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Light Work: A small preview of the 2025-2026 season, and a small bone to pick with your rankings
Jason Robertson. Why have they forsaken you?
19 hrs ago
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David Castillo
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Are we in for a roster surprise when the season starts?
No. But still.
Sep 10
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David Castillo
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The Other Stars: A glimpse into the future with a super early look at potential picks for the 2026 NHL Draft
How about another Hemming?
Sep 8
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David Castillo
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In The Wild: Real reactions to Dallas' firing of Pete DeBoer (plus some fancy stats on where things have gone wrong)
Jun 6
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David Castillo
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Into the weeds with Dallas Stars skating coach, Luke Chilcott
Apr 3
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David Castillo
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Into The Weeds: The Dallas Stars versus Edmonton Oilers 2025 Playoff Preview
May 20
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David Castillo
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Into The Weeds: The Dallas Stars versus the Winnipeg Jets 2025 Playoff Preview
May 6
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David Castillo
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Tales From The Clipped: Thomas Harley has become one of the game's best defenders. Yes, in the defensive zone too.
May 13
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David Castillo
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Seven Jason Robertson trade scenarios but they get increasingly less realistic
Jun 12
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David Castillo
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Light Work: Personal reflections on why your favorite Dallas Star always has a price. Just maybe not under Jim Nill.
And why it probably won't be paid under Jim Nill's stewardship.
Sep 1
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David Castillo
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Into the weeds with Dallas Stars Director of Analytics, Matt Rodell
Everything you've ever wanted to know about how the Dallas Stars have embraced the analytics revolution.
Aug 28
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David Castillo
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The Other Stars: Ranking Dallas' youth movement against the rest of the league
Let's yap about prospects now.
Aug 27
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David Castillo
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A 2025 Casual Fan's Guide to Advanced Stats and Hockey Analytics
Into the mathematical breach once more: this time with an aside on the Jason Robertson conundrum.
Aug 19
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David Castillo
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2025 Report Card: Forget the Oettinger drama. What was up with team defense under Pete DeBoer?
This year was a weird one. And not just because of DeBoer's TMZ moment.
Jul 31
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David Castillo
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2025 Report Card: Nils Lundkvist and the season that could have been.
The story of the season for many players: injuries.
Jul 30
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David Castillo
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2025 Report Card: Ilya Lyubushkin, reporting for duty
Was he worth it?
Jul 29
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David Castillo
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2025 Report Card: How Thomas Harley broke the fancy stats mold, and what it means moving forward.
Norris or not, he's elite with a capital E.
Jul 28
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David Castillo
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Tales From The Clipped: How Dallas has quieted hockey's most elite power play (in three acts).
Alain Nasreddine rocks.
May 15
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David Castillo
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Tales From The Clipped: Thomas Harley has become one of the game's best defenders. Yes, in the defensive zone too.
All of a defender's strengths. None of their weaknesses.
May 13
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David Castillo
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Tales From The Clipped: How Dallas' penalty kill continues to ruin Colorado's day
It's all bad for Colorado on the man advantage, and all good for Dallas on the penalty kill.
Apr 30
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David Castillo
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Tales From The Clipped: About that Game 2 overtime, and how Dallas' best defense became a heavy forecheck.
Heavier than the earth's core.
Apr 24
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David Castillo
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The Sober Play-By-Play: Game 48 versus Vegas drew out the best in Dallas
The game of the year gets a Tales From The Clipped.
Jan 28
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David Castillo
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Prospects
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The Other Stars: A glimpse into the future with a super early look at potential picks for the 2026 NHL Draft
How about another Hemming?
Sep 8
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David Castillo
18
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The Other Stars: Ranking Dallas' youth movement against the rest of the league
Let's yap about prospects now.
Aug 27
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David Castillo
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2025 NHL Draft Grades: The Cameron Schmidt somehow fell to Dallas edition
Not a bad day for a team with basically no picks.
Jul 1
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David Castillo
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Holy Smokes! Cameron Schmidt falls to Dallas, who take him at #94 in the 2025 NHL Draft
It wasn't supposed to be like this.
Jun 28
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David Castillo
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2025 NHL Draft Hypelist: Defensemen the Dallas Stars could or should target
Could Dallas draft the next Stephen Johns and John Klingberg?
Jun 25
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David Castillo
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