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Dallas Stars Daily Links: Overtime Blues Continue

Posted on by Tyler Mair

Full disclaimer: the Dallas Stars have actually won 4 out of 7 of their overtime bouts by my count (2-2 excluding the shoutout), so it’s not as if the Stars are bad after 60 minutes. But they’ve also lost two in a row, and I already wrote the headline, so “overtime struggles” is the narrative we’re going with.

Here’s Hitchcock’s incredibly lengthy post game interview:

Of course it’s not like the game was all doom and gloom. Here’s Jamie Benn’s awesome powerplay deflection, for instance:

Ben Bishop also had a lovely save against former Star Alex Chiasson, though I would have preferred to not see the defense so thoroughly undressed:

Other Stars News

The big news in Dallas yesterday was the trade that sent Jamie Oleksiak to the Pittsburgh Penguins in return for a conditional 4th rounder in 2019. Here’s the official press release: [NHL]

And here’s what Stars GM Jim Nill had to say about moving on from the former first round pick:

You can hear more from Nill in Sean Shapiro’s piece here: [The Upset]

Fun fact of the day:

In non-Oleksiak related news, Shapiro has a great piece on Gemel Smith’s battle to try and stay in the lineup. [The Upset]

(Seriously, if you aren’t subscribed to The Upset already, I highly recommend you give it a go)

Around the League

Three other teams in the Central division played last night. First, the Minnesota Wild beat the Ottawa Senators 6-4. [Hockey Wilderness]

Meanwhile the Winnipeg Jets and Nashville Predators squared off, with the Jets coming away with a 6-4 victory of their own. [Arctic Ice Hockey]

The Predators might not have won last night, but they’re still a really good hockey team.

Former Star Loui Eriksson was once considered one of the most underrated players in the league. Who now holds that crown according to the players themselves? [ESPN]

Happy Birthday to the NHL yesterday, which turned a whopping 100! Jared Clinton looks at numbers 00-99 and why they’re important to NHL history. [The Hockey News]

DownGoesBrown takes the cake in anniversary celebrations though, diving into very bold territory:

Last anniversary story: many people felt the Carolina Hurricanes were a weird team to choose to face off against the Toronto Maple Leafs on the league’s anniversary (they lost 8-1, btw). Turns out the Hurricanes have a knack for ruining the fun for the rest of the league. [Sportsnet]

Great news for the New York Islanders:

Of course any time we hear positive news about the Islanders, we have to ask if that means John Tavares will now re-sign. [NBC Sports]

Scoring is up this season, and it’s not because of subpar goalie play. Terrence Doyle investigates. [Five Thirty Eight]

Finally…

Stars goalie prospect Colton Point gets a shout out in Ryan Kennedy’s list of need-to-know prospects.

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