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Stargazing, A Dallas Stars Puckcast – Episode 294: Cut Short

The conversation on how the season ended is really three different conversations. Wes and Mark decided to take on all of them.

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The Dallas Stars’ season is over, and we’re all left to contemplate what happened to their Stanley Cup hopes. Was this an Edmonton Oilers problem, or a symptom of something bigger that an occasional explosion of elite talent could only hide for so long?

Wes and Mark sat down after the end (and before the news of Pete DeBoer’s departure) to examine the strategy…and why we might have seen this coming. In this edition, they discuss how slow starts seem to doom the Stars’ chances, the eerie silence of their vaunted scoring depth, and why their four (4) deliberate moves on defense didn’t work.

They also discuss how much of the Stars’ downfall may have been down to being out-coached – and what the team needs to do to clear the next hurdle.

We’re Stargazing, and we think Neil Graham might want to keep his cell phone charged. Possibly. Maybe. What’s your take? Let’s talk about it in the comments.

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There's very little like three straight victories over the St. Louis Blues to get Dallas Stars fans buzzing. So how do we talk about this team now that the mood of the Victory Green faithful has swung back from "Will they ever win again?" to "Let's start the Stanley Cup Playoffs right now!"? Fortunately, there's very little like a Winter Olympics break to facilitate some midseason gab – and here at Stargazing, "gab" is our middle name. (It's in there. The B is silent.) In this episode, Wes Lawrence and Mark Zimmerman discuss the factors contributing to the Stars' blown leads, the turtling tendencies that change but never seem to go away, the worst thing about a great power play, the one player who might have been worth going for at the trade deadline, and so much more. Are you task-oriented or think-oriented? We're Stargazing, and we need the answer right now. Or not. At any rate, share your answer at Defending Big D. Let's talk about it. 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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