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Why is Scott Arniel still the coach?
Let me start by getting this out of the way: I don't care that the Blue Jackets won against Winnipeg on Saturday. One thing that really got under my skin from Matt's recap of Scott Howson's Q&A with season ticket holders was this: Howson was asked about the coaching staff, and if he had...
Dallas Stars Daily Links: Gulutzan's Teaching Background Paying Off
Glen Gulutzan's background as a teacher isn't a secret anymore to Dallas Stars fans, but the national media is finally catching on that part of the new head coach's story. This article from NHL.com might be the national hockey audience's first real introduction to the new head coach who has the...
Dallas Stars Daily Links: Stars Return To Ice After Week Of Rest
After what feels like an interminable wait, the Dallas Stars are back on the ice at the American Airlines Center tonight with a 7:30 p.m. game against the Colorado Avalanche. The time off was nice and needed, even though they seem to have come out of it more beat up than they went into it with the...
Dallas Stars Daily Links: Stars Happy With Effort In Loss to Kings
Boy, Thursday was a kick in the pants to fans of Metroplex-based sports teams, wasn't it? While there isn't much good that can be said about that.... other game that was lost, the coaches and players of the Dallas Stars were more-or-less pleased with the game they played against the Los Angeles...
Kari Lehtonen Stellar As Dallas Stars Coach Gulutzan Addresses Frustrations
"Unbelievable," Dallas Star coach Glen Gulutzan said of Kari Lehtonen, after his Stars enjoyed an improbable shootout victory over the Phoenix Coyotes. "He's the reason we have two points." Make no mistake about it, Kari Lehtonen is the reason the Dallas Stars have won two games this season. While...
Dallas Stars 2011-12 Season: A New Beginning, A New Era In Stars Hockey
For the Dallas Stars faithful, the past three years have been a test in patience, frustration and optimism. Ever since the Western Conference Finals appearance in June of 2008, the Stars have been fighting against raised expectations along with a roster whose overall talent level has gone down...
Dallas Stars Fans Should Hope For Success, No Matter What The System Might Be
It's been very interesting to me to try and gauge fan's expectations for this upcoming season. Just a few months removed from missing the postseason by a mere two points, the Stars are facing an uncertain but hopeful future as Joe Nieuwendyk resets a bit and starts truly building this team up....
The NHL Coaching Fraternity's Family Tree
After laying out the lineage of the current crop of NHL General Managers, the next logical step was to root through the family trees of the current crop of NHL Head Coaches. To be honest, the chart doesn't represent the true intermingling of the coaching profession. I tried to connect the men...
New Dallas Stars Head Coach Needs To Embody Confidence, Intensity
Much of the focus on the Dallas Stars coaching search has been on the "system" that each prospective coach would bring and whether his style would fit what Joe Nieuwendyk is attempting to build in Dallas. It's a worthy concern, as there were certainly times over the past few years that it seemed as...
Dallas Stars Coaching Candidate: Willie Desjardins
Age: 54Playing career: 1971-1977 (SJHL, WCHL)Coaching career: 2002-2010 (WHL) Playing career: Desjardins started his brief playing career in the Canadian Juniors, playing for the Moose Jaw Canucks, Swift Current Broncos and the Lethbridge Broncos. He was fairly prominent on the win, averaging over...
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