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1 hour ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Glad it worked out for both sides. Jamie’s obviously on the decline but he’s still a huge presence in the locker room. 

Yep.  Nobody is ready to take over Captain role yet.   Hopefully can manage his minutes better next year so maybe he has more left in the tank for a playoff run.  I think Jamie will be completely content playing whatever role is asked of him.  

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I'm good with it. He is still a strong presence in the room. The money works and I don't have to see him on another team. If he got an extra 2 million because he played 80 games I'm pretty sure they can pay it. 60 is probably more realistic and it's still cap friendly. 

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1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Are cap numbers based on likelihood of payout?

From what I understand, the Benn contract has a $1mil cap hit for 2025 no matter what. The bonuses, if/when earned, get forwarded to the 2026 cap.

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39 minutes ago, GoldAppleCorps said:

From what I understand, the Benn contract has a $1mil cap hit for 2025 no matter what. The bonuses, if/when earned, get forwarded to the 2026 cap.

that's some savvy shit by Nill

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“I understand how it can work out for guys my size. I know what to expect. I know that I could fall in the draft. I’m not too worried. But anything could happen.”

Schmidt scored 40 goals last season for the Giants, making him one of a mere three draft eligibles in the WHL to reach that mark. Schmidt is also 5-foot-7 and a half inches tall — at that size you want to be exact — and 160 pounds.

How much teams override the first sentence with the second one will be clear this weekend at the draft proceedings in Los Angeles.

TSN’s Craig Button has touting Schmidt since last season — “He lacks height. Nothing else,” Button told Postmedia this year — and slotted him at No. 19 in his latest rankings for this weekend.

 

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https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/stars-hiring-oilers-assistant-glen-gulutzan-as-next-head-coach/

 

Stars hiring Oilers assistant Glen Gulutzan as next head coach

June 29, 2025 - 2:36pm
 
 

Calgary Flames former coach Glen Gulutzan. (David Zalubowski/AP) Calgary Flames former coach Glen Gulutzan. (David Zalubowski/AP)

The Dallas Stars are bringing in a familiar name to be their next head coach.

Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reported on Sunday that the Stars are closing in on bringing back Gulutzan for a second tenure with the club.

Gulutzan joins the team after Pete DeBoer was fired, not long after the Stars were eliminated in the Western Conference final. DeBoer was in Dallas for three seasons, during which the team advanced to the conference final each time, but never reached a Stanley Cup Final.

Gulutzan has spent the past seven years as an assistant coach with the Edmonton Oilers, who reached back-to-back Stanley Cup Final appearances.

The 53-year-old first became a head coach with the Stars back in 2011 spending two seasons before being fired. After that Gulutzan spent three seasons with the Vancouver Canucks as an assistant coach.

In 2016, the Calgary Flames gave Gulutzan another shot at being a head coach but he was fired in 2018 after only making it to the playoffs once.

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IIRC, he was the Texas Stars' first head coach in franchise history.  They made it to the Calder Cup Finals that season, mostly because Dallas didn't make the playoffs, so they sent Jamie down for the AHL playoffs and he absolutely fucking dominated.

Also found this:

 

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I mean I guess on Gulutzan. Two-time failed NHL coach. Probably wasn’t ready in 2011 when the Stars hired him in the midst of the worst time in franchise history (Tom Hicks’ bankruptcy, etc). But he only lasted a couple years with the Flames, made the playoffs once and got swept in R1 and spent the last seven years as an assistant in Edmonton, where he’a been credited with running their lethal PP. Well, that unit has Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, among others.

Nill has won three straight executive of the year awards so I’ll defer to him on this one.

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1 hour ago, C-Man said:

Nill has won three straight executive of the year awards so I’ll defer to him on this one.

This is where I sit until proven otherwise. Nill is a fucking wizard and he has earned our trust. Guessing they wanted Gulutzan to cook a bit before bringing him back. I don't hate the pick, but he's not gonna get a ton of grace from me or the media. he has to bring the team forward, not backwards one step. 

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34 minutes ago, Fudbelty said:

What would be a fair expectation? Earn a home playoff series, and don’t lose that series?

Well, not making the WCF would be backwards.  Winning it would be forward. So I would think that expectations would revolve around making that series 

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40 minutes ago, Fudbelty said:

What would be a fair expectation? Earn a home playoff series, and don’t lose that series?

fair has nothing to do with it. the expectation is that the Stars will go further than we went last year with better players than the year before (Nill is working on that part). we actually went backwards this season. we only won our division (instead of conference, and almost President's), we had fewer regular season points (106 vs 113) and won one fewer playoff game. so I'd say at least 2023-2024 results or better is the expectation.

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I'll just admit that I'm not overly familiar with hockey coaches. I just don't have a list of "up and coming" assistants or anyone that I'm wanting. Any name I recognize is going to be a retread - that is, largely someone else's problem from last year.

If Jim thinks Gulutzan is ready, that sounds reasonable to me. When I look at the Stars likely roster, it's hard for me to ask for a better one (I guess that's good, since there's no cap space). I'd like a Pat Maroon type player to move around the opponent's D on power plays, but other than that, there's a ton of exciting pieces. For whatever reason, DeBoer's act obviously wasn't resonating with the group any more.

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There wasn't a hire out there that was going to "wow" anyone.  Most of the coaching carousel had happened before we fired Pete.   I still blame Pete for putting us in the position with game 5 during and post game panic/meltdown (for lack of a better word).  Obviously none of us know what all was going on behind the scenes so maybe it was a move that needed to happen regardless, but certainly wasn't on anyone's radar when we started the WCF.

Hopefully this guy works out - obviously now has a lot more experience since he last shot as a HC.

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Granlund has value, but not the value he was going to ask for. This is likely his last big contract, so he had to maximize it. Even if Dallas had the space, I don't see offering $7mil per year.

Faksa at $3mil per year is a good deal. 

The Stars have a ton of young players who are ready to show their mettle in the NHL. Keeping old guys around clogging up the roster risks becoming the late 80s Dallas Cowboys where greybeards hung around just out of nostalgia. 

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Granlund has value, but not the value he was going to ask for. This is likely his last big contract, so he had to maximize it. Even if Dallas had the space, I don't see offering $7mil per year.
Faksa at $3mil per year is a good deal. 
The Stars have a ton of young players who are ready to show their mettle in the NHL. Keeping old guys around clogging up the roster risks becoming the late 80s Dallas Cowboys where greybeards hung around just out of nostalgia. 


I admit to not knowing all that much about what is down in Austin but I’m pretty sure there isn’t nearly the number of guys ready to play in the league next year that we need to fill all the holes.

It appears we have 12 forwards signed to NHL contracts right now. I expect a step back next season with too many holes to fill after rolling the dice this spring. We still need a top-4 defenseman.
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On 6/30/2025 at 9:05 AM, C-Man said:

I mean I guess on Gulutzan. Two-time failed NHL coach. Probably wasn’t ready in 2011 when the Stars hired him in the midst of the worst time in franchise history (Tom Hicks’ bankruptcy, etc). But he only lasted a couple years with the Flames, made the playoffs once and got swept in R1 and spent the last seven years as an assistant in Edmonton, where he’a been credited with running their lethal PP. Well, that unit has Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, among others.

Nill has won three straight executive of the year awards so I’ll defer to him on this one.

so would this be like if Jerry hired Chan Gailey back after Wade failed?

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https://www.dmagazine.com/sports/2025/07/stars-gulutzan-nill-deboer-hire/

For starters, this is a far bolder hire than people want to acknowledge. Nill pushed for this coaching change, not owner Tom Gaglardi, and while Nill has goodwill with ownership—he has been named the NHL’s GM of the Year three straight seasons—he’s taking some considerable risk in removing a coach who had a better track record than everyone except DeBoer’s old friend Paul Maurice, who has led the Florida Panthers to the last two Stanley Cups. As Robert Tiffin noted on Monday,  he’s taking an even greater one by replacing that coach with a man he happened to fire a dozen years ago in one of his first acts as general manager. 

“Honestly, this tells me a lot about Jim,” one NHL executive said in a text. “He’s willing to hire someone he fired for the same job. In this league, that never happens. You might get a second chance with the same organization, but never with the same GM. Most GMs don’t have the ego to ever be willing to go back and bring someone back like Dallas is now.” 

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So, combining all these thoughts in a hand-waving way:

DeBoer had lost a lot of love in the locker room.

Dallas is going to need to roll with a lot of their Texas Stars talent. While that should be a deeper than most pool, having a coach familiar with those players (and his assistant) might be the best available scenario.

While I believe the Stars have a ton of talent in the club, it should be obvious that the team hopes to build around Rantanan. He's a foundational player, so that's a good thing. I don't know a ton about him personally, but he appeared to react negatively to arriving in Carolina. I'm hoping he wasn't counting on some of the things in Dallas that have changed to stay the same.

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The question is, can Rantanen be the man or a full season without having MacKinnon next to him?  

I was hoping the crazy burst he had early in the playoffs would at least push him to be the bellcow for the rest or the playoffs(no not expecting hat tricks every game just consistency at a reasonably high level) but to be honest he kinda disappeared. 

It's a big bet and add in head coach who hasn't been there before(or not really even close) makes it even bigger.

we'll see.

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15 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

to be honest he kinda disappeared. 

everyone disappeared. that series against the oil was one of the most frustrating I have ever seen - i can only imagine what it was like on the bench

rantanen will not be expected to carry the team - no player in the modern nhl is capable of that. the oil have proven that. he'll be expected to produce at or better than he did in COL, however, and it remains to be seen if that can happen without Mac and Cale. he's good enough to carry a line, and even with a game by himself (relatively), but he will need skilled players around him to do that. we have them - we just need to make sure the rest are good enough to not get the brakes beat off us every time rantanen's line is off the ice

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3 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

everyone disappeared. that series against the oil was one of the most frustrating I have ever seen - i can only imagine what it was like on the bench

rantanen will not be expected to carry the team - no player in the modern nhl is capable of that. the oil have proven that. he'll be expected to produce at or better than he did in COL, however, and it remains to be seen if that can happen without Mac and Cale. he's good enough to carry a line, and even with a game by himself (relatively), but he will need skilled players around him to do that. we have them - we just need to make sure the rest are good enough to not get the brakes beat off us every time rantanen's line is off the ice

sure, but he's getting paid not to.  no one said he has to be a one man team but he has to perform as the best player on the Stars. and as I said it remains to be seen how he does as batman vs being robin.

I'm glad we have him because it should, in theory, make us better with a whole offseason and full season.  he did win us the Colorado series so there is that.

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16 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

sure, but he's getting paid not to.  no one said he has to be a one man team but he has to perform as the best player on the Stars. and as I said it remains to be seen how he does as batman vs being robin.

I'm glad we have him because it should, in theory, make us better with a whole offseason and full season.  he did win us the Colorado series so there is that.

he's getting paid THIS season to do that. He was getting paid the same as Seguin and Benn and slightly more than Roope last season and he outperformed all of them. I'm not saying you're wrong, but it's good to keep things in perspective. now that he's making top 5 player money, he needs to play like a top 5 player. his stats say he is top 15-25 player, so he will certainly need to elevate his game to begin earning those dollars. I think he will do that and more.

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Fine with the Faksa signing.  It doesn't move the needle but it fills a need.  Still currently over the cap so have to have a trade planned for Bushkin and/or Dumba.  I kept telling yall we didn't have the $$ for Granlund (even if he would have taken a significant discount) but didn't expect he could net $7MM on the market. That's a big number and probably a sizeable overpay for someone turning 34 in February.  Makes that Duchene contract some were questioning look like great value.  Guess that's the benefit of being one of the best players available 7/1 in a weak free agency class. 

 

 

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1 hour ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

everyone disappeared. that series against the oil was one of the most frustrating I have ever seen - i can only imagine what it was like on the bench

rantanen will not be expected to carry the team - no player in the modern nhl is capable of that. the oil have proven that. he'll be expected to produce at or better than he did in COL, however, and it remains to be seen if that can happen without Mac and Cale. he's good enough to carry a line, and even with a game by himself (relatively), but he will need skilled players around him to do that. we have them - we just need to make sure the rest are good enough to not get the brakes beat off us every time rantanen's line is off the ice

Wyatt was bad, Dutch was bad. Granlund had his moments but he got a lot of his production in one or two games and then he'd disappear for long stretches. Seguin's production is terrific when he's on a third line.

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BTW, not making excuses for Rantanen but the season would've ended in R1 if not for his superhuman play to close out that series. I hope having the whole season to find his way will make a difference over getting thrown into the deep end with 20 games before the playoffs started.

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I think we might have to consider that whatever attacked the Stars with around 2 weeks to go in the regular season wasn't a fluke. It was what the team had really become. They managed to bow up and gut out two series, but couldn't match the quality of the Oilers. We just never saw thew total team play that we were used to.

 

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25 minutes ago, GoldAppleCorps said:

I think we might have to consider that whatever attacked the Stars with around 2 weeks to go in the regular season wasn't a fluke. It was what the team had really become. They managed to bow up and gut out two series, but couldn't match the quality of the Oilers. We just never saw thew total team play that we were used to.

 

correct and it's likely the second biggest reason DeBoer got the axe behind losing the players (really no coming back from that). and maybe the two were one in the same. 

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The question is, can Rantanen be the man or a full season without having MacKinnon next to him?  
I was hoping the crazy burst he had early in the playoffs would at least push him to be the bellcow for the rest or the playoffs(no not expecting hat tricks every game just consistency at a reasonably high level) but to be honest he kinda disappeared. 
It's a big bet and add in head coach who hasn't been there before(or not really even close) makes it even bigger.
we'll see.
Read what I said earlier in this thread about him.
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On 7/2/2025 at 8:48 PM, Chewbacca said:
On 7/2/2025 at 11:42 AM, dcar00 said:

 

Read what I said earlier in this thread about him.

why?

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1 hour ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

yeah, kinda feels like a scorned ex-girlfriend running around going, "if you really want to know about him, I'm right here!"

It's not like I've watched him play for 10 seasons or anything.  But keep on asking if he can just be more consistent.  I'm sure he'll do it for you guys if you ask nicely.

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36 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

It's not like I've watched him play for 10 seasons or anything.  But keep on asking if he can just be more consistent.  I'm sure he'll do it for you guys if you ask nicely.

Hey Chewbacca has an opinion on a Dallas Stars player, guys!

See Nobody Cares GIF - See Nobody Cares Not A Big Deal ...

 

 

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