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Segal, Brunnstrom scratched

Brandon Segal and Fabian Brunnstrom are the scratches at forward for tonight. Nicklas Grossman is out with back injury.

Morrow on BaD Radio

Stars captain Brenden Morrow was on BaD Radio earlier this afternoon. Here's the audio:

Here's an alternative link if the player doesn't work: http://www.andrewsstarspage.com/3-12-10morrow-bad-radio.mp3

Friday morning skate update

Marty Turco is in goal.

Nicklas Grossman (back) is out.

Jere Lehtinen (illness) and Brian Sutherby (shoulder) both skated this morning and are available, which gives the Stars 14 forwards to choose from for tonight. Fabian Brunnstrom was on the ice for a long time after everyone else was off, so I am guessing he won’t be in the lineup and that means it’s down to 13 forwards to choose from. 

Jonathan Bernier will be in net for the Kings. He’s having a great year in the AHL and this will be his first NHL start this season. RW Justin Williams returns for the Kings. For the latest on the Kings, checking out LA Kings Insider.
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Razor on The Ticket

Daryl Reaugh made his weekly appearance on The TIcket this morning. He talked with The Musers about the Stars’ recent road trip, the upcoming homestand, the team’s defensive woes and BaD Radio’s little run in with the Washington Capitals’ PR staff over a postgame interview with Alex Ovechkin(video below). Here’s the Razor audio:

Here’s the alternative audio link if the player above doesn’t work: http://www.andrewsstarspage.com/3-12-10razor.mp3

Here’s the YouTube video of BaD Radio’s 1920’s Reporter Guy tossing a question Alex Ovechkin’s way after Wednesday game. The Caps official was not amused.

Friday morning playoff update

Thoughts on Modano

Mike Heika has a story today on teams expressing an interest in Mike Modano at the trade deadline, and Modano deciding not to waive his no-trade clause.

Surprised that a few teams expressed interest?  Not really. Modano can still be a pretty effective player, would bring Stanley Cup experience and some veteran leadership to a contender. At this stage of his career he’s not going to be the guy who pushes a team over the top, but he could be a nice complementary player to a good team.

Surprised that he wasn’t interested? Not really. He said as much in January when he was asked during one of the road trips to Western Canada if he would be willing to be traded to a contender at the deadline. He’s been with the Stars franchise for more than 20 years and he’s probably going to stick with the franchise after his playing days are over, when ever that may be. Heading off somewhere else for a couple of months for a chance to do something he’s already done - win a Stanley Cup - wouldn’t make a lot of sense. He said that earlier this season and stuck to the plan when teams started expressing interest.

Sticking with one franchise an entire career is a rarity these days. It would have been strange and sad to see him in an NHL uniform other than the Stars’ and I’m glad we won’t. 

Texas Stars note: Clear Day Roster

Jamie Benn is on the list.  He could be assigned there to play once Dallas’ season is over if the Stars don’t make the playoffs. In an interesting little side note, the Stars assigned Benn to Texas last week and then immediately recalled him. That was probably done to make him eligible for this list since he hadn’t been with the Texas Stars at all this season.

Here’s the release from the Texas Stars, which explains what the Clear Day Roster is all about:

The Texas Stars of the American Hockey League announced on Thursday the 2009-10 Clear Day Roster, which consists of 20 skaters and two goaltenders.

According to AHL by-laws, only the players listed on a team’s Clear Day roster are eligible to compete in the remainder of the AHL regular season and in the 2010 Calder Cup Playoffs, unless emergency conditions arise as a result of injury, recall or suspension. Teams may also add signed junior players or players on amateur tryout contracts after Clear Day, but only once their respective junior or college seasons are complete.

The Stars Clear Day Roster consists of 13 forwards, seven defensemen and two goaltenders.

Goaltenders:  Matt Climie, Brent Krahn

Defensemen:  Maxime Fortunus, Ethan Graham, Andrew Hutchinson, Dan Jancevski, Trevor Ludwig, Garrett Stafford, Matt Stephenson

Forwards:  Mathieu Beaudoin, Jamie Benn (recalled), Aaron Gagnon, Sergei Korostin, Perttu Lindgren, Scott McCulloch, Travis Morin, Warren Peters, Greg Rallo, Raymond Sawada, Colton Sceviour, Francis Wathier, Landon Wilson

Players in Residence but not on the Clear Day list: Luke Gazdic, Mathieu Tousignant

A player in residence can only be used during the remainder of the regular season or the playoffs if a combination of three members of the 22-man roster are injured, recalled or suspended.

The complete list of Clear Day rosters can be found at http://theahl.com/2010-clear-day-lists-released-p141301.

Thursday morning playoff race update

Stars-Sabres thoughts

The Stars can’t continue to get outshot by a 2-1 margin every night and expect to win a lot of games. Marty Turco stood on his head and bailed them out Monday night against the Capitals, but no such luck Wednesday in Buffalo. Not there was a lot that Turco could do tonight. He played extremely well again, but the Sabres had some quality chances and cashed in. This had nothing to do with goaltending.

And this was a team that has struggled to score at times. It just goes to show what a mess the Stars are in the chances against category right now.

In the five games since the break, in which they have a 1-4-0 record, they’ve been outscored 25-11. They’ve been outshot 95-46 over the last two games.

Once again, the opposition seemed to click into a higher gear and the Stars, who played well in the first period as far as creating chances, couldn’t keep up. Give the Sabres credit. They were relentless at times, and they didn’t sit on the lead in the third.

Tyler Myers, their rookie defenseman, was superb. Ryan Miller was so-so, but his teammates bailed him out by limiting the Stars chances in the final 40 minutes.

This upcoming homestand is probably the season for the Stars. They need to get on a run or it’s going to be tough to be very hard to get into that final playoff spot. They’ve got to start gaining some ground. The number of games left is starting to dwindle. Making up even four or five points isn’t as easy at it seems, especially when you are chasing a couple of teams.

Stars postgame audio

Here is Stars postgame audio from the Sabres’ official site:

Marc Crawford audio

Marty Turco audio

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