Scott Burnside breaks down the trade sending Dallas Stars Captain Brenden Morrow to the Penguins.
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It’s hard to believe that with just a little over two weeks left in the season, mathematically, there are still 14 of 15 teams in the West that can qualify for the playoffs (sorry, Columbus). With that being said, Edmonton doesn’t really have a prayer, neither does Minnesota. Anaheim, currently nine points out of the eighth and final playoff spot, is a long shot, but they would need a miracle contingent on several various factors going their way in order to still be playing hockey in April.
Essentially, that leaves five teams—all currently separated by three points—battling for two playoff spots. And at this point, nobody is willing to give an inch.
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As kids growing up, playing outside on the frozen pond, we always envisioned ourselves playing under the bright lights of an NHL arena in front of a sellout crowd, giving our team the win by scoring the game-winning goal. Often times, it was a brother who would be out on that pond with us, taking part in our NHL reverie.
There’s only been a handful of brothers who have actually gotten the chance to see that dream come true. On Tuesday night, when the Dallas Stars take on the Detroit Red Wings at American Airlines Center, the Benn brothers will get a chance to live the dream.
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If there was one theme in the month of October in the NHL, it was to expect the unexpected.
With that in mind, as hard as it may be to believe, the current NHL standings are in fact correct.
So, where to begin?
How about over in the Northeast Division, where the last team you would expect to be at the top would be the Toronto Maple Leafs (7-3-1). However, the only thing that might be more surprising within that division is that the defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins are dead last (4-7-0)—not only in the division, but in the entire Eastern Conference.
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Although the majority of the focus of the young 2011-12 NHL season thus far has been on Brendan Shanahan and all of the suspensions that have come from illegal hits to the head, it is only a matter of time before the focus shifts to Gary Bettman and the growing number of empty seats in NHL arenas around the country.
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The NHL has lent $51.7 million to the Dallas Stars since 2009 to keep the franchise afloat, according to court documents. The figure is disclosed in the bankruptcy filing the Stars submitted last month. The document shows an entity called CFV I LLC is owed $51,691,783. The mailing address for CFV is care of NHL Enterprises and William Daly, and the sources said the hockey league owns CFV.
When asked about the $51.7m loan or CFV, Daly, NHL deputy commissioner, declined to comment.
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The Dallas Stars announced Thursday they are giving Mike Modano a one-day contract to allow him to retire Friday as a member of their organization.
Why? Who knows?
For the record, Modano may have retired as a Dallas Star on paper, but for all intents and purposes, when it is all said and done, the last time Modano played an NHL game he was wearing a Detroit Red Wings sweater with the No. 90 on the back. I applaud the Stars organization for welcoming back their greatest player in franchise history, but it was ultimately his decision to leave and sign that one-year contract with Detroit last offseason, a deal that Modano probably now regrets.
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While all of the focus this offseason was on the New York Rangers and how they were able to lure Brad Richards to the Big Apple, not much attention was given to the team he left, the Dallas Stars.
And while some believe the Rangers may have over paid for the top prize in the free agency pool, Richards’ departure from Dallas left a gaping hole in their lineup. How big a whole? How about 168 points over the last two seasons kind of hole. Among active players, Richards ranks seventh in points per game over the last two years (1.11), 20th over his career (0.93) and 13th over his career in the playoffs (0.98).
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Whoops!
Don’t worry, Michael Ryder, that’s only the oldest, most revered trophy in professional sports.
In fairness to Ryder, who was a member of the Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins before being signing with the Dallas Stars this offseason, he wasn’t the one that set up that shoddy little table at the St. John’s Hotel in Bonavista, Newfoundland.
And apparently, it’s fitting that Ryder is now a member of the Stars. Joe Nieuwendyk, general manager of the Dallas Stars, can relate. He and his teammates put a three-inch ding in the cup back in 1999. The only difference is that the Stars never said how it got there.
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Brad Richards, the alleged “prize” of the 2011 free agency pool, surprised no one Saturday when he agreed to a nine-year contract to play for the New York Rangers.
Richards will be heading to broadway for $60 million, with an annual cap hit of around $6.667 million. Richards had spent Friday talking with the Kings, Maple Leafs and Lightning about why their teams and cities would he his best destination, but when it came down to it, none of those teams could offer the same allure—or cash—as New York.
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