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Stargazing, A Dallas Stars Puckcast – Episode 253: Round 1, Game 5

The Stars will enter Game 6 in control of the series. Is this everything we hope it is? Wes and Mark discuss it…After Dark.

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The Stars will enter Game 6 in control of the series. Is this everything we hope it is? Wes and Mark discuss it…After Dark.

The Dallas Stars have staged a pretty amazing Round 1 comeback – and they have not one, but two opportunities to finish the job in the next few days. It hasn’t always been pretty, and pretty hasn’t always meant victory…but is this team for real? Really, really real?

Wes and Mark are Stars fans, so they’re always looking over their shoulders. But even they see the green shoots here. In this cast, they discuss:

  • the new team the Stars are becoming before our eyes,
  • Wyatt Johnston as a period-full-stop member of Dallas’ core,
  • the one (1) time plus-minus is actually a useful stat,
  • and whether Logan Stankoven is about 40 NHL games away from scoring every time he gets the puck on his stick.

When was the last time you heard that Jason Robertson is playoff-soft? We can’t remember, either. Join us for Stargazing…After Dark. It’s brought to you by BetOnline.

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(By the way, we do experience the occasional time-shifting anomaly. Let it be known that we recorded before this news broke. Listen to Stargazing, learn the future!)

Well, the Dallas Stars exited the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs sooner than anyone wanted. It's going to be a long summer for all of us. What now? In this episode of Stargazing, Wes and Mark examined the takeaways from the Stars' all-too-short run. And along with the obvious issues (injuries, penalties, name it), they found some surprisingly positive evidence for the future (and you may or may not be surprised at how much of it probably ties into the promotion of Neil Graham). So are you rooting for the asteroid, or the giant truck? We're Stargazing, and we're keeping our options open. Bonus question: What will you look for in the next NHL Draft? Let's talk about it at Defending Big D. And please give us a rate, review, or share wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to Stargazing. We love you. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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