A win's never just a win, and loss is never just a loss. No game better represented this than Dallas' 6-5 overtime win over the sliding Calgary Flames.
You draft an offensively skilled PMD and then punish each time he makes a risky play in an effort to turn him into Lindell 2.0. Then after he is squeezing the stick so tightly for fear of doing anything other than high lobs and off the glass exits you berate him for not doing the offensive things that you drafted/traded him for.
Nice commentary David. The concern I have about Nils is he has so little playing time that next year he will still be basically a rookie, despite what the roster says. I have read nothing to make me think the Stars would be willing to go into next year with a d-man with so little playing time, plus 1-2 rookie forwards like Maverik and/or Standoven. My fear is that we will still have more of the same, but maybe just a little bit less of it because one vet is gone instead of two or three. An even greater concern is that there may be more front office involvement on the makeup of the team than we know, and I don’t think that Jim Nill is the issue.
By all accounts, Stankoven's stay in the CHL was as much about Kamloops as it was about Dallas not wanting too many rookies on the roster this season. That's one of the things that worries me about what they do with one of Dadonov or Domi. If Lundkvist isn't the guy they're willing to trust, and they retain Domi (for example), they're still missing what they need - help on the blueline. Even then I worry that Nill would misidentify what that need is. It's hard to imagine them buying out Suter just to let Harley play after the season Lundkvist is having.
Unfortunately calling it the season that Lundquist is having isn't exactly accurate, partial season it's maddening and ridiculous. Don't get me started on Harley's absence.
You draft an offensively skilled PMD and then punish each time he makes a risky play in an effort to turn him into Lindell 2.0. Then after he is squeezing the stick so tightly for fear of doing anything other than high lobs and off the glass exits you berate him for not doing the offensive things that you drafted/traded him for.
Nice commentary David. The concern I have about Nils is he has so little playing time that next year he will still be basically a rookie, despite what the roster says. I have read nothing to make me think the Stars would be willing to go into next year with a d-man with so little playing time, plus 1-2 rookie forwards like Maverik and/or Standoven. My fear is that we will still have more of the same, but maybe just a little bit less of it because one vet is gone instead of two or three. An even greater concern is that there may be more front office involvement on the makeup of the team than we know, and I don’t think that Jim Nill is the issue.
By all accounts, Stankoven's stay in the CHL was as much about Kamloops as it was about Dallas not wanting too many rookies on the roster this season. That's one of the things that worries me about what they do with one of Dadonov or Domi. If Lundkvist isn't the guy they're willing to trust, and they retain Domi (for example), they're still missing what they need - help on the blueline. Even then I worry that Nill would misidentify what that need is. It's hard to imagine them buying out Suter just to let Harley play after the season Lundkvist is having.
Unfortunately calling it the season that Lundquist is having isn't exactly accurate, partial season it's maddening and ridiculous. Don't get me started on Harley's absence.