Dead cat bounce.

We’ve been hearing this whole season about how important Scott Niedermayer is to the fortunes of the Anaheim Ducks and, according to some, the very NHL itself. I am neither a fan of the Ducks, nor a fan of Scott Niedermayer.
Up until the ’06-’07 season, my rooting against the Ducks was based on the fact [...]

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Stars at Canucks 01/29/08

That was a nice win to lead us out of the All-Star break and into the tough part of the season. After last night, the Stars have 28 games left, fewer than any other team in the league. Over the next 28 games, we’ll have to collect as many points as possible while hoping that [...]

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All-Star Game = Fun.

That was a fun game!
It started out a little lopsided, but the West caught up the East and the competitiveness that makes kids become professional athletes started to bubble up. It came down to the last few seconds when Marc Savard scored to win it for the East.  Over the weekend full of player interviews and behind-the-scenes access [...]

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I like the All-Star Game. So there.

I feel like somebody needs to defend the All-Star Game event. Everywhere I go, it’s criticized for not being meaningful, not being competitive, not having hits, not having the right players, not being in the right town, not being on the right channel, not having the right superskills events, not having the right players in [...]

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SuperSkills recap.

Last year the All-Star Weekend was held in Dallas and I got to go to the SuperSkills competition. I was a little overly focused on Philippe Boucher the whole time, so I managed to enjoy it, but without really keeping up with what was going on (I watched it later on TiVo). The SuperSkills is [...]

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The All-Star Game needs more Stars.

James Mirtle has an idea that would put more Dallas Stars in the All-Star Game (accidentally). Instead of East vs. West, he suggests Matts vs. Mikes.
Knuble – M. Richards – Cammalleri
Ribeiro – Comrie – Ryder
Nylander – Modano – Samuelsson
Fisher – Sillinger – Grier
Commodore – Green
Lundin – Komisarek
Van Ryn – Mottau
Smith
Tellqvist
v.
Lombardi – Sundin – Stajan
Pettinger – [...]

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All-Star Weekend.

I love the All-Star Game. Love, love, love it. I look forward to it every year, because it’s a chance to see the personalities of the players. It’s also a chance to meet players from other teams and other conferences that I don’t know anything about. People criticize the game because it’s not competitive, but that’s [...]

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Sabres are in town.

I’m looking forward to tonight’s game against the Buffalo Sabres. I feel like I know them after hanging out on IPB with all the cool Sabres bloggers, like Heather B., Katebits, Amy, and Gambler.  And there are many more that just hang out there, like Andrew and Meg (and some that are going to be mad [...]

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Stars vs. Blue Jackets 01/22/08

Dallas 2, Columbus 4
This game started out well and then went bad. The first period passed without a goal from either team, then early in the second, Brenden Morrow got the first goal from Mittens and Ribeiro. Their line seems to be coming out of their slump a little bit.
Then Steve Ott got his goal [...]

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Stars vs. Ducks 01/20/08

Dallas 5, Anaheim 2
I love Niklas Hagman.
I’m not going to let the fact that I say it all the time keep me from saying it again. I love that guy! He works so hard all the time and he’s so fast and so smart. And he’d still be great even he got half the offense, [...]

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