Trade Deadline: You Get Nothing!

(And you’ll like it!)

The NHL Trade Deadline has come and gone. The Dallas Stars must have missed that memo. In a confidence bolstering move, Jim Nill and company made one move that has absolutely no effect on the main roster. We will dive into that later.

Nill would go on to say,

“In the end, It’s where our team is at, where I think we’re at, and I believe in our group and I like how we’re playing.” Nill on the making no moves at the trade deadline

We can look at this in two ways. First, this shows a mountain of confidence from the front office that this is the Stars roster they think can take them deep into the Stanley Cup playoffs once again.

Second, the price for any viable addition was too high. The Carolina Hurricanes showed that with their acquisition of forward Vincent Trocheck.

Either way, following the trade deadline, the Stars roster remains the same as the chase for the Stanley Cup hits a fever pace with around 20 games left in the regular season.

The Djuse is loose

The only action of the day showed repercussions to the AHL’s Texas Stars as defenseman Emil Djuse was dealt to the Florida Panthers for a 6th round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft.

TRADE: We've acquired Buffalo's sixth-round selection in the 2020 NHL Draft from the Florida Panthers in exchange for defenseman Emil Djuse.#GoStarshttps://t.co/kdocRq0QSY — Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) February 24, 2020

Djuse led d-man in Texas with 4 goals and 25 assists.

The 5-foot-11, 190-pound native of Skelleftea, Sweden was originally undrafted and signed by Dallas as a free agent on April 29, 2019.

Thornton keeps Swimming with the Sharks

When the trade for the Panthers’ 6th round pick was announced, fans speculated that it was part of a package for Sharks’ veteran blue-liner Joe Thornton.

The Stars reportedly are "pushing hard" for a Joe Thornton trade hours before the deadline Follow all the latest rumors and news, right here https://t.co/Y7aGvW5RqM pic.twitter.com/xDC99XBClW — Sharks on NBCS (@NBCSSharks) February 24, 2020

Reports out of San Jose were that Thornton would waive his no trade clause to make wear the Victory Green, but alas, trade deadline is over and, like a soda left out overnight, the dream fizzled and Jumbo Joe remained a Shark after the 2 P.M. deadline on Monday afternoon.

Stars fans shan’t be too upset, though. Thornton has not only showed age through his famous facial hair but on the ice as well. His productivity has been in question for the last few seasons, but it’s hard to think about what could have been with a Pavelski/Thornton reunion in big D.

Dare to dream.

Americans take 2 out of 3 over Weekend

The Allen Americans had a busy weekend as they skated 3 games in under 48 hours.

They would start the weekend off on a bitter note, taking the loss at home on their mascot, Biscuit’s, birthday. Final score 3-5 in favor of the visiting Tulsa Oilers.

Saturday night was a different story as both Stepan Falkovsky and Olivier Archambault both racked up 4 points each in the offense heavy match-up with the Wichita Thunder. The American “Alliance” would find themselves on the right side of the scoreboard as they took down the Wichita “Empire”. It was Star Wars night.

Stop me if I you’ve heard me say this before. Minor league hockey is the best.

The Americans would wrap up a busy weekend with a bus rise into Tulsa and a hard fought battle with the Oilers. With the previous night being an offensive onslaught, the Americans and Oilers would treat the fans the free hockey as the Americans took the victory 2-1 in extra time.

🚨🚨AMERICANS WIN IT IN OVERTIME! Lammon finds the back of the net 1:09 in the extra session to give Allen the win! 🥅Lammon

🍎Archambault#REDemption pic.twitter.com/e3isptSxkH — Allen Americans (@AllenAmericans) February 24, 2020

Not a bad way to spend the weekend for the Americans.

After a weekend of back to back to back games, the Americans get the week off and will play the Wichita Thunder starting Friday in a series of home and home games.

You “Oett” to see this!

Dallas Stars goaltending prospect Jake Oettinger made the headlines over the weekend with a Top 10 style save.

In an up and down season in Cedar Park, and a boring trade deadline, it’s always good to know that the future of Stars is in good “glove” hands.

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I am a retired softball legend and an unrestricted beer league hockey free agent. I swing sticks for fun on the ice and links and am constantly feeding my YouTube addiction. I am forever grateful to the state of Minnesota for their hockey team in 1994 and more grateful for the Dallas Stars Stanley Cup in 1999.