I'm sorry. I watched the game. What are they smoking, especially Jamie Benn? It's the usual, fans-can-see-we're-doomed look when they look slow and can't do anything. They played terrible the second half of the game. That 3rd goal was one of the lamest chances I've seen this club give up in years. Why does the culture never change? They lost 2 terrible games in front of the home fans. They always start series off poorly (except maybe they won game 1 with Edmonton last year I think). How does that poor culture stick around even when coaches change?
I wasn't keen on the hiring of Gulutzan, but as the season wore on I began to think he might have been exactly what this team needed. But his coaching during this playoff series has convinced me that my initial impulse was correct. Leaving Myers in the lineup and refusing to play Petrovic, who was outstanding during last year's playoffs, is insane. And bench penalties for too many men on the ice are always on the coaching staff, as far as I'm concerned. When you list the Dallas Stars who have under-performed during these playoffs, Gulutzan is at the top of the list.
mostly similar core, different coaching staff, similar results. it's mostly on the players like Rantanen, Johnston, Harley, and Otter. Those are the names fans should be pointing to becuase those are the names that have the huge contracts and dissappear. I'd say Hintz and Seguin too but they've been injured
Not sure what I can add to "not enough 5 on 5 scoring" and the soft Boldy goal only a few seconds before the end of the 2nd period. I did see a stat on the hellsite to the effect that expected goals for both teams at 5 v 5 has been about even for the series, but goals scored are 11-3 Wild. That's nuts.
Meyer was just awful tonight. No need to beat that dead horse any further, at least not by me.
If offense is the problem, why not borrow a page from the Wild book and pair Miro and Harley together and have them on the ice for about half the game? Not sure who to pair with Lindell, though.
And I know fans love Hryckowian, but he is a bottom 6 guy playing way too many Top 6 minutes. Have the Stars thought about loading up their top line by replacing him with Robo? Even Sam Steel might be a slight upgrade. The real problem, of course, is that they are missing two top 6 guys (Seguin and Hintz). Tyler isn't going to be available, and I promised not to keep asking if we should be concerned about Hintz.
Anyway, Game 6 is still winnable. Both Minnesota games required overtime. Elimination games are the hardest games to win. Playoff hockey momentum can and does change on a dime. Etc.
Seems like GG was extremely shortsighted to keep the bottom 6 forwards the same. Without doubt, have to make changes now (i.e. put Bunting in the lineup).
The lack of scoring from the bottom 6 forwards and all defenseman outside of Miro has been the difference here. Zero goals is unacceptable. Harley has been an extreme disappointment.
Stars have won 31 playoff games the last 37 months. If one team was built to come back from a 3-2 deficit, it’s the Stars.
But if they don’t, think we can have conversations on how Jim Nill had a very bad season. His fingerprints are all over this underperformance and the underwhelming options on how to improve this offseason.
Harley has me serious wondering if the Stars "bought high" on him as he's basically been terrible for long stretches of this season and has rarely looked like the top level DMan he did the previous season.
A bad move by Nill. Harley wasn’t close to UFA status. He hasn’t played anywhere near a player worth $10.5M
At the same time, he has totally botched the Robo negotiations. Guaranteed he is going to have to pay at least $2m more per season than he would have if he signed him this past offseason.
a) trading valuable draft capital this year for two players that are total trash (Bunting and Myers)
b) signing two defenseman (Lyubushkin and Dumba) that are/were unplayable in the playoffs that required valuable draft capital to move off the roster (everyone but him knew this when the signings happened)
c) This is more rumor, but not trading a first round pick for Artemi Panarin this season
d) this one is still TBD, but are we sure we won the Rantanen/Stankoven and 2 first round draft picks trade?
That was a terrible effort, I'm sorry. If you're name doesn't being with "Jason" you were outplayed by your counterpart. NONE of the Stars other supposedly best players are showing up.
The blue paint tells us a lot. Every time there's a puck battle in the blue paint the Wild seem to win it. They score when the puck in the Dallas blue paint and they prevent scores when the puck is in the Wild blue paint.
Don't know why the Stars can't shoot but it's ridiculous at this point. I cannot count how many times I've seen players get into prime scoring position, without a stick on them, with a controlled puck...and "the shot is wide" and often not remotely close. Look, if you're aiming for a corner, make sure if you miss it's ON NET. Because this team simply cannot shoot straight right now.
And you can defend Tyler Myers but he's a black hole of ineptitude. The basic numbers say it and the advanced numbers say it. Which just illustrates that yet again Jim Nill has completely whiffed at the trade deadline. He forward he traded for can't break the lineup despite Roope Hintze sitting out and the DMan is by far the worst the player on the ice every game and is clearly being targeted by the Wild.
So spread the blame around...from GM to the coaching staff to pretty much every player on the roster. No one seems to be living up to the moment and that's a sad commentary on a team this accomplished.
I said it in a previous article you wrote, but this roster of players doesn't care or take winning seriously. so I won't take them seriously and I'll just save my time and money. I'm officially done with the Stars organization after over 15 years of fandom. good riddance
Robert, seriously...how do you put up with such "fan" negativity when things don't go our way? I guess they pay the bills so you have to.
This series isn't over, and our team isn't trash that doesn't care and isn't trying. Only 1 team will win the Cup, and it could still be us. Enjoy the ride, this team has what it takes and I'm looking forward to pulling for them to the end, whenever that may be. Go Stars!
I'm sorry. I watched the game. What are they smoking, especially Jamie Benn? It's the usual, fans-can-see-we're-doomed look when they look slow and can't do anything. They played terrible the second half of the game. That 3rd goal was one of the lamest chances I've seen this club give up in years. Why does the culture never change? They lost 2 terrible games in front of the home fans. They always start series off poorly (except maybe they won game 1 with Edmonton last year I think). How does that poor culture stick around even when coaches change?
I wasn't keen on the hiring of Gulutzan, but as the season wore on I began to think he might have been exactly what this team needed. But his coaching during this playoff series has convinced me that my initial impulse was correct. Leaving Myers in the lineup and refusing to play Petrovic, who was outstanding during last year's playoffs, is insane. And bench penalties for too many men on the ice are always on the coaching staff, as far as I'm concerned. When you list the Dallas Stars who have under-performed during these playoffs, Gulutzan is at the top of the list.
mostly similar core, different coaching staff, similar results. it's mostly on the players like Rantanen, Johnston, Harley, and Otter. Those are the names fans should be pointing to becuase those are the names that have the huge contracts and dissappear. I'd say Hintz and Seguin too but they've been injured
Not sure what I can add to "not enough 5 on 5 scoring" and the soft Boldy goal only a few seconds before the end of the 2nd period. I did see a stat on the hellsite to the effect that expected goals for both teams at 5 v 5 has been about even for the series, but goals scored are 11-3 Wild. That's nuts.
Meyer was just awful tonight. No need to beat that dead horse any further, at least not by me.
If offense is the problem, why not borrow a page from the Wild book and pair Miro and Harley together and have them on the ice for about half the game? Not sure who to pair with Lindell, though.
And I know fans love Hryckowian, but he is a bottom 6 guy playing way too many Top 6 minutes. Have the Stars thought about loading up their top line by replacing him with Robo? Even Sam Steel might be a slight upgrade. The real problem, of course, is that they are missing two top 6 guys (Seguin and Hintz). Tyler isn't going to be available, and I promised not to keep asking if we should be concerned about Hintz.
Anyway, Game 6 is still winnable. Both Minnesota games required overtime. Elimination games are the hardest games to win. Playoff hockey momentum can and does change on a dime. Etc.
Seems like GG was extremely shortsighted to keep the bottom 6 forwards the same. Without doubt, have to make changes now (i.e. put Bunting in the lineup).
The lack of scoring from the bottom 6 forwards and all defenseman outside of Miro has been the difference here. Zero goals is unacceptable. Harley has been an extreme disappointment.
Stars have won 31 playoff games the last 37 months. If one team was built to come back from a 3-2 deficit, it’s the Stars.
But if they don’t, think we can have conversations on how Jim Nill had a very bad season. His fingerprints are all over this underperformance and the underwhelming options on how to improve this offseason.
Harley has me serious wondering if the Stars "bought high" on him as he's basically been terrible for long stretches of this season and has rarely looked like the top level DMan he did the previous season.
A bad move by Nill. Harley wasn’t close to UFA status. He hasn’t played anywhere near a player worth $10.5M
At the same time, he has totally botched the Robo negotiations. Guaranteed he is going to have to pay at least $2m more per season than he would have if he signed him this past offseason.
Other Nill mistakes include:
a) trading valuable draft capital this year for two players that are total trash (Bunting and Myers)
b) signing two defenseman (Lyubushkin and Dumba) that are/were unplayable in the playoffs that required valuable draft capital to move off the roster (everyone but him knew this when the signings happened)
c) This is more rumor, but not trading a first round pick for Artemi Panarin this season
d) this one is still TBD, but are we sure we won the Rantanen/Stankoven and 2 first round draft picks trade?
That was a terrible effort, I'm sorry. If you're name doesn't being with "Jason" you were outplayed by your counterpart. NONE of the Stars other supposedly best players are showing up.
The blue paint tells us a lot. Every time there's a puck battle in the blue paint the Wild seem to win it. They score when the puck in the Dallas blue paint and they prevent scores when the puck is in the Wild blue paint.
Don't know why the Stars can't shoot but it's ridiculous at this point. I cannot count how many times I've seen players get into prime scoring position, without a stick on them, with a controlled puck...and "the shot is wide" and often not remotely close. Look, if you're aiming for a corner, make sure if you miss it's ON NET. Because this team simply cannot shoot straight right now.
And you can defend Tyler Myers but he's a black hole of ineptitude. The basic numbers say it and the advanced numbers say it. Which just illustrates that yet again Jim Nill has completely whiffed at the trade deadline. He forward he traded for can't break the lineup despite Roope Hintze sitting out and the DMan is by far the worst the player on the ice every game and is clearly being targeted by the Wild.
So spread the blame around...from GM to the coaching staff to pretty much every player on the roster. No one seems to be living up to the moment and that's a sad commentary on a team this accomplished.
I said it in a previous article you wrote, but this roster of players doesn't care or take winning seriously. so I won't take them seriously and I'll just save my time and money. I'm officially done with the Stars organization after over 15 years of fandom. good riddance
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I appreciate the diligent work, Tiffin. I capped off the night with this article and it didn't disappoint even if game five did-
Robert, seriously...how do you put up with such "fan" negativity when things don't go our way? I guess they pay the bills so you have to.
This series isn't over, and our team isn't trash that doesn't care and isn't trying. Only 1 team will win the Cup, and it could still be us. Enjoy the ride, this team has what it takes and I'm looking forward to pulling for them to the end, whenever that may be. Go Stars!