2024 Training Camp

[piqued]

Where are the Stars jetting off to this year?

The sea breeze and quaint green gables of Charlottetown?

Or maybe it's the rugged mountains and dry air of Boise?

Or could it be the international destination and alpenglow of Vail?

Nope, it's here.

As Troy likes to remind us, Training Camp is VERY IMPORTANT because all decisions made here will remain in place for the ENTIRE YEAR except once we get to the playoffs because OH MY GOD IT'S THE PLAYOFFS PANIC

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[Kcb12345]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1836434724861976780

 

[piqued]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1836434724861976780

Commitment to holding out in non-contract years, I like it

Who gets to be 1LW placeholder all preseason?

The cascade effect might mean Hyry is in the NHL lines too

 

[Troy McClure]

Commitment to holding out in non-contract years, I like it

Who gets to be 1LW placeholder all preseason?

The cascade effect might mean Hyry is in the NHL lines too

I'd almost say whoever gets that top line LW spot is the early favorite to be the team's 13th forward.

 

[Troy McClure]

It's nice with the Stars having all of the contracts sorted out this season. It should make for a boring pre-season.

There are no mysteries about the roster other if maybe if the Arttu Hyry kid Shapiro said Nill likes a lot makes the NHL roster as their token Finnish checking line guy. Otherwise, there are no mysteries or real roster battles. Goaltending is set. The defense is also set with Bichsel having no chance of making the opening roster.

 

[starsfan86]

It's nice with the Stars having all of the contracts sorted out this season. It should make for a boring pre-season.

There are no mysteries about the roster other if maybe if the Arttu Hyry kid Shapiro said Nill likes a lot makes the NHL roster as their token Finnish checking line guy. Otherwise, there are no mysteries or real roster battles. Goaltending is set. The defense is also set with Bichsel having no chance of making the opening roster.

At least we get to watch all of the preseason games

 

[BG44]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1836784613605171287

 

[Satan]

Borkoven

 

[Satan]

looks wrong

 

[serp]

Looks like he was taken hostage and forced to wear the Blues sweater for the ransom video.

 

[piqued]

S T I F E L

Anyway those are the lines I was anticipating when making the point projections. Dadonov as the placeholder makes sense and allows the people competing for the 4th line to play a more traditional checking game rather than the hybrid skill line it becomes with Dadonov.

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looks wrong

Looks oh so right.

 

[eartotheground]

those blues pics look like they're getting booked into the county jail

 

[piqued]

Groups:

Drastic snap conclusions I'm drawing from this:

-All the people competing for the 4th line are in Group B (Steel/Blackwell/Back/Hyry/Blumel)
-Dumba is going to be on the top pair GOD HELP US
-They're trying Esa-Nils again (it was perfectly fine to start last season and then was abruptly abandoned for reasons)
-Looft

 

[piqued]

Back to his Flint number

 

[piqued]

Heiskanen-Dumba
Harley-Lyubushkin
Lindell-Lundkvist

are the pairs to start

Honestly it's all worth it and I don't care what anyone else does if Miro stays on the left. 10 Norris trophies incoming

 

[BrettHullsToe]

Miro has a history of making his partner look better than he is - Polak, Oleksiak, maybe even Harley (which is a good reason to bridge him now to see if he is for real on his own pairing).

The H-H pair can always be reunited during a game when the team desperately needs a goal.

 

[LT]

Miro has a history of making his partner look better than he is - Polak, Oleksiak, maybe even Harley (which is a good reason bridge him now to see if he is for real on his own pairing).

The H-H pair can always be reunited during a game when the team desperately needs a goal.

Colin Miller another classic example

 

[piqued]

Miro has a history of making his partner look better than he is - Polak, Oleksiak, maybe even Harley (which is a good reason bridge him now to see if he is for real on his own pairing).

The H-H pair can always be reunited during a game when the team desperately needs a goal.

Yeah, and the more I think about it Dumba running around trying to end people/put them through the boards means the opponent will have to account for him which could open up even more room for Miro to be a 3 zone rover. The only question is whether he can hang with the increased level of competition that pair will see.

 

[Troy McClure]

And it's not like the Stars haven't tried to find RD guys to see who could play with Miro. That trade with the Rangers comes to mind. I think they'd previously planned on Oleksiak holding down the job before Nill miscalculated the Kraken expansion draft choices.

 

[piqued]

those blues pics look like they're getting booked into the county jail

Speaking of which

 

[serp]

He's on an ELC now he should really be happier.

 

[serp]

Heiskanen-Dumba
Harley-Lyubushkin
Lindell-Lundkvist

are the pairs to start

Honestly it's all worth it and I don't care what anyone else does if Miro stays on the left. 10 Norris trophies incoming

We'll see how long this sticks. Our 3 best defenseman are all LHD and can carry a pairing but it still looks wierd. Here legit top 1-3 defenseman here's massively inferior defense partners who are RHD's make them look better please.

 

[eartotheground]

We'll see how long this sticks. Our 3 best defenseman are all LHD and can carry a pairing but it still looks wierd. Here legit top 1-3 defenseman here's a massively inferior defense partners who are RHD's make them look better please.

isn't that kind of true around the league? not like the market is flooded with RHD.

i guess maybe not every team is so adamant about having lefty/righty on the ice at the same time

 

[serp]

isn't that kind of true around the league? not like the market is flooded with RHD.

i guess maybe not every team is so adamant about having lefty/righty on the ice at the same time

It's especially bad with the Stars this year. None of the RHD have been any good in years or some of them well ever.

 

[piqued]

Bäck changed his number to 10. Maybe he's the next Morrow