Posts About "Stephane Robidas"
Toronto Maple Leafs Training Camp: The Defense
August 24th, 2015 Training camp for the Toronto Maple Leafs begins in a little less than a month. While the defense seems to have a set top-six, there is the potential that someone from the Toronto Marlies could earn a spot in training camp. Here are the eight top defensemen in the Leafs organization. Jake Gardiner The Maple Leafs are still waiting for...
Maple Leafs Defense Shouldering Blame
December 23rd, 2014 After one of their hottest streaks in nearly a decade, the Toronto Maple Leafs once again look to have fans shaking their heads in wonder. The team has now lost three straight and finger-pointing and what is to blame continues. As is always a target of criticism is the Maple Leafs defense. Over the last week and a half, even before...
Toronto Maple Leafs: Another Collapse or a Terrible Season?
October 7th, 2014 If the changes made by GM Dave Nonis and his staff are any indicator, the Toronto Maple Leafs are primed for a third straight collapse in 2014-15. It goes without saying that the Maple Leafs have lacked a reliable first line centre since the departure of Mats Sundin in 2008. The best they have are Tyler Bozak and Nazem Kadri, not...
Brenden Dillon Signing Relieves Headaches... For Now
October 6th, 2014 It took a lot longer than most fans expected or hoped, but the Dallas Stars finally re-signed 23-year-old defenseman Brenden Dillon. The one-year, $1.25 million contract was signed October 2, allowing Dillon to join the Stars for their final preseason game, an intrasquad scrimmage in Cedar Park, Texas. While re-signing Dillon is a big...
Ducks-Stars Game Three Thoughts
April 22nd, 2014 Anaheim missed a chance to take a stranglehold on their Western Conference quarterfinals matchup, dropping to Dallas last night. Anaheim still has a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven. Some thoughts from last night’s game: Goaltender Kari Lehtonen snagged his first career playoff win at age 30 with a 3-0 shutout, avoiding a 3-0...
Dallas Stars' Robidas Trade a Tough Move, but the Right Move
March 8th, 2014 It was not much of a surprise that the Dallas Stars traded away Stephane Robidas, but there is still a shock that resonates with Stars fans. Stephane Robidas spent parts of 11 seasons with the Stars. Most of his career was spent as an underrated defenseman on a relatively unknown team, yet he is still considered a highly respected and...
Some Trade Deadline thoughts, and why the Ducks did well
March 7th, 2014 The NHL trade deadline – or as I’ve creatively renamed it, ‘Christmas Two’ – is usually more hype than substance. After all, us Canadians see it as the second coming of a primo holiday (at least I do), which is tough to live up to. Growing up, I’d have a plethora of excuses ready to miss a day of school so I...
Dallas Stars Strike Nice Balance With Pre-Deadline Deals
March 5th, 2014 It wasn't the trade deadline that many Dallas Stars fans expected, but it turned out to be a very memorable one nevertheless. Following months of speculation leading up to the March 5 deadline, the Stars, led by general manager Jim Nill in his first season with the team, made two big trades in the 24 hours prior,...
Dallas Stars Caught Between A Playoff Spot And A Hard Place
February 28th, 2014 On Thursday night's 4-1 win against the Carolina Hurricanes, the Dallas Stars looked about as much like a playoff team as you could possibly get. The 34-30 shot advantage doesn't come close to telling the tale of a Stars team that out-chanced, out-skated, and out-possessed the Hurricanes from the start of the game until...
The 5 Best Steals in Dallas Stars Trade History
February 19th, 2014 With the March 5 trade deadline just around the corner, it is time for trade talks and rumors to heat up, playoff hopes to be assessed and rosters to be thoroughly analyzed. It is easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of possibilities and hope, but it is important to remember not all trades are meant to have an immediate boost to a team...
Injury Bug Contributing to Stars' Recent Woes
December 13th, 2013 The Dallas Stars skated through the first quarter of the season as one of the league’s healthiest teams. Other than losing Kari Lehtonen for five games in October and Ray Whitney for a couple of games in November, the Stars have skated at full strength most of the season so far. Rich Peverley and Aaron Rome did not start the season in...
What Stephane Robidas' Injury Means for the Dallas Stars
December 3rd, 2013 We saw it hundreds of times before. Stephane Robidas takes a hit, falls down and gets right back up. Every time. When Robidas crashed into the end boards behind the Dallas net on November 29, he was expected to stand right back up and skate away just as he did many times before. Only this time, he didn’t. The longest tenured...
Dallas Stars Beginning To Gel As A Team
November 7th, 2013 When the Dallas Stars stumbled out of the gate to start the regular season, at one point sitting in second last in the Western Conference, the team regularly looked disjointed; like they weren't familiar with each other. This was because, well, they actually weren't. It was another busy offseason for the rebuilding...
