I'm interested to see what Matt Fraser can do.

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I'm fairly confident that Dillon's here for the duration, and I'd say it's Larssen's position that is somewhat precarious on the D-line.

Also, Oleksiak being sent down after five and then not being recalled after Daley's injury would indicate to me that he's staying down.

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As am I. Curious to see who takes a seat if he draws in. It's kind of hard to point to any one forward who hasn't in some way been contributing lately.

Did see this earlier...

The previous tweet from Mike mentioned that Roy and Ryder didn't skate. Nothing about injuries, just that they were not there, so at this point I'm assuming they were just given maintenance days.

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Today's blog from Mike Heika....

http://starsblog.dallasnews.com/2013...call-ups.html/

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Tonight's projected lineup....

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

Dillon - Robidas
Rome - Goligoski
Benn - Larsen

Nilstorp

Fraser is looking like a healthy scratch. Seen speculation that this is kind of a get-to-know-me, get-to-know-you thing with Fraser. He gets to take part in practice, show the coaches first hand what he can do, and like Dumba in Minny, he gets a taste of life in the NHL. Who knows, he may see some NHL game action, I certainly hope so. Right now there just doesn't appear to be anybody who's not contributing in some way that Gulutzan could sit for Fraser to draw in.

Nothing new that I've seen about Kari, still considered day-to-day. Daley also day-to-day, but doubtful for Saturday.

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Dear Kari,

Help!!

Signed

The Dallas Stars and fans

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The return to Big D hasn't gone quite to plan. Back-to-back losses, and coughing up the lead in both isn't the way this was supposed to go. Oddly enough this was the third straight game to end 4-3, and the fourth time that has happened this month.

- After having his streak of six games with a point broken Jamie Benn got back into the scoring column with the opening salvo just 35 seconds in. We love to see you score Jamie, but let people get their $10 cups of fizzy yellow pisswater and get back to their seats first. Or in this case let me get back from the kitchen with my glass of beer. Thank god, and directv, for the ability to rewind live programming.
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- Well since we're on the topic of Benn's, Jordie made his first appearance since his call-up from Cedar Park. While his TOI of 17:10 last night was tied for his second lowest of the season, he did see time in all situations including the PP. For the third time in his last four games he logged over two minutes on the man advantage, and for the first time this season logged more time on the powerplay then he did on the penalty kill, 2:46 to 1:13. Not sure what this portends for the future but aside from one horrendous turnover he played well. Actually after Nilstorp bailed him out on the turnover he immediately picked up his first point of the season with an assist on Ryder's goal thereby making amends for the mistake seconds earlier.
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- The Stars have now scored three goals or more in eight straight games which is tied for second all-time in team history. The record was 11 straight, set between Nov. 21 and Dec. 15, 2001. Their record during this run is 5-3, which leads to the next tidbit....
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- Over the last four games, Bachman and Nilstorp have combined for a 4.55 GAA and .813 SV%. Lehtonen himself is 2.12 and .934 for the season. Dare to dream, we may actually be 7-1 during this goal scoring explosion if Kari hadn't missed these last three games.
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- Did I just type/say "we" in that last bullet point? Fair to say I think I've been kidnapped as a fan by the Stars. Not a complaint, merely an observation. While I will always bleed the Red and White of my beloved Red Wings, I think it's mixed with a healthy dose of the Green and Gold now too.
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- With the loss we now drop to ninth in the Western Conference, one point back of Minnesota(8th) and division rival Phoenix(7th), and two back of another rival, and Saturday's opponent, San Jose.

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On Thursday night the Stars began announcing the players that were voted to the 20th Anniversary team. Each of the remaining home games will see a player from the All-time Stars team highlighted. Thursday night it was Marty Turco, Saturday night it will be Brenden Morrow. Here's the full list of those who made the cut......

Forwards
Stu Barnes: 2002-2008
Jamie Benn: 2009-present
Guy Carbonneau: 1995-2000
Loui Eriksson: 2006-present
Bill Guerin: 2002-2006
Brett Hull: 1998-2001
Jere Lehtinen: 1995-2010
Jamie Langenbrunner: 1994-2002; 2010-2011
Mike Modano: 1988-2010
Brenden Morrow: 1999-present
Joe Nieuwendyk: 1995-2002
Steve Ott: 2002-2012

Defensemen
Derian Hatcher: 1991-2003
Craig Ludwig: 1991-1999
Richard Matvichuk:1992-2004
Stephane Robidas: 2002-2004; 2005-present
Darryl Sydor: 1995-2003; 2006-2007; 2008-2009
Sergei Zubov: 1996-2009

Goaltenders
Ed Belfour: 1997-2002
Marty Turco: 2000-2010

- Here's a link to a good interview with Daryl Reaugh on The Ticket....

http://starsinsideedge.com/2013/02/2...-the-ticket-4/

- Mike Heika's observations from the Stars 4-3 loss to the Canucks....

http://starsblog.dallasnews.com/2013...s-season.html/

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It appears at this point that the lines will be the same again tonight.

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

Dillon - Robidas
Rome - Goligoski
Benn - Larsen

Nilstorp will get the start in goal. Hopefully he can regain the form he had against the Wild.

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Good win for the Stars and the all important two points. And all the more satisfying that it came at the expense of a division rival too.

- Great job by Nilstorp to step up and deliver the kind of game the team has been needing from the backups. He stopped 31 of 32, the lone goal being a bang-bang play by Marleau off of an defensive zone draw while the Sharks had the man advantage.

- Jamie Benn picked up a Gordie Howe hat trick. The fight with Jumbo Joe gave the team a much needed jolt. Jamie fed Jagr for the opening score on the powerplay, and his goal put the game on ice. Benn's Gordie Howe hat trick was the team's second of the season, Brendan Dillon picking up the other.

- Alex Goligoski put together a good game tonight. Goli had two helpers on the night, the first of which setup Ryder's game winning powerplay goal. He's starting to show signs of breaking out of his offensive funk and it's coming none too soon. He's still looking to his first goal of the season, but maybe tonight is the catalyst he's been needing

- The powerplay showed up for this one, going 2-for-5 on the night. They did a better job of getting shots on goal and the results were tangible. Now comes the trickier bit, building on this going forward.

- A couple of injury notes from the game. Aaron Rome took a shot off his foot and Philip Larsen had a nasty collision with Wingels and the end boards. No word for sure on Rome other then "wait and see" as Mike Heika tweeted. Larsen did receive a cut on the forehead, but said he's fine otherwise.

- Also on the injury front. Kari Lehtonen did skate today at the practice facility in Frisco and will accompany the team on the upcoming road trip. No word yet on if he will play during the trip, but we can take his travelling with the team as a good indication. Right? Also Trevor Daley has been skating and will also join the team on the road trip.

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With the Rome and Daley injuries Jamie Oleksiak and Carl Sneep have been recalled to fill in. Here's the press release....

http://starsinsideedge.com/2013/02/2...lled-from-ahl/

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