2024-25 General Dallas Stars Talk

[piqued]

never can 'load up' and guarantee a cup. better bet is to stay competitive and give yourself a chance every year. plus the regular season is way more fun for a team in the hunt than a team tanking

yup... people don't like to confront how much of the end result is sheer f***ing luck and then narratives are crafted to explain the outcomes post facto. You just put your name in the hopper every year and give yourself a chance.

 

[BrettHullsToe]

Here we go Nill, exactly the situation I was talking about. Get your ass to the front of the queue!

 

[LT]

yup... people don't like to confront how much of the end result is sheer f***ing luck and then narratives are crafted to explain the outcomes post facto. You just put your name in the hopper every year and give yourself a chance.

Exactly, and this is a lot of why I think Nill has done such an incredible job with the team over his tenure. We've been a legit contender more often than not under his guidance.

 

[JeffP]

Habs game is the second of a back to back for them, good chance to keep rolling unless we go Full Stars tomorrow night

Maybe we should get Pastrnak in here sooner than later?

 

[too374]

Exactly, and this is a lot of why I think Nill has done such an incredible job with the team over his tenure. We've been a legit contender more often than not under his guidance.

Guy 2 pages back saying we had no success w Seguin when we have been to the scf and conference finals multiple times

 

[LT]

Guy 2 pages back saying we had no success w Seguin when we have been to the scf and conference finals multiple times

That's just hockey forums. There are Chicago fans who think the team was a failure in the early 2010s because they didn't win more Cups and made some bad trades.

 

[Troy McClure]

yup... people don't like to confront how much of the end result is sheer f***ing luck and then narratives are crafted to explain the outcomes post facto. You just put your name in the hopper every year and give yourself a chance.

Much of the luck is about surviving playoff injuries to your best players.

But I think it's also not a good approach to view just getting into the playoffs as the only necessary component to winning a Cup. The Stars are pretty much guaranteed to make the playoffs and have been playing better, but they're still dealing with some gaps in the roster like with their three rookie forwards producing only three points each the last ten games (despite Bourque looking better).

I know no one wants to trade anyone who is young because it's always hoped every young guy will be awesome in the future, but there are a lot of elements on the roster that make this season (and the prior two seasons) look like this team's best chances to win it all in addition to the gift of the Seguin LTIR windfall.

 

[Hockey Dad]

Anderson may be cheaper when the Stars take the Kadri contract with it.

 

[Kcb12345]

 

[redbeardtx]

Don't they all say that though?

 

[Troy McClure]

What I see here is a guy who doesn't hate the Stars. He knows where he's going.