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Everybody is going to sleep on Dallas ... I can see a path for them winning the West next year.
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I'm going to assume you are a fan of Dallas.Tequilla said:Everybody is going to sleep on Dallas ... I can see a path for them winning the West next year.
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Dallas' path for not making the playoffs is more likely than Dallas path for winning the West.Tequilla said:Everybody is going to sleep on Dallas ... I can see a path for them winning the West next year.
They weren't winning the West with D Jordan but any realistic chance they had left when he went back to the Clips. 0.81% chance at best at this poont. -
We're talking hockey here ... not hoops
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Still, Dallas has been a lousy franchise ever since Detroit dominated them in the WCF years ago.Tequilla said:We're talking hockey here ... not hoops
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Praise be to Allah, I thought you'd lost your damn mind. Turns out it was me.Tequilla said:We're talking hockey here ... not hoops
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Former owner Tom Hicks was good for the franchise until he ran into financial problems and ran both the Rangers and Stars into the ground. The '08 WCF against Detroit was the recent high water mark for Dallas. While they've struggled to get into the playoffs in recent years, it's not like they've been terrible. They've been more on the can't get over the hump range for a number of reasons.
I know few follow hockey, and particularly the Stars, closer than I do. But since the ownership change to Vancouver native Tom Gagliardi (who doesn't mind cutting a few corners to get ahead), changes have been made in the right direction. First big piece was the hiring of GM Jim Nill who was part of the Red Wings brain trust for 20+ years and was a massive coup in hiring. With Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin, they have arguably one of the top duos in the league. They've been in the process of developing a very young defense corps that had growing pains last year during the first half but was much better the second half. Over the last few years, one of their biggest problems has been that they've gotten nothing out of their backup goalie ... which is a problem when out of the 35-40 possible points that they can get you during the course of the year over 20 starts they end up getting you less than 10. Kind of a problem when you routinely are missing the playoffs by 2-8 points each year.
Take as many screenshots as you want, I expect that they will be a significant factor in the West over the next 3-5 years. -
It's not rape if it's not rape. Your own friends say you were bragging about it. Go ahead and lynch the black hawkus though, RacistBannon.
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Can't say that the rumor is surprising ... Kane's known to be more than a bit of a dbag.
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NOC, but I'm sure you'll be wrong and type out a tl,dr post on why the Stars didn't become a significant factor.Tequilla said:Former owner Tom Hicks was good for the franchise until he ran into financial problems and ran both the Rangers and Stars into the ground. The '08 WCF against Detroit was the recent high water mark for Dallas. While they've struggled to get into the playoffs in recent years, it's not like they've been terrible. They've been more on the can't get over the hump range for a number of reasons.
I know few follow hockey, and particularly the Stars, closer than I do. But since the ownership change to Vancouver native Tom Gagliardi (who doesn't mind cutting a few corners to get ahead), changes have been made in the right direction. First big piece was the hiring of GM Jim Nill who was part of the Red Wings brain trust for 20+ years and was a massive coup in hiring. With Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin, they have arguably one of the top duos in the league. They've been in the process of developing a very young defense corps that had growing pains last year during the first half but was much better the second half. Over the last few years, one of their biggest problems has been that they've gotten nothing out of their backup goalie ... which is a problem when out of the 35-40 possible points that they can get you during the course of the year over 20 starts they end up getting you less than 10. Kind of a problem when you routinely are missing the playoffs by 2-8 points each year.
Take as many screenshots as you want, I expect that they will be a significant factor in the West over the next 3-5 years.
