Dallas Stars Daily Links: Seguin on the Stars’ Summer
The Stars’ star center is excited about the team’s off-season moves. Plus, free agency grades for Dallas, the Central Division arms race, and more.
The Dallas Stars had a very successful free agency, landing former San Jose Sharks captain Joe Pavelski among others. And star center Tyler Seguin couldn’t be more excited about it:
“When you see a GM make moves like going to get a guy like Joe Pavelski he’s telling the whole team ‘Our window’s open, we’re going to win the Stanley Cup...’ As a player on the team you get even more excited when you see these moves happening in the summer. You’re always working hard in the gym, but you’re even more dialed in now because you know they’re all-in so you want to be all-in and make sure you don’t let your teammates down.”
Skeptics will point out how the Stars have “won the off-season” before and that it didn’t amount to anything. But this time around, Seguin expects things to turn out differently:
“I think our team’s a competitor,” Seguin said. “I want people saying we’re a competitor. I want our expectations to be very high. I think we’ve always had excuses when it’s come to new coaches or a new staff. But there should be no more excuses... We’re all-in, I’m all-in and looking forward to a great year.”
You can hear more from Seguin in Sean Leahy’s interview here.
Stars Stories
Speaking of Seguin, does he have a new best friend? Shh, no one tell Jamie Benn:
Can't wait to see these two together on the ice.
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) July 13, 2019
Watch @tseguinofficial and @jpav8 play in Round One of the @ACChampionship tonight on @NBCSN at 9:00 PM. pic.twitter.com/R6HjIYmD2v
In case you’re still not sure about the Stars’ off-season moves thus far, here’s some encouraging words from various experts, which includes our own Robert Tiffin for some strange reason:
NHL free agency grades: After their offseason splash, expert says the Stars may have their best team since winning the 1999 Stanley Cup 🏆👀 | #GoStars https://t.co/9Vn4sX2wMY
— SportsDay Stars (@dmn_stars) July 14, 2019
Run, Klingberg, run!
Offseason @johnklingberg 😂😭 pic.twitter.com/POm6TcxAmY
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) July 14, 2019
Around the League
Bit old, but the Carolina Hurricanes have signed Ryan Dzingel to a two-year contract with a cap hit of $3.375 million:
The #Canes and Ryan Dzingel have agreed to a two-year contract!
— Carolina Hurricanes (@NHLCanes) July 12, 2019
More Info » https://t.co/LtS4j7zlry pic.twitter.com/XEcrmguz7v
Slightly newer — the St. Louis Blues have extended Jordan Binnington to a very reasonable two-year deal:
BREAKING NEWS: Jordan Binnington has agreed to a two-year contract with an annual average value of $4.4 million. #stlblues
— St. Louis Blues 🏆 (@StLouisBlues) July 14, 2019
DETAILS: https://t.co/hIDZIzONwz pic.twitter.com/0FPVZKu7sb
Speaking of the Blues, championship tattoos will seemingly never go out of style:
Champ stamp: Blues fans keep their word by getting Stanley Cup tattooshttps://t.co/TqxOsknPY8
— The Athletic NHL (@TheAthleticNHL) July 13, 2019
He’s not one of the big-name RFAs out there, but Brock Boeser still needs a new deal from the Vancouver Canucks:
There's no reason the Canucks can't sign Boeser now and worry about the cap later, writes @THNJaredClinton. But what does it take to get the RFA to put pen to paper?https://t.co/sNdYg1B8Eb
— The Hockey News (@TheHockeyNews) July 13, 2019
Down Goes Brown stirs up some either meaningless or extremely important debate in his latest Grab Bag:
DGB Grab Bag: Summer days, an idea for bad GMs and the best Don Cherry soundbite everhttps://t.co/MNMG2wmlaf
— The Athletic NHL (@TheAthleticNHL) July 12, 2019
Finally, the Central Division is brutal. But you knew that already:
It’s the National Hockey League’s version of an arms race, a Cold War of sorts.https://t.co/CiHCX5epRe
— NHL on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports) July 14, 2019