Who will buy the Dallas Stars?
I guess no one knows, but Mike Heika says he keeps hearing the name Doug Miller.
Miller has experience with minor league hockey in addition to running a non-hockey Dallas-based business.
The interesting name, though, is Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, who was recently brought in by Mike Modano to [...]

I like the Kari Lehtonen to Dallas trade because it gives the Stars options at a position where they’re vulnerable.
The Stars will soon be parting ways with goalie Marty Turco. If he’s not traded, he won’t be re-signed next season.
Stars GM Joe Nieuwendyk doesn’t want to wait until the off-season to get his goaltending future [...]

Everyone is looking at Atlanta, wondering where they’re going to trade Ilya Kovalchuk.
But don’t forget to keep an eye on New Jersey, a team that also might be active before the trade deadline.
Not so much for Kovalchuk, but for a goal-scoring center who can help out on the powerplay.
I don’t think Kovalchuk is enough of [...]

Mike Heika has a nice column reminding fans how long it took Dallas GM Bob Gainey to build a championship team.
By Heika’s math, it took around three years, so current GM Joe Nieuwendyk has some time. Fans seem to be losing patience as Nieuwendyk seems quite content to see how many of the Stars younger [...]

This weekend, the sportswriting world lost Mike Penner of the LA Times.
Penner was probably best known for his brilliant writing about his decision to become a woman. His byline changed to Christine Daniels. He subsequently returned to living as Mike Penner.
Penner covered the Ducks when they first joined the NHL and it seems he might [...]

Dallas coach Marc Crawford is mellowing and maturing.
He realizes his overplayed his angry coach hand in Los Angeles, and it caused him to first lose his team and then his job.
So now in Dallas, he seems to be on more of an even keel.
Which has to be a little bit frustrating sometimes, given the Stars’ [...]

Mike Heika did his weekly question-and-answer session with his readers and while it’s all usually really good, I wanted to spotlight one of this week’s answers from Heika:

Q: What do you feel are the reasons for the Stars’ road success this year? And why hasn’t that success been duplicated at home?
HEIKA: Those are two [...]

Forbes released their annual NHL franchise valuations and things actually look pretty good for the league. Or at least for some of the franchises. The average operating profit was $6.1 million, aggregate income increased, as did average franchise value.
Unfortunately, this wasn’t an across the board thing for the all of the franchises. While successful teams [...]

Tim Panaccio took a quick look back at Brett Hull’s career.
That amazing wrist shot from the circle? It was actually his dad, Bobby Hull’s, idea. Which is shocking, since Bobby Hull is synonymous with the slapshot. But the elder Hull said the quicker NHL game required a quicker shot.
It’s funny how we’ve come full circle. [...]

Are we too impatient with first-round draft picks?
Maybe.
Even though he finished last season relatively strong, Steve Stamkos was written off as a bust, or at least as someone with the potential to be a huge bust. Now, 10 games into Tampa’s season, Stamkos has nine goals and five assists and looks like a real [...]