the Pens as one of the best teams in the Salary Cap era. (Sportsnet)

Pens dman Ron Hainsey has gone from never playing in the playoffs to now winning it all. (Last Word on Hockey)

Getting your name on the cup has some stern rules:

Players who’ve played at least 41 regular season games for the winning club or at least one game in the Stanley Cup Final automatically get their name among those 52 spots. Any others will need to go through a petitioning process put forth by the Penguins in order to get their names on the Cup

Since 1994 teams can petition the league to have names added due to extenuating circumstances, such as the ‘99 Stars did this for dman and current studio analyst Brent Severyn, who missed games due to injuries Some Penguins players might not get their name on the cup. (The Hockey Writers)

Pittsburgh run to this cup title was unconventional. (Slam Hockey)

Coach Mike Sullivan has become the 1st American born coach to win the Stanley Cup twice in history. (Hockey Feed)

A lot of hockey analytics deals with shot suppression to have success. The Preds outshot the Pens but Pittsburgh still won. How they did it here. (Washington Post)

Former Sharks assistant Bob Boughner has been named the new coach of the Panthers.

Latest NHL rumors including the Seabrook rumors from the Hawks (Spector’s Hockey)

Take a gander at the new SB Nation page for the Vegas team “Knights on Ice.”

Vegas GM George McPhee holds all the cards in what should be an unpredictable off season. (AP Sports)

Who might Vegas trade with? The latest trade chatter is here. (SinBin Vegas)

Hockey Night in Canada has released a new video highlighting the 2016-17 season. (Russian Machine Never Breaks)

Reports have Andrew Barroway becoming the sole owner of the Coyotes. Hopefully he straighten the mess out. (CBC Sports)

Will he go 1 or 2 in the draft whoever gets center Nico Hischier in the draft will have the most explosive player in the draft. (SB Nation)

Finally NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman still has a lot of love from Hockey fans.

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