Stars Blog >> Tuesday practice update _ Goligoski might play Thursday buzztap.com/-8E7byx

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Yuck.............

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Hey guthey,

I posted this in the 'general chat' section, but thought it would be worth asking you directly as well:

Goligoski has played two games since returning from injury, and he hasn't produced on the scoresheet yet. However, I don't get to watch him, so aside from the numbers, how is he looking so far?

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Not a problem horrorfan. Goligoski while I wouldn't say rusty, seems to be a bit off-balanced as does the rest of the team. Much was made of how Goligoski's presence led to Souray's hot start and the Stars as a whole. I think the lack of consistency with who starts in net each game for the Stars does play a factor. I feel that the Stars defenders have been playing more defensive as a whole since Andrew Raycroft and youngster, Richard Bachman don't inherently inspire alot of confidence at this point; making team defense a priority.

Goligoski isn't going to be a healthy Kris Letang any time soon but once the goalies start finding extended periods of confidence, I expect the confidence for the team to come back. The lack of scoring from Souray is a bit worrying but he is a bit of a hot and cold guy offensively anyway. Goligoski once they get rolling should be getting points here and there like he did before but I don't anticipate a significant jump very soon for Goligoski. Good question.

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Thanks - appreciate your insight.

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Newy has mentioned twice this week that the Stars were scouting the NY area teams as per the 4 game trip.

Any likely candidates coming or going?

Locally we have heard Bobby Ryan & Igilna rumors.

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Jordie Benn will make his NHL debut on Tuesday.

Benn is expected to join Mark Fistric on the third defensive pairing. Benn has 15 points in 31 AHL games, but we don't expect him to have any fantasy value in standard leagues this season. Jordie, who is 24 years old, is the older brother of the Stars' points leader, Jamie Benn.

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Looks like he had a solid game. I didn't see, but here is a nice recap write up of his debut.


http://starsblog.dallasnews.com/arch...t-nhl-gam.html

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