Morning skate notes from Mike Heika....

http://starsblog.dallasnews.com/2013...jor-ones.html/

Also, here's a link to our own Angus and his most recent post for Defending Big D...

http://www.defendingbigd.com/2013/2/...ars-jamie-benn

If you haven't been reading their stuff you need to. It goes beyond just Jeff though. The whole crew over there does an excellent job, so check it out.

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Make it four-in-a-row! In so many ways this was right to the script for the Stars this season. Sketchy play in their own end, too many penalties, stellar penalty kill, Lehtonen playing on a whole other level, you get the picture. The main thing is they got the all-important two points, and continue their hot streak.

- The Garbutt-Fiddler-Nystrom line came up clutch to help seal the deal in the third. Gulutzan opened the final frame with these guys to set a tone and they delivered. Two goals and two assists in the third that put the game away.

- Ryan Garbutt is the latest to watch from the press box then return to the lineup with a good game. He was hustling all over the ice all night and was rewarded with his second goal of the season.

- Eight-ball off the rail, in the corner pocket! With that Dillon goal to draw even you just got the impression it was going to be their night. If you missed it...

http://video.stars.nhl.com/videocent...201401&lang=en

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A good read on Lehtonen, plus a couple of other tidbits....

http://starsblog.dallasnews.com/2013...-tuesday.html/

Still waiting for word on any lineup changes or if they will roll with the same again tonight. I do look for Bacher to get the start, though that's just a hunch, nothing official.

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does Bachman start tonight against the flames?

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Dillon is starting to look really good. He's the first young Stars defenseman in quite awhile who I'm actually excited about.

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G: Fleury, Varlamov, Markstrom
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You and me both. I'm actually playing him and counting on some decent production, mostly in the PIM and Hits department, but also some point as well.

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Thinking of making a big trade involving the acqusition of one Alex Goligoski. I really like the offence in Dallas (I plucked Morrow from the wires last week, and have Benn along with Roy already).

Reading some of the comments after tonights game, it seems he has been playing quite dreadful. My trade is Koivu/Weber for Clarkson/Goli... do you sense danger? Is he a lock on PP1 this year? My league heavily favors goals over assists (5 pts to 3, hence targetting clarkson).

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LW: Hartnell, JVR, Pacioretty, Whitney
RW: Kane (C), Neal (lw), Bennett
D: Vishy, Shattenkirk, Goligoski, Whitney
G: Bernier, Emery
IR: Hornqvist

I don't sense a lot of danger yet, but there is some. The organisation is committed to making him successful, they have too much invested. He's still getting PP1 time in spite of his even strength ice time diminishing, and he was a healthy scratch last week as a wake-up call. He's put up three points since his return so there is some hope Goli has taken steps to bring his game back around.

Gulutzan seems comfortable continuing to roll him out on the first power-play unit. For now I don't see that changing as long as the PP is producing. Can't speak in specifics about last night though since the game didn't record properly, so I didn't get to watch it.

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Oleksiak has steadily improved since his call-up. He's not as far along as Dillon, but he will be another one you'll be excited about in the not too distant future.

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After reading Jeff's rambling's I will make it a point to focus extra attention on watching Goli Friday night, and note that in Friday night's recap. Like I said I missed the game due to a snafu with the DVR, so I won't have a recap on last night.

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