Looking forward to your insight NWO! Good luck bud!

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Pretty quiet at the moment, one note though. Dallas Morning News is reporting Stars' second round pick Ludvig Bystrom was assigned to MODO of the Swedish Elite League.

Bystrom was taken in the CHL Import Draft by the Plymouth Whalers, but this move makes it seem less likely he'll come over until he's ready for assignment to the AHL. That's just a gut feeling on my part though. Whether or not he ever comes over to play in the OHL he still requires more seasoning before seeing either Stars lineup.

I did see this article at Defending Big D. The Derek Roy shoulder injury and subsequent surgery is old news by now, but this does include a tiny bit more detail about just what the issue was for him regarding that shoulder.

About 2/3rd's of the way down there is a link to the interview with him on 1310 The Ticket that's worth a listen to. Nothing earth shattering, but a good listen all the same.

Here's a link to a short article about Cody Eakin....

http://blackoutdallas.com/2012/07/17...ew-cody-eakin/

He should have a good shot at making the roster out of camp. On top of that if he can excel he may get to see some time centering the 2nd line until Roy returns. After that he should be battling Fiddler and Wandell for 3rd/4th line center duties.

It will be interesting to watch and see if he can seize the opportunity he has in front of him.

Cool article on Eakin, I think he's in a great situation this year because as you mentioned he has the opportunity to battle it out for a scoring role while Roy is on the shelf...but even if he can make it onto that squad in a third-line role, unless there is a trade made he will still have a solid winger in either Morrow or Ryder (can't remember which winger Nieuwendyk excluded from the top-six when he was asked awhile back).

Just thought I'd toss in this update for ya, Stars re-signed Fistric today. Here is what Rotoworld had:

I'm thinking the scoring lines likely shape up like this....

Eriksson - Benn - Jagr
Whitney - Roy- Ryder

Those seem the most logical and also I believe Nieuwendyk has said as much, though I can't locate the article. That would put Morrow on the LW for line 3 with Eakin or Fiddler centering and possibly Nystrom at RW. Vincour could be a darkhorse candidate for RW on that line.

Thanks for the note on Fistric. I knew he had an arbitration hearing coming up, but hadn't seen the signing yet. Good catch.

i, too, think that those are the top two lines when all are healthy...
morrow was pretty bad last year, but i still think he brings enough intangibles to help a team. wouldn't suprise me to see him on another team to start the season, though....

Can't rule out Morrow being moved but Nieuwendyk has said moving Morrow isn't currently in his plans. For what that's worth, I mean ask Otter how fast those things change.

Got the Google cache of that article. Here it is: http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...th-stars.html/



If they did move him I'd like to see them bring in some help on the blueline. There's some good prospects in the pipeline there but they still need immediate help there to really get over the hump in the short term.

if morrow stays with the stars, the bottom six will likely shake out along the lines of:

Morrow-Eakin-Vincour
Nystrom-Fiddler-Garbutt

The battle is on for bottom six roles. Morrow, Nystrom, and Fiddler are pretty much locks, and Eakin should stick right out of camp. Vincour should continue to improve and like Eakin there's a great opportunity in front of him for the taking. Garbutt, Wandell, Petersen, Morin, and the rooks fighting for what's left over.

Gotta figure this is Wandell's last best shot to make it. If it doesn't click, he'll be heading south literally(Cedar Park) and figuratively(the "A"). Morin could be an interesting long shot after the numbers he posted last year with the Texas Stars. He figures to get an extra look based on that. Whether he's a true late bloomer and he parlays that into a role in big D remains to be seen.

Jordie Benn re-ups for a one year, two-way deal...so the dream of constantly seeing:

J.Benn (J.Benn)

lives on!