Dallas Stars Daily Links: (Lack of) Secondary Scoring

The Dallas Stars have one of the best forward lines in the league with Jason Robertson, Joe Pavelski, and Roope Hintz. After that? Not much, and it hurts the team a lot when the top line does not appear on the scoreboard:

“We have one goal the last two road games,” Bowness said. “That’s unacceptable, so we have to try things. Nothing is out of the game, we’re trying everything to create an insult.

So the endless quest is to find the best line combinations for Dallas, which includes putting some new faces into the lineup. Marian Studenic made his Stars debut in the last game, and Jacob Peterson could return to the lineup after being a healthy striker in three of the last four:

“I thought he was a little tired last week when we took him out,” Bowness said. “He’s not used to the grind of an NHL season and it became obvious. He has some free time now. He just needs to get back up to where he used to be. It’s understandable, your first year in the league. You’re used to playing 50 games and a lot of practice, and it’s exactly the opposite here.

You can read more in Matt DeFranks’ piece here.

Stars stories

Back to the leading trio for a moment:

Dallas will try to snap their three losing streak when they face the Montreal Canadiens tonight:

Around the league

In the only central game last night, the Minnesota Wild won 4-2 over the Boston Bruins:

Trades are in progress. First, Ron Francis finally made a move, sending Calle Jarnkrok to the Calgary Flames for a few choices:

Next, the Florida Panthers gave up a 2023 1 and more for … Ben Chiarot?

A deen will not be traded? Tomas Hertl, who signed an 8x $ 8M extension with the San Jose Sharks:

Elliotte Friedman talks about the driving deadline in his last 32 thoughts, including interest in Alexander Radulov of the New York Rangers:

Everyone focuses on the big names, but what about some understated goals?

Finally, the QMJHL is going to have a female player for the first time in over twenty years: