My TiVo did me a favor.

Dallas 2, San Jose 6
I was visiting my lovely sister (in Tulsa) for Thanksgiving with the family and did not hear what happened Friday night against the San Jose Sharks. My family probably doesn’t realize how lucky they are that I didn’t.
When I got home Saturday night, I found that my TiVo hadn’t recorded [...]

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Stars at Flyers 11/24/08

Dallas 3, Philadelphia 4
I’m going to try to stay on the sunny side of this street.
Modano turned in another great game. He had two picturesque goals from his office in the slot. He spent all the rest of his time reading plays and making steals. He’s just really looking good, all around. [...]

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I’m embarrassed to be associated with this penalty kill.

Last season, the Stars had the second-best penalty kill in the league. These were our penalty killers, in order of short-handed time-on-ice per game.
2007-08:
Mattias Norstrom – 3:14 (retired)
Sergei Zubov – 3:02
Philippe Boucher – 2:49 (traded)
Stu Barnes – 2:37 (retired)
Jere Lehtinen – 2:27 (injured)
Trevor Daley – 2:24
Steve Ott – 2:21 (injured)
Niklas Hagman – 2:16 [...]

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Stars vs. Ducks 11/22/08

Dallas 1, Anaheim 2 (SO)
The fact that we consistently lose shootouts this season is not endearing it to me one little bit. I already hated the shootout and now I hate it more.
I thought they did pretty well, considering. A 1-1 tie at the end of overtime is pretty good for this bunch. [...]

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This is a blow. Or, alternatively, this blows.

I had a big lecture planned about where the Stars are right now and what they need to do and whether I thought they could do it, but I think I might shelve that right now.
This news of Brenden’s injury is making me a little more philosophical about the whole thing. I feel [...]

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Brenden Morrow tears his ACL.

Poor Morrow is going to need surgery on his knee and will likely be out six months. That would put us well into May, and I was already doubting we’d still be playing hockey then.
He has got to be devastated, just like the rest of us are. I’m sure the last [...]

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Stars vs. Blackhawks 11/20/08

Dallas 3, Chicago 6
Bad:

Five goals. AGAIN.
Collapsed like pouting children after giving up the late goal in the first.
Had wonderful first period and couldn’t keep it going.
Somehow, Darryl Sydor wasn’t the miracle cure he’s been made out to be.*
Morrow missed shifts at the end.
Another loss in a long string of them.

Good:

Modano’s play. Tonight, after [...]

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Let’s not say goodbye, let’s just say au revoir.

I think Bouche is going to be okay with his new team. I hate to see people traded because I fret a lot about how the player and his family are thrown into chaos at the whim of management. But he seems to be handling it well, and he promises his family is [...]

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They’re fishtailing now.

The latest in the long string of the Stars’ fantasy-team moves:
B.J. Crombeen is picked up off waivers by the St. Louis Blues.
One of our most promising rookies, one of the kids that, along with James Neal, was rejuvenating Modano’s game, just given away. For free.
Good job, GMs.

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Shards.

Here are a few quotes from and about Philippe Boucher and his trade to Pittsburgh.
On Mike Heika’s blog:
Philippe Boucher was at his son’s hockey game this morning, and that’s one of the things that makes a trade so tough for NHL players.
“It’s never easy to leave a place where it’s like your family. I thought [...]

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