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Game 33 AfterThoughts: Forced Perspective
Extended Thoughts on the Dallas Stars' Trade Target Quandary
Game 32 AfterThoughts: From Bad to Hurts
How the Dallas Stars' Defensive Zone Coverage Has Changed under Glen Gulutzan
Game 31 AfterThoughts: Special Teams Need Special Teams
Game 30 AfterThoughts: You'll Never Guess What the Stars Did, Again
Game 29 AfterThoughts: Sink, then Swim
Game 28 AfterThoughts: New Jersey Bedeviled
Tyler Seguin's ACL Injury Is Devastating on Every Level
Game 27 AfterThoughts: Asking a Lot and Paying Dearly
The Options (or Lack Thereof) for a Dallas Stars Defense without Lian Bichsel
A Cup of Coffee with the Dallas Stars
Game 26 AfterThoughts: Another Banner Night for Local Haberdasheries
Game 25 AfterThoughts: Staying on the Beam
Game 24 AfterThoughts: Road Sweet Road
Game 23 AfterThoughts: Token Resistance
A Few Thoughts on the Possibility of a New Dallas Stars Alternate Sweater
Some Thoughts on Mikko Rantanen's Suspension, Boarding, and the New Dallas Stars Identity
Game 22 AfterThoughts: Good Points, Looming Absences, and Squandered Chances
The Good and the [It's Complicated] of the Stars' Goaltending This Season
Game 21 AfterThoughts: It's How They Finish
Game 20 AfterThoughts: The Craziest Ending That Wasn't
Thoughts on the 2025 Dallas Stars Hall of Fame Induction Gala
Game 19 AfterThoughts: Familiar Faces and a Natural Hat Trick
Thoughts about a Recent Road Trip to Ottawa and Montreal
Game 18 AfterThoughts: When It Rains
What Options Do the Stars Have in Light of Adam Erne's Injury?
Game 17 AfterThoughts: A Win Nine Years in the Making
Tuesday Dallas Stars Roundup: Remembrance Day, Tough Decisions, and the Ghosts of Ottawas Past
Game 16 AfterThoughts: A Mason Marchment Kind of Game
Game 15 AfterThoughts: Digging Deep and Finding Out
Taking a Look at Every Defenseman on the Dallas Stars after 14 Games
Game 14 AfterThoughts: No 2-0 Lead is Safe from/for the Dallas Stars
Thursday Dallas Stars Roundup: Jamie Benn Visible, Hintz and Faksa Possible, Lukáš Dostál Inevitable
A Brief but Comprehensive Update on All the Current Dallas Stars Injuries
Game 13 AfterThoughts: Moose Loosed
Stars Face Oilers Tonight with Memories of Injuries Past and Present
Initial Thoughts on the Dallas Stars Playing in Arlington for the 2027 NHL Stadium Series
Taking a Look at Every Forward on the Dallas Stars after 12 Games
Game 12 AfterThoughts: Another Point Proven
Two Haunting (and Probably Irrational) Concerns about the 2025-26 Dallas Stars
Game 11 AfterThoughts: Just Deserts
The Mavericks/Stars/AAC Dispute Is a Major Bummer for Dallas
Game 10 AfterThoughts: Third Time Lucky
Monday Off Day: Odds and Ends and Broken Sticks
Game 9 AfterThoughts: Turnabout Is Fair Play, Again
Game 8 AfterThoughts: Stars Break Skid, but at Undetermined Cost
Some Reflections on a 3-3-1 Record for the Dallas Stars
Game 7 AfterThoughts: Process Improvement, Results in Progress
Talking with APMC COO Jason Walsh about Recent Changes to the Dallas Stars Game Broadcast
Matt Duchene, Tyler Seguin, and Centering Solutions
Game 6 AfterThoughts: "Not Good Enough" as Stars Lose Third Straight
Game 5 AfterThoughts: Blues' Stars Give Stars Blues
Stars Head to St. Louis with Defensive Deficits, New Line Chemistry
Game 4 AfterThoughts: Trouble Brewing and Boiled Over
On Matt Duchene and Intermittent Instigator Penalties
Game 3 AfterThoughts: Another Dramatic Third Period, Fortunately and Unfortunately
What We've Learned about the Combat Readiness of Glen Gulutzan's Dallas Stars after Just Two Games
Game 2 AfterThoughts: Jake Oettinger's Fabulous Frenzy
Cross Hanas Thankful to Be Playing Hockey in Texas, Again
Game 1 AfterThoughts: From Your First Cigarette to Your Last Dyin' Day
Glen Gulutzan on Returning to Dallas, Finding Joy, and Keeping Himself Moving
The Dallas Stars Roster Is Set, but Lineup Questions Still Linger
The Uncertain Luxury of the 2025-26 Dallas Stars
Preseason Game 6 Afterthoughts: Ready for What Comes Next
Dallas Stars Training Camp: Editing Bin, Preseason's End, and Jake Oettinger's Mask Men
Shap and Tiffin: What does this all mean for Jason Robertson's next contract?
Line Combinations, Special Teams, and the Balance of Math and Art
Preseason Game 5 AfterThoughts: Mixing and Matching and Finding Out
Dallas Stars Training Camp: Highlights and High Stakes
NHL Roster Battles Coming into Focus as Big Cuts Arrive
Preseason Game 4 AfterThoughts: Looming Decisions
Predicting the NHL Roster Halfway through the Preseason Is Silly, but Let's Try It Anyway
Preseason Game 3 AfterThoughts: Top Line Tops Wild
Jamie Benn's Lung Surgery and Dallas's Left Wing Depth
Preseason Game 2 AfterThoughts: Extra Time, Extra Tyler Seguin
Dallas Stars Training Camp: Centers, Cuts, and Power Play Possibilities
Preseason Game 1 AfterThoughts: Binnington Still Binnington, but Stars Still Stars
The Story of the 2025-26 Dallas Stars Begins Tonight
Dallas Stars Training Camp Day 2: "You Gotta Commit to It"
Dallas Stars Training Camp Day 1: Nils Lundkvist Clinches Fitness Test Immortality
Some Initial Thoughts on Jim Nill and Glen Gulutzan's Preseason Press Conference
Artem Shlaine's Journey from Russia to Texas--and Everywhere in Between
Rough Notes from Game 1 of the Detroit/Dallas Prospect Games: Detroit Wins 6-2
Five Specific Things I'm Watching On and Off the Ice at the Dallas Stars Prospect Games in Frisco
Jason Robertson and Tyler Seguin Both Healthy as Dallas Stars Training Camp Approaches
Somtimes Power Is All About How You Don't Use It
Founder's Choice: "Why Do the Stars Always Seem to Get Goalied?"
The Dallas Stars Wouldn't Ever Trade a Micah Parsons or a Luka Dončić...Right?
Mikko Rantanen's Response to His Military Service Controversy
What the Stars Saw and Hope to See from Radek Faksa for the Next Three Years
Tyler Seguin's Contract Is (Still) Not a Problem for the Dallas Stars
Nathan Bastian Is Not a Slight Departure for the Dallas Stars
One Dallas Stars Playoff Goal I'll Never Forget
How the Dallas Stars' Penalty Kill Propelled Them Past the Winnipeg Jets
Looking at Some of the Power Play Adjustments the Dallas Stars Made Last Year
Founders' Choice: Strange Fiction, Then
The Complicated Cost of Growing the Game
Stars Thoughts Podcast Episode #01: Brandon Worley
Thinking about the Texas Rangers, Michael Young, and Jamie Benn
On Seth Jones, Stars Thoughts, and Gratitude
Where Wyatt Johnston Plays Might Be the Biggest Question of 2025-26 for the Dallas Stars
My Summer Reading, Including Two Hockey Books I Heartily Recommend
Just How Tough did Glen Gulutzan Have It in 2011-12? Let's Find Out
How Good Do You Think These Dallas Stars Are, Right Now?
Two Inescapable Thoughts about the Next Dallas Stars Jerseys
Matt Dumba and Second-Round Pick Traded to Pittsburgh for Vladislav Kolyachonok
The Jason Robertson Trade Rumors Just Won't Go Away
Tate and Trey Taylor: Brothers and Defense Partners, in College and Dallas Stars Development Camp
How to Feel about the Dallas Stars after a Fairly Quiet Free Agency Day
More Coaching Staff Clarity and Draft Day Decisions
Dallas Stars Pick "Fastest Player in the Draft" Cameron Schmidt at 94th Overall
What You Need to Understand about Jim Nill, Three-Time General Manager of the Year
Let's Try to Guess the Next Dallas Stars Player to Get into the Hockey Hall of Fame
For Jim Nill, the Dallas Stars' Coaching Search May Come Down to Courage and Defiance Alike
The Stars' Cap Crunch Continues, but Mason Marchment Leaves Dallas with a Lot to Be Proud of
John Tavares, Matt Duchene, and the Elusive Art of Complementary Leadership
Projecting the Dallas Stars' Offseason All Comes Down to One Simple Thing
Shap and Tiffin: A Survey of Coaching Candidates for the Dallas Stars
Trading Jason Robertson Might Seem Crazy, but Here's Why the Dallas Stars Might Do It Anyway
Getting Past the Edmonton Oilers Should Not Be the Primary Goal for the Dallas Stars
Critical Mass: Why Pete DeBoer's Voice Might Have Worn Out Its Welcome with the Dallas Stars
The Five Biggest Questions about the Future of These Dallas Stars
What We Can Learn from Listening Closely to Matt Duchene and Tyler Seguin
Taking A Deeper Look at the Pete DeBoer and Jake Oettinger Situation
Game 5 WCF AfterThoughts: Sorting Through the Rubble in the Words of Pete DeBoer
Postgame Beats: Meltdowns, Waking Up, and a Gentleman's Sweep
Why the Stars Haven't Been Hitting Back in Response to the Slashes on Roope Hintz
Game 4 WCF AfterThoughts: Making Meaning and Sense of a Lean Offense
Postgame Beats: Edmonton Wins Three in a Row, Again
Dallas Needs to Get Back to First Things
Game 3 WCF AfterThoughts: Odd-Man Rushes and Evening the Score
Postgame Beats: Efficient Causes
Some Further Thoughts on Roope Hintz, Darnell Nurse, and No Supplemental Discipline
Game 2 WCF AfterThoughts: External Debate
Postgame Beats: Two Losses in One Game
Game 1 WCF AfterThoughts: Third (Period) Time's the Charm
Postgame Beats: So That's Why They Call It a "Power" Play
Dallas Stars Media Day: New Lineup, Old Faces, and the Same Challenges As Before
Monday Dallas Stars Roundup: Planes, Trainers, AHL Playoffs, and Nearly Automatic Awards
Game 6 WCSF AfterThoughts: Sorrow and Joy
Postgame Beats: Heart and Soul, Flesh and Bone
The Impossibility of Consistent Officiating as Perfectly Illustrated in the Stars/Jets Series
Game 5 WCSF AfterThoughts: "A Little Bit of Hate Out There"
Postgame Beats: Stars Manage to Lose a 4-0 Playoff Game for Third Time in 12 tries
Game 4 WCSF AfterThoughts: Getting Back, Online
Postgame Beats: Granlund Grants Grand Ones
If (When) Miro Heiskanen Returns Tonight for Game 4, Who Comes Out of the Lineup?
Game 3 WCSF AfterThoughts: Third Periods, Exclamations, Points
Postgame Beats: "Oetter's Better" Says AAC Crowd, Scoreboard
The Harsh Reality of the Continued Absence of Miro Heiskanen
Game 2 WCSF AfterThoughts: If It Were Easy, Everyone Would Do It
Postgame Beats: Jets Tie Series, and Connor Hellebuyck Might Be Back
Game 1 WCSF AfterThoughts: Mikko Rantanen Opens Can, Again
Postgame Beats: Stars Up 1-0 After Mikko Rantanen's Latest Legendary Playoff Game
A Fine Balance: An Interview with Dallas Stars Goaltending Coach Jeff Reese
The Privilege of Victory: Burying the Narratives after a First Round Victory
Game 7 WCQF AfterThoughts: MikKO
What I Saw and Heard on the Morning of Game 7
The Silly Suffering and Sacrifice of Watching Sports and Game Sevens
Game 6 WCQF AfterThoughts: When the Impossible Meets the Unimaginable
Three Cool Things: The Relentless Dallas Power Play, the Other Ceci, and Thomas Harley
Game 5 WCQF AfterThoughts: Time for the Big Guys
Why You Should or Shouldn't Worry about the Stars through Four Games
Game 4 WCQF AfterThoughts: That Still Only Counts As One
Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin Are the Underrated Storyline of This Year's Playoffs
Once Again, the Dallas Stars Are Diverting the Colorado Avalanche Offense
Game 3 WCQF AfterThoughts: The Mason Marchment Experience™
An Afternoon with Tom Gaglardi and Dallas Stars Media
Game 2 WCQF AfterThoughts: All's Well, That Blackwell
One Specific Thing Dallas Can Do Better in Game 2
Game 1 WCQF AfterThoughts: Eight Is More than Enough of This
Predictability, Details, and a "Pressure Identity": An Interview with Pete DeBoer
The Playoff Bandwagon Fan's Comprehensive Guide to Every Member of the 2024-25 Dallas Stars
Friday Dallas Stars Roundup: Jason Robertson Week-to-Week, Lineup Analysis, Power Play Popcorn
How (on Earth) to Watch the 2024-25 Dallas Stars in the Playoffs: The Only Guide You'll Need
Game 82 AfterThoughts: Seven and 91
Tyler Seguin Will Play Tonight in Nashville for the Dallas Stars
Stars Thoughts Is Giving Away Two Playoff Tickets to Game 1
Thoughts on a Three-Day Michigan Weekend and the Dallas Stars' Weak Ending
Game 81 AfterThoughts: Three Hundred and Ninety-Nine Time and Time Again
On Hockey Coverage, Journalism, and Human Relationship with Sean Shapiro
How a Winning T-Shirt Design Was Born in a Moment of Crisis
AfterThoughts: On Five-Game Losing Streaks for the Dallas and Texas Stars
Yes, the Dallas Stars Can Beat the Colorado Avalanche without Miro Heiskanen
Game 79 AfterThoughts: Bad Timing for Bad Times
The Persistent Patience of Pete DeBoer
Game 78 AfterThoughts: Three Times Is a Spanking
Game 77 AfterThoughts: Another Minnesota Episode
Report: Miro Heiskanen Not Expected to Return in First Round of Stanley Cup Playoffs
Game 76 AfterThoughts: Chickens Come Home to Roost Looking Like Penguins
Game 75 AfterThoughts: Third's the One with the Very Best
Game 74 AfterThoughts: The Stars Go Marching On
Game 73 AfterThoughts: Playoffs, Ahoy
Game 72 AfterThoughts: They Are Now All Officially Asking How
Pete DeBoer Is Concerned about the Dallas Stars. Should You Be?
Game 71 AfterThoughts: Jason and Jake Foil the Oil
Game 70 AfterThoughts: Jake Oettinger Knows How to Celebrate a Bobblehead Night
Matěj Blümel Might Be Just What Dallas Needs, Sooner or Later
Game 69 AfterThoughts: One For the Kids, Three from the Defensemen
The Tenuous Balance of Patience and Urgency for the Dallas Stars
Game 68 AfterThoughts: Nearly Enough, but Nowhere Near Good Enough
Checking out the Texas Stars on a Wednesday Night in Cedar Park
Game 67 AfterThoughts: Mikael Granlund's Grand One (and Two)
Game 66 AfterThoughts: Giving Ground, Proving Grounds
Game 65 AfterThoughts: Outmanned, Outgunned
Wyatt Johnston Is the Youngest (and Least Surprising) Alternate Captain in the NHL This Season
Mikko Rantanen Says He Considered Carolina, but "Dallas Was a Better Fit"
Pondering Dallas Stars Playoff Matchups and Fatal Flaws
Game 64 AfterThoughts: First Goals, Last Laughs
Game 63 AfterThoughts: New Scorers, Old Ghosts, All-Too-Familiar Injury
The Dallas Stars Go All In for Mikko Rantanen and Wyatt Johnston
Some Quick Deductions about the Mikko Rantanen Stalemate
Game 62 AfterThoughts: Sheepish Smiles Are Smiles All the Same
A Whole Bunch of Trade Deadline Thoughts about the Dallas Stars
Game 61 AfterThoughts: Course Correction
Dallas Stars Tuesday Roundup: A Quick Catch-Up with Former Dallas Star Brenden Dillon
Game 60 AfterThoughts: They Do Ask How Many, and the Answer Is "Many"
Game 59 AfterThoughts: Special Teams and Special People
Friday Dallas Stars Roundup: Masked Men, Minute Management, and Mop-Up Duty
Individual Messaging and Loyalty: a Conversation with Dallas Stars Assistant Coach Steve Spott
When Can Lian Bichsel Return: I Read the NHL Concussion Protocol So You Don't Have To
Game 58 AfterThoughts: Out of Gas Whiplash
Let's Talk about Trevor Zegras, Rule 48, and Casey Cizikas's Hit to Lian Bichsel's Head
Game 57 AfterThoughts: Jason Robertson, Naturally, and Lian Bichsel, Unfortunately
Game 56 AfterThoughts: Casey Closed
Friday Dallas Stars Roundup: Sightlines, Power Play Lineups, and a Wyatt Johnston Fun Fact
Three Dumb Excuses USA Hockey Fans Can Make after Losing to Canada (again)
The Four Nations Face-Off Final: A Bonkers and Bizarre Smash Hit, for USA and Canada Alike
Addendum: Tyler Seguin Talks His Post-Playing Career, Linemates, Rule Changes, and More
Tuesday Morning Dallas Stars Roundup: Four Nations, Five Hundred Injuries
On Saturday Night, Four Nations Went Up to Eleven
Shap and Tiffin: Why Seth Jones Probably Isn't Going to Be a Dallas Star Any Time Soon
The Loui Eriksson Award: Who Is the Dallas Stars' Most Underrated Player?
Monday Dallas Stars Roundup: The Two-Thirds Degree, Penalty Kill Secrets, and Playoff Bluelines
Game 55 AfterThoughts: Break(down) Time
Game 54 AfterThoughts: L, OL, SOL
Ilya Lyubushkin's Injury Uncertainty Is Only One Piece of the Stars' Puzzle Right Now
Game 53 AfterThoughts: Lack of Execution and Lyubushkin
Monday Morning Dallas Stars Roundup: Cody Ceci, Officiating, and Moves Still to Come
Game 52 AfterThoughts: New Friends, Old Wounds
I'm No Basketball Expert, but the Luka Dončić Trade Is How You Alienate a Fanbase
Why the Dallas Stars traded for Mikael Granlund and Cody Ceci
Game 51 AfterThoughts: Minus One, Stars Get Two
Thursday Practice Update: Miro Heiskanen "Week-to-Week" As Stars' Injury Woes Continue
Welcome to the New Home of Stars Thoughts!
Game 50 AfterThoughts: Why-Not Johnston?
A Word on The State of Stars Thoughts
Game 49 AfterThoughts: Whatever It Takes
Game 48 AfterThoughts: National Noetteriety
The Dallas Stars Penalty Kill Is Still Killing It
Three Big Questions about These Dallas Stars
Game 47 AfterThoughts: Learning Lessons and Asking Questions
Tuesday Dallas Stars Roundup: Roope’s Return, Full Facemask Finesse, and Marchment Marches On
Let’s Speculate about the Merits of a Potential Seth Jones Trade to the Dallas Stars
Game 46 AfterThoughts: Stopping and Starting and Recalling
Game 45 AfterThoughts: Sound and Fury
John Klingberg Is Signing with the Edmonton Oilers
Game 44 AfterThoughts: Dobešt Around
Thursday Dallas Stars Update: Recalls, Rumors, and Legends
Victory+ Adds Texas Rangers to Dallas Stars Streaming Platform—for a Paid Annual Subscription
Game 43 AfterThoughts: Logan Stankover (and Over Again)
Monday Dallas Stars Musings: On Mike McCarthy, Jim Nill, and the Freedom of Creativity
Game 42 AfterThoughts: Canadian Tired Centre
Game 41 AfterThoughts: Halfway Done, Full Two Points, Jake Oettinger Goes the Extra Mile
Game 40 AfterThoughts: It’s Always Money in Philadelphia
Game 39 AfterThoughts: Redemption Convention
Tuesday Tidbits: Brendan Smith and Nils Lundkvist Return to Face the Rangers as Texas Freezes Over
Game 38 AfterThoughts: Not the Best, but Better than the Rest
One Clue about What the Dallas Stars Think They Need to Upgrade This Year
Two Particular Stats That Bode Well for the Dallas Stars