I'm surprised by the size and length of the Duchene contract. He's still productive and a good player, and important locker room guy and great interview on the Ticket, but that's a big contract.
Marchment just made too many penalties at important times. I did like his toughness. Had to get rid of somebody for contract space.
Benn better not get much. He's done physically and a liability on the ice.
Robertson was hugely disappointing, but maybe the injury was part of it.
Players aren't getting Wyatt the puck enough.
As said earlier, the Stars need more speed and toughness. Little Stanky gave them speed which helped a bit. Too bad he's gone, but I get it. He was getting abused on the ice.
I'm befuddled by DeBoer's implosion. I remember during the season the Ticket accouncers asked Duchene about DeBoer and he said the guy just tells the players like it is without any emotion or getting personal. He hinted that he does ride the players pretty hard. Maybe that got old.
Whoever they bring in better get more out of Rattanen. Besides that little Hall of Fame quality flurry he had in a short time during the play-offs, he's underwhelmed.
Edit: heard yesterday’s Ticket segment with Bob Sturm on the Stars. Sturm nailed it. He said he felt Marchment would get traded. He also said Robertson would only get traded if the offer was good, because he’s young and a pretty big scorer whose full potential is still not clear.