Three days shy of a month long break. What did we miss? 14 games. 5 Wins. Second to last in the Pacific Division. 4-ish points out of a playoff spot. Before looking that one up, I figured it would have been much higher than just 4. The best way to describe this past month: It's just bad hockey. This team is capable of playing better, but the poor play of Matt Niskanen, loosing Mike Ribiero to the throat injury, and just woeful goaltending is holding this team back. For a moment I thought they had turned it around; a big comeback on national television against the second best team in hockey (Chicago) followed by another big game on New Years Eve against Anaheim (including a hat trick by Eriksson...good things happen when I don't go on my birthday). The club, riding high, then dropped 5 of the next 6, getting outscored 23-10. Both netminders are struggling, and the offense is pretty spotty as well. On the positive, the penalty kill hasn't been too horrible, and Brad Richards is racking up points left and right; but the dry spell, coupled with the Mavs and Cowboys winning, (quite possibly even the Rangers simply signing players) have returned the team to roughly an afterthought on the front of the Dallas Morning News sports page.
Regardless, GO STARS
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So about a month ago the Stars were 6th in goals scored per game we're now 11th and we're 7th in most goals allowed per game. So we have the offense to compete in the league but we're not doing great defensively and we're doing horribly goaltending wise. I say we bring up Climie from the Texas Stars for like a 3 game trial and if he does great keep him around for awhile.
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