Archive - Stars Thoughts

Pondering Dallas Stars Playoff Matchups and Fatal Flaws

Does the Edmonton loss mean the Stars in for another impossibly brutal road to the Stanley Cup Final?

13 hrs ago •

Game 64 AfterThoughts: First Goals, Last Laughs

Mikael Granlund and Mikko Rantanen ensured Vancouver would stay on the outside of the playoff picture, at least for now

Mar 10 •

Game 63 AfterThoughts: New Scorers, Old Ghosts, All-Too-Familiar Injury

Pete DeBoer called it a "pond hockey game," and he's not wrong

Mar 9

The "Roller Coaster" Timeline of the Mikko Rantanen and Logan Stankoven Trade That Almost Didn't Happen

Little wonder that the Stars front office didn't get much sleep over the last couple days

Mar 8 •

The Dallas Stars Go All In for Mikko Rantanen and Wyatt Johnston

Four draft picks and Logan Stankoven for...one player. But what a player.

Mar 7 •

Some Quick Deductions about the Mikko Rantanen Stalemate

Let's do some thinking together

Mar 7 •

Game 62 AfterThoughts: Sheepish Smiles Are Smiles All the Same

There are some reasons to smile after this one

Mar 7 •

Dallas Stars Fin(n)al Pre-Trade Deadline Thoughts: Miro Heiskanen, Mikko Rantanen, Mikael Granlund, and Tyler Seguin(en)

Here's what I'm hearing and feeling and thinking about the Stars' deadline moves

Mar 6 •

A Whole Bunch of Trade Deadline Thoughts about the Dallas Stars

Are the Stars Buyers? Big Game Hunters? Stay-ers?

Mar 5 •

Game 61 AfterThoughts: Course Correction

This game might have gone differently a few months ago

Mar 5 •

Dallas Stars Tuesday Roundup: A Quick Catch-Up with Former Dallas Star Brenden Dillon

Some players stick in your memory

Mar 4 •

Dallas Stars Trade Deadline Week Begins: Lian Bichsel's Imminent Return, Wyatt Johnston's Pending Extension, and Mikko Rantanen Rantin…

And a couple of minor targets I could see Dallas pursuing, too

Mar 3 •

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