What a comeback! That showed a lot of character by the Stars to claw their way back into it. Total team effort to get the job done on the road. The win was great, now we have to hope for good news on Kari.

I'll have a complete recap posted later, along with the Friday Night Studs & Duds.

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GWG from Dillon - he's really solidifying himself. Adds some toughness on their backend too, which they really need.

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Dillon impresses me as being a super-sized Stephane Robidas with more offensive upside. He's going to be a really good one and a rock on the blue line for quite some time.

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Per Mike Heika the Stars are going to roll with the same line combos and D pairings as they did Friday night....

Morrow - Benn - Jagr
Smith - Roy - Eriksson
Roussel - Eakin - Ryder
Nystrom - Fiddler - Garbutt

Dillon - Robidas
Rome - Daley
Goligoski - Larsen

Bachman
Nilstorp

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A few quick hits from last nights tough loss....

- Where oh where has last year's Bachman gone. Another mixed affair from him last night. At times he looked good, but also several shaky moments as well.

- In all fairness to Bachman, a couple of those goals, Horak and Stajan, were on the defense in my opinion, not him. Nobody picked up Horak on that rebound, Rome was close but looking the other way. On the Stajan goal both Goli and Daley were behind the net playing the puck leaving Stajan all alone with an open look.

- It's not all bad news and negativity. The bottom six and the kids are really bringing it lately. They've been scoring, fighting, hitting, creating turnovers, you name it, they're doing it.

- The loss last night was the first in regulation for the Stars when they've had the lead after two periods dating back to Oct. 31, 2009. That was a string of 79 games.

- The Stars are off until Thursday when the Canucks come looking for revenge. That game will kick off a stretch of five games in eight days to finish out the month.

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Got some injury updates to pass along via Mike Heika's twitter feed.

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The Stars recalled Jordie Benn and Matt Fraser from Texas. Wandell and Vicour were sent down as the corresponding moves.

http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=656298

Benn's recall is not surprising as the Stars had just six D up prior to Daley's injury. Even though it's not believed to be an serious injury they did need to have an extra body up.

Fraser is an interesting one to watch how they use him. More sniper than playmaker, and he does have a physical edge to his game.

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any idea where whitney will line up when he is back?

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Just snagged him of the WW in my sim league (where size/defense add to his value). Would you say its safe to think he's up for the duration of the season? From what I've seen he does not look out of place in the bigs.

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I would expect him to slide right back into his spot on Roy's wing. He may end up on PP2 to start off when he returns, but I would expect he him to be back on PP1 sooner rather than later.


Oh yeah I think he's safe, this year and beyond. The fans in Cedar Park(Austin) are going to have to jump on Interstate 35 and head north if they want to see him play in person again.

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