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The Stars Have Issues. How Many of Them Are Real?

2 weeks ago | dmagazine.com | Robert Tiffin |Mike Piellucci

The Stars have plenty to be proud of as the regular season nears its end. You’d also be excused for not feeling particularly proud of them at the moment, though. Yes, Dallas is all but certain to have home-ice advantage when they begin the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in a couple of weeks. The Stars sit second in the Central Division with 105 points in 77 games, a solid seven points clear of the third-place Colorado Avalanche with five games remaining. They already have 50 wins.
Mikko Rantanen Could Change Everything For the Stars

1 month ago | dmagazine.com | Robert Tiffin |Mike Piellucci

Going into last week’s NHL trade deadline, the Stars looked like a team that would tinker around the edges. Instead, Jim NIll traded his scalpel for a gamma ray and delivered his team a superhuman superstar. Mikko Rantanen never seemed like a real possibility for the Stars to acquire.
An Evening With Tyler Seguin, a Dallas Star in Transition

2 months ago | dmagazine.com | Robert Tiffin |Mike Piellucci

Jake Oettinger makes a great save, and I hear a shout from the seat next to me: “Squeeze it!” It won’t be the last time Tyler Seguin pauses our wide-ranging conversation to talk to (but really at) one of the players down on the ice. That’s the nature of watching a game with someone who has been with the Dallas Stars for more than a decade: his primary focus is always on his teammates.
Shap and Tiffin: Why Seth Jones Probably Isn't Going to be a Dallas Star Any Time Soon

2 months ago | shapshotshockey.com | Robert Tiffin |Sean Shapiro

One of the beauties of this platform, and running my own site, is the ability to collaborate with some of the smarter people in the hockey industry. Robert Tiffin is one of those people. He covers the Dallas Stars on a daily basis at his site, Stars Thoughts, and in the new (and weird) world of fully independent journalism, he’s someone you should support.
Can the Stars Engineer Another Stretch-Run Surge?

Jan 10, 2025 | dmagazine.com | Robert Tiffin |Mike Piellucci

Last year, the Dallas Stars finished the season with 113 points, one shy of first place in the NHL. That, plus a competitive Western Conference Finals loss to Edmonton, fueled plenty of offseason hype about Dallas being on the shortlist of Stanley Cup favorites in 2024-25, if not the favorite. Instead, the first half of the season has been marked by an underachieving power play, injuries to two-thirds of the Stars’ best forward line, and some ugly losses to some of the worst teams in the NHL.
How Long Can the Stars Remain a One-Line Team?

Nov 21, 2024 | dmagazine.com | Robert Tiffin |Mike Piellucci

The Stars are 12-6-0, and there’s a sense around the team the record should be even better. But considering Pete DeBoer has led Dallas to the fourth-best record in the NHL since his hiring in 2022, there’s good reason to believe that come April, the Stars will be preparing for another promising playoff run.
The Stars Made a One-of-a-Kind Journey to Finland. I Followed Them.

Nov 8, 2024 | dmagazine.com | Robert Tiffin |Mike Piellucci

On March 12, the NHL announced that its next Global Series competition would take place in Tampere, Finland, in November. This year’s edition of the event, which has been around since 2017, would feature two pretty logical teams. One would be the eventual Stanley Cup champions Florida Panthers, captained by Tampere’s own Alexander Barkov. The other would be the Dallas Stars, whose core prominently features Finns Miro Heiskanen, Roope Hintz, and Esa Lindell.
The Stars Are Undefeated, and Jake Oettinger Is the Biggest Reason Why

Oct 17, 2024 | dmagazine.com | Robert Tiffin |Mike Piellucci

Jake Oettinger was an All-Star last year, but as is often the case with All-Star selections in most sports, it wasn’t a merit-based selection. Despite their deep playoff run last spring, the Stars’ starting goalie had the worst statistical season of his four-year career, saving just 90.5 percent of the shots he faced after being in the 92 percent range in the previous three years.
Say Hello to the Deepest Stars Team in Years

Oct 2, 2024 | dmagazine.com | Robert Tiffin |Mike Piellucci

The Stars have one preseason game left to play, but most of the roster is already set. We have reasonable guesses about what the starting lineup will look like come October 10, and that means the most interesting discussions these days are about the margins, not the core. This is very good news for the Stars, and a pretty radical change from where they’ve been in seasons past. In 2019, Jim Montgomery led Dallas back to the playoffs after a two-year postseason drought.
The Stars Will Be Nastier This Season. That Might Make Them Better, Too.

Sep 20, 2024 | dmagazine.com | Robert Tiffin |Mike Piellucci

On July 1, Jim Nill walked out to address the media after having signed four defensemen earlier in the day. The number itself wasn’t the surprise. The team had been unable to re-sign Chris Tanev, who took a lot of years and a lot fewer taxes to go to Toronto.