Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsWith the NHL trade deadline approaching in just over three weeks, the Dallas Stars find themselves in a unique position regarding the role they can play. Like every team in the Western Conference, they are in the think of the playoff race. With 29 points in 28 games, the Stars sit 10th in the conference, ...
With opening night against the Phoenix Coyotes right around the corner, Stars fans will finally get the opportunity to watch some of the new toys GM Joe Nieuwendyk acquired this past offseason. And while some in the Dallas community aren’t too excited that hockey is back, die-hard Stars fans appear to be. Members of the media ...
— On draft day, the Dallas Stars shipped Mike Ribeiro off to Washington in return for 21-year-old Cody Eakin and a 2nd round pick. At that point, it looked like one of several moves which signaled the beginning of a rebuild. But oh how quickly things change. In just a matter of days, Joe Nieuwendyk ...
Last Free Agency period, the Buffalo Sabres had just been bought by Terry Pegula, who vowed to change the team. The led to the Sabres’ acquisition of Ville Leino and Christian Ehrhoff, who added spark to the offence and defence repsectively. This time the Sabres have gone in a completely different direction with the signing ...
With the acquisition of Jaromir Jagr and other players, the Stars are reshaping their franchise.
The Sabres came out swinging during day two of the NHL free agency, when they traded Derek Roy to the Dallas Stars in return for Steve Ott and Adam Pardy. Roy had been on Buffalo’s trading block for quite some time, and was considered a for sure trading chip when he had a few negative ...
The past week of games for the Dallas Stars stayed true to the team’s form thus far into the season: dangerously inconsistent swings between triumphant overcoming of adversity and uninspired fits of lackluster play. On Thursday the Stars were embarrassed 4-1 on home ice at the hands of the lowly Columbus Blue Jackets, but then ...
Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent The main theme for this year’s free agent class was a simple one: slim pickings. Most of the potential big name free agents had either locked up to long-term deals before July 1st even came (Christian Ehrhoff, Kevin Bieksa, Ilya Bryzgalov, and Devin Setoguchi are examples), but there were still some ...
In a province of just over half-a-million people (comparable to the population of the city of Hamilton, Ont.) there’s no shortage of fertile NHL talent coming from the East Coast area of Canada, otherwise known as ‘The Rock’. Four Newfoundland-born players are having successful runs with their respective NHL teams in the 2011 Stanley Cup ...
With the NHL’s February 28th trade deadline fast approaching and the Blackhawks currently sitting in in 7th, it is time for Stan Bowman to assert himself. Hawks fans have little knowledge of the son of the legend. Stan’s only real move last season was was moving Cam Barker for Kim Johnsson and Nick Leddy. Johnsson ...
