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Matt Pryor

Matt blogged about all things hockey at On Goal Analysis/The OGA Blogs from 2008-2014 and has written several travel articles for The Dallas Morning News. He began covering the Dallas Stars and Florida Panthers for The Hockey Writers in August 2015. Matt is also writing a biography of "Tex" Rickard, the Texas cowboy who founded the New York Rangers and the Madison Square Garden Corporation.

No More Nichushkin in Dallas

Matt Pryor | September 20, 2016

Big Val has left Big D. After playing 166 games over three seasons with the Dallas Stars, restricted free agent Valeri Nichushkin, the club’s first-round pick in the 2013 NHL…

Categories Dallas Stars

Stars Prospects Play Waiting Game

Matt Pryor | September 17, 2016

Dallas Stars management got a glimpse of the future Friday, as a mix of their draft picks and free agent invitees kicked off the annual NHL Prospect Tournament with a…

Categories Dallas Stars, Editor's Choice, Stars Prospects, Trending

Can the NHL Schedule a Scoring Increase?

Matt Pryor | September 1, 2016

One of the National Hockey League’s top concerns of the past several years has been the steady decline in scoring. Many schemes to reverse the trend have been bandied about,…

Categories Editor's Choice, The Business of Hockey, Trending

Lawson Crouse Trade All About Dollars and Sense

Matt Pryor | August 29, 2016

The “Summer of Change” in Sunrise isn’t over yet: Last week, the Florida Panthers traded injured center Dave Bolland to the Arizona Coyotes. The cost of unloading Bolland’s boat-anchor contract…

Categories Florida Panthers, Panthers Transactions

Hudler Signing Merely an Opening Move?

Matt Pryor | August 24, 2016

Tuesday night, the Dallas Stars signed unrestricted free agent forward Jiri Hudler to a one-year, $2 million contract. As is the norm these days, the news broke on Twitter: Just…

Categories Dallas Stars, Stars Transactions, Trending

Another Fast Start for the Stars in 2016-17?

Matt Pryor | August 5, 2016

The Dallas Stars took full advantage of an easy schedule through the first quarter of the 2015-16 campaign, exploding out of the gate to the best 20-game start in franchise history.…

Categories Dallas Stars, Trending

Who Will Florida Expose in Las Vegas Expansion Draft?

Matt Pryor | July 27, 2016

Though the NHL Expansion Draft is almost a year away, many teams are already making personnel decisions with that event in mind. The Florida Panthers are no exception: Since the…

Categories Florida Panthers

Bishop to Dallas: A Primer

Matt Pryor | July 22, 2016

Since the 2015-16 NHL season came to an end, talk of a trade which would send Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Ben Bishop to the Dallas Stars has provided much grist…

Categories Dallas Stars, Stars Transactions, Trending

Sceviour, Demers Move to Florida

Matt Pryor | July 4, 2016

It’s the beginning of July, and the Florida Panthers have already had a busy summer. Off-ice changes aside, the Panthers entered last Friday’s “free agent frenzy” seemingly with plenty of…

Categories Florida Panthers

Stars Stay Above the Fray on Free Agent Day

Matt Pryor | July 2, 2016

At high noon (Eastern time) on July 1, the NHL’s free agent flood gates opened wide. Within minutes, the biggest UFA names signed multi-year, eight-figure deals. Twitter, as well as…

Categories Dallas Stars

Panthers Seek Speed, Scoring

Matt Pryor | June 30, 2016

After compiling the best regular season in franchise history, followed by a bitterly disappointing first-round playoff exit, the Florida Panthers enter the aptly-named “Free Agent Frenzy” this summer with specific…

Categories Florida Panthers, Free Agents

Signings of the Times

Matt Pryor | June 24, 2016

John Lennon said it best: Nobody told me there’d be days like these. When was the last time the top two pending unrestricted free agent defensemen saw their negotiating rights…

Categories Free Agents, NHL Expansion
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