OT: Stars on a roll

by Chase Irwin on Nov 25, 2007 4:33 PM CST Comment 34 comments

5-0-1 since general manager Doug Armstrong and team president Jim Lites were fired.

Jokinen has emerged as a real threat, tearing it up on the power play. Hagman is off to a fast start with 10 goals in 23 games. Not bad, considering that Armstrong got him from Florida for a 7th round pick. Morrow is doing his thing: dropping dimes and leading the team in points with 22 and +10 when he is on the ice.

Question: should Smith play more than Turco?

Poll at right.

Poll

Would you stick with Mike Smith in net?

Yes, temporarily, ride the hot hand

16 votes

Yes, permanently, enough with Turco

7 votes

No, need to see more

5 votes

No, this is good for Turco

5 votes

33 votes | Poll has closed

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This run

has them back in first place in the tight Pacific.

by Brett Perryman on Nov 25, 2007 4:27 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

yep...

Stars playing good

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by hurlerhurley on Nov 25, 2007 4:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Marty Turco

methinks he can pack his bags. He's about to be traded. We have a more than capable backup in Tobias Stephan waiting in Iowa.

"2008 should be about rebuilding, 2009 about taking a step forward. 2010 is the target year." -AJM

by dstar442005 on Nov 25, 2007 4:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Two problems

Turco's salary is tough to deal
Are you sure that Stephan is more than capable? The impression that I get from Razor's comments is that he's pretty shaky at this point.

by Brett Perryman on Nov 25, 2007 4:37 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

ok

trade Mike Smith while his value is high.

"2008 should be about rebuilding, 2009 about taking a step forward. 2010 is the target year." -AJM

by dstar442005 on Nov 25, 2007 4:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Personally

I think that's more likely. Brett Hull claimed on the radio the other day that they want to keep both of them, but he'd be crazy to say anything but that.

by Brett Perryman on Nov 25, 2007 4:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

well

you sound confident lol flip-flopped in a second....

by slash on Nov 27, 2007 5:44 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You think Turco's salary is tough to deal

You should think about Mikey Mo's salary

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by hurlerhurley on Nov 25, 2007 4:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That makes no sense

The Stars aren't going to trade Modano.

by Brett Perryman on Nov 25, 2007 5:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Makes plenty of sense

Turco is not going to be traded either.

Do question me when it cmes to the Dallas Stars

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by hurlerhurley on Nov 25, 2007 5:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

You might want to consider

previewing your posts before you post.

Otherwise, it is near impossible to determine what you might have been trying to say ...

T.R. -- enough is enough.

by Chase Irwin on Nov 25, 2007 5:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Let me be LOAD AND CLEAR

Marty Turco is not going to be traded.

Get it... Got it... GOOD

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by hurlerhurley on Nov 25, 2007 5:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

ha ha load... I meant LOUD

Loud as in I'm rather disturbed that Stars fans want to get rid of Marty Turco

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by hurlerhurley on Nov 25, 2007 5:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed, Z

Dealing Modano would completely remove any marketability the Stars have. The dude is a local icon for a franchise that's completely lacking fanfare and excitement. It would be asolutely asinine to deal the guy.
Besides, It's not as if his value is sky-high.

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by BudLight on Nov 25, 2007 5:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Same with Marty Turco

That has been my point

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by hurlerhurley on Nov 25, 2007 5:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

No, It's not the same

Modano has been with this franchise since day one. He's a handsome, flashy golden boy scorer-type who likes to smile and wave. He was here when this team won the championship.
Turco wears a mask for the full duration of the game, is constantly criticized for failing to live up to unreasonably high expectations, and has a very capable substitute that people are taking to.
Now, it may be that Smith is just 'The other guy', as Chuch was for Q-Car. But who knows? Until we find out, if Turco continues to be average, people will still want him gone.

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by BudLight on Nov 25, 2007 6:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

BS.....Turco rocks

you don't know much about Marty Turco.

Hey, I'm a big time Nikey Mo fan.

But to get rid of Turco is wrong

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by hurlerhurley on Nov 25, 2007 6:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

mikey mo

yay .. go stars

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by hurlerhurley on Nov 25, 2007 6:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

It's All Due To

Hully, according to Razor.

You're hijacking the thread and being repetitive. Move forward.

by Rodney on Nov 25, 2007 4:42 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

so

did he tell Tippett to change the style of play?

"2008 should be about rebuilding, 2009 about taking a step forward. 2010 is the target year." -AJM

by dstar442005 on Nov 25, 2007 4:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

No... Tippett

was just following what was said

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by hurlerhurley on Nov 25, 2007 5:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Perhaps I'm not as familiar as you

but what "was said"?

T.R. -- enough is enough.

by Chase Irwin on Nov 25, 2007 5:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Dunno

I am merely regurgitating what Razor said on the Musers this week. He said Hull brings a new energy to the team. Something seems to be different, no?

You're hijacking the thread and being repetitive. Move forward.

by Rodney on Nov 25, 2007 7:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

ha

like gms have anything to do with the "energy" of a team.

"2008 should be about rebuilding, 2009 about taking a step forward. 2010 is the target year." -AJM

by dstar442005 on Nov 25, 2007 7:57 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I think they can in a certain way

In the NHL, I think that the GM is very close to the team. I know that Armstrong travelled with them a fair amount, and he was very close to the game process.

That said, if his fresh energy is a factor, it probably won't sustain itself, and he and his partner are going to actually have to make good managerial moves to be successful.

by Brett Perryman on Nov 25, 2007 8:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

good point

"2008 should be about rebuilding, 2009 about taking a step forward. 2010 is the target year." -AJM

by dstar442005 on Nov 25, 2007 8:08 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

As Zywica said

Yes, they do in hockey. And really, in any other sport, or business for that matter. If the guy on top, the ultimate decision-maker is changed out, that change brings in a breath of fresh air, however short-lived it may be.

Is the new boss a workers friend, or just another rich a-hole? Let the proletariot always hope for the best, as they always will, until proven incorrect. Jeepers, it happens at manufacturing plants all across the nation, why would it be so different in the most blue-collar of sports, hockey?

You're hijacking the thread and being repetitive. Move forward.

by Rodney on Nov 25, 2007 8:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I disagree

the players play hard know matter who the GM is, at least in baseball. You show me stats in people's career where they play differently because of a different GM.

"2008 should be about rebuilding, 2009 about taking a step forward. 2010 is the target year." -AJM

by dstar442005 on Nov 25, 2007 8:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

GM

Most GM's aren't retired HOF-caliber players, who also won a title as a player with the team that they're now GM of.

Hull being co-GM of the Stars would be like Roger Clemens becoming GM of the Yankees.

"Then I met some friends for a beer, went to a BoDeans's concert, and son of a vondruke, if I didn't leave him at the concert hall."

by RCCook on Nov 25, 2007 9:39 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

so

what are you trying to say?

"2008 should be about rebuilding, 2009 about taking a step forward. 2010 is the target year." -AJM

by dstar442005 on Nov 25, 2007 9:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hull

I'm saying he might carry a little more respect in the locker room than the average GM, and might get the team to play a little harder than Doug Armstrong because of that.

"Then I met some friends for a beer, went to a BoDeans's concert, and son of a vondruke, if I didn't leave him at the concert hall."

by RCCook on Nov 26, 2007 9:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs