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Longhorn_Fan68

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  1. maybe? 2/3 of the teams involved in that trade are still playing. Through one series, here's how the three main trade pieces have fared so far: Martin Necas: 7gms, 1g, 4a, 5pts, +2 Mikko Rantanen: 7gms, 5g, 7a, 12pts, -1 Logan Stankoven: 5gms, 2g, 1a, 3pts, 0 Guess it's the long game for Colorado at this point
  2. not what I am saying at all. but whatever.
  3. I absolutely am not. The 20 or so games he played in the regular season are throw away games. if you use those for any other analysis than trying to find the right line combo for him on a new team, then you really don't follow the game closely. I will contend that what we saw last night and the latter half of the series will be what we expect, not what we hope for - which has been our mode in the past. and again, who is better? name someone? who are you comparing against? I'm using the entire pantheon of stars players past and present as a basis of comparison. who you got?
  4. are you not? which part do you take exception with? Tell me which Stars player, past or present, is better than Rantanen. show your work. I'm not saying he's jesus, but he sure as shit won that series for us. we'll see if it was an aberration or the norm, but 1.5+ppg lifetime in the playoffs is no bullshit. the Stars have never had a player that averaged that much in the regular season, much less the playoffs.
  5. I'm talking from a strictly unfiltered stats perspective, of course. Obviously every player has a different skill set and they bring a different layer of complexity to the team dynamic. I have already been a seeing a lot of talk about his D-zone play, but I think people need to remember he's a winger. He's not expected to be a 2-way player the way a center might be. And while still a relatively small sample size in a Stars uniform, my observation is he is extremely strong in the offensive zone at retaining the puck and distributing to teammates - which is in and of itself a form of defense. maintaining puck possession and setting up teammates or scoring yourself are the primary responsibilities of a winger, and in my armchair observation of watching Stars games for 32 years, Rantanen is the best to do it in a Stars sweater. Small sample size be damned. We don't need an 82 game sample size - he did it for 10 years in COL with better linemates. What last night proved is he can do it without them too.
  6. that's what we're up against. there's gaslighting and then whatever the hell that is. not sure it has a name yet
  7. he won't understand if you don't say it in russian
  8. True, but I hope they stick with Bedsy. Agreed. I think it would be a mistake to fire him, especially considering like half the league is looking for a new coach now. They already shipped off a top player for greener grass - maybe learn from that and keep the good stuff you do have.
  9. No Scheifele tonight. The Jets gonna complete the collapse or will they limp into the second round to face the Stars? gonna be interesting to see how this plays out
  10. I'll say this, there were probably a shitload of semi-casual fans who were at the game last night who weren't sure about that pick up but are 100% sold on Rantanen now.
  11. well, he has 8 years to prove me right. but you're conflating skill with accomplishments. superstar players have languished on bad teams and never won anything - that doesn't negate their individual greatness. Robo is already a statistically better player than Modano. That wasn't a particularly high bar when you look at what elite players are doing today. Even with the cup team, our superstars were rentals. And even they didn't have the kind of numbers Rantanen puts up. He is the best pure player to skate for the Stars - remains to be seen if he's revered at the same level as his skill
  12. ^ that really underscores the two approaches from two very different GM's. Nill's slow burn approach has us icing 11 players on the current roster who the Stars drafted: Benn, Bourque, Back, Hintz, Johnston, Robertson, Bichsel, Harley, Heiskanen, Lindell, Oettinger. The Avs have 3: MacKinnon, Makar, Landeskog - that's it. I think regardless of what happens this season, Nill has put us in a position where all he has to do is swap out a player or two and send everyone back out there. Colorado is going to have to revamp their lineup every season for the foreseeable future, so that author above is correct. Could take a decade to fix this mess. Probably not, but could.
  13. I've watched with envy in the past when superstars like Mac or Kucherov or McDavid absolutely put the team on their shoulders and win a huge game for them, basically by themselves. We've always been on the receiving end of that magic, and now we finally have a player capable of doing it. It's without hyperbole that I say Mikko Rantanen is the best player to ever put on a Stars jersey and he proved it last night. The Stars have been a conglomerate of good players with the teams getting the most out of every player to win. but now we're a band of excellent players with a superstar leading the way. Get miro and robo back and look the fuck out
  14. Sucks that either team had to go home this early. Said as much before the game, still feels true. This should be a later round handshake. Gg avs, you're gonna be a nightmare next season, again
  15. I have no words. Wow. I'll process and come back. Amazing
  16. So we're gonna have the remaining puck luck this game, right? Jfc
  17. Both teams seem to be playing too not make the first mistake. I suspect we'll see more from the stars in the 2nd
  18. I don't understand why this is not on Victory+. Despite that it's on ABC and there is no pregame show I can find. Hopefully I can get the ticket audio. I keep going between nervous and calm. how you guys feeling?
  19. Excited and scared for tonight. I will say, it's bullshit one of these teams has to pack it up for the season after tonight. this should have been a way later round matchup. oh well.
  20. I cannot muster even a molecule of care for Sara
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