Benn goal...WOW

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Next week we start the road trip from hell:
@ Pittsburgh
@ Montreal
@ Toronto
@ Ottawa
@ Winnipeg
@ Washington

And the rest of the year looks pretty tough too. Need to get it together!

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Last 11: 2-5-4

"In Nill we trust" seems pretty absurd at this point. Five seasons, 1 playoff round win. Unless they play lights out the rest of the way and sneak into the playoffs, Gaglardi needs to give Nill an ultimatum: "Give Hitch whatever he wants this offseason. If this team fails again next season, I'm cleaning house, starting at the top."

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"In Nill we trust" seems pretty absurd at this point. Five seasons, 1 playoff round win. Unless they play lights out the rest of the way and sneak into the playoffs, Gaglardi needs to give Nill an ultimatum: "Give Hitch whatever he wants this offseason. If this team fails again next season, I'm cleaning house, starting at the top."

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If anything he better give Hitch a pink slip, before his ass is out the door too. His 5 year plan has been a total bust. Blow it up and start over.

Hitch has had one season. This is Nill's disaster. "I like where this team is at". Well, apparently Jim, you like a failure.

Thumbs down is for Nill, not you, FYI.

Nills mistake was not making a trade at the deadline..some goal scorers were available and that's what we are lacking.

Really need to make this 2 goal lead stand up for another 20 min. Good job so far.

Well ****, it only lasted 10 minutes.

11 seconds left... wow

And I was looking forward to playoffs, although end-of-season hockey is pretty intense too.

I think the post-game analysts are right: the team is tired and top-heavy, relying too much on Benn and Seguin for scores. The Stars ran out of gas and Bruins didn't.

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Hope is fading fast

I'll give you props for still having any hope. 4 points back of Colorado, and they have a game in hand. If they beat Vegas tonight, any hope I had left will be gone. Even if they lose, the Stars will probably have to go AT LEAST 6-1 over these last 7. And this team doesn't seem equipped or energized enough to pull that off.

Burn it down

Worst team in the West. Must win at home, and they **** the bed.

Fire Hitch and Lehtonen and can go with him.

0-6-2 in the last eight games. There really is no excuse for this. Looks like another year with no playoff hockey for the Stars.

What a waste.

Bishop going down seems to have sent this team into a tail spin. Kari lost his confidence once the pressure was on him and the team then folded in front of him.

Klingberg's post game comments were pretty brutal

aggiecouch said:

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Klingberg's in-game plays were pretty brutal

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TV Casualty said:

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Bishop going down seems to have sent this team into a tail spin. Kari lost his confidence once the pressure was on him and the team then folded in front of him.

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Exactly. Also throw in Nill did nothing at the trade deadline .

We won!

Watched the replay after my game and I'll give them credit for the effort but it's too late .

Tyler Seguin gets goal #40

Still angry at hitch for not letting Mckenna start a game in that six game road trip. He comes in tonight and shuts them out.

Thank goodness it's finally over. What an annoying season. It's nuts how little playoff hockey Stars fans have watched in the last decade.

What a disappointing season.

This team needs offense besides Seguin, Benn and Rads. Nill has got to make some changes.

You would have to think that they will try to get Nichushkin back. He hasn't exactly torn up the KHL though.

It's annoying how badly the Stars have drafted over the last 6 to 7 years. Outside of Klingberg no one has really made a big impact.

Val and Heiskanen SHOULD both be in the line-up next year. That, along with cutting some salary (Hamuis and Kari, for starters) should allow the team to give Seguin an extension and bring in some scoring depth. I don't know why I'm cautiously optimistic, but I am. The real wild card, I see, will once again be goal tending. Can Bishop stay healthy for a full season, and who will the backup be?

Should be a wild and crazy off-season, as I've read that Gaglardi is not very happy (why would he be?)

Just a little tidbit....

My 8 yr old son (big Lightning and Bishop fan) wrote Bishop a letter last year (Fall 2016) as part of a school project. His teacher simply addressed it to the Lightning organization. I wasn't even a 100% sure it would make it to him, and we never heard anything back.....until today. My son received an envelope addressed to him at his school. No return address, but his name and the school address was handwritten and it was postmarked from Dallas. Inside was just simply a hand autographed Ben Bishop card.

Just felt that it was a really nice gesture for Bishop to follow up in some fashion, especially after so much time had passed, and make the day of a young fan.

About freaking time...

Hitch and Dez gone in the same day?? It's Christmas in April!

The managing editor of SBN College Hockey tweeted that Jim Montgomery will be the Stars next head coach, and he's getting a lot of "likes" and "re-tweets" from local hockey guys. Take it for what it's worth.