Dallas Stars suffer sixth straight loss as Carolina Hurricanes dominate—can Miko Rantanen spark a turnaround? Frustrations mount with defensive lapses, Petrovic’s costly turnovers, and lackluster energy from key contributors, raising questions about leadership in Jamie Benn’s absence. Joey Erickson breaks down the Stars’ struggles on the road, scrutinizing Glenn Gulutzan’s coaching decisions and the team’s dwindling confidence. Highlights include Jason Robertson’s bizarre power play goal, Ottinger’s tough night in net, and the need for more urgency from veterans like Matt Duchene and Miro Heiskanen. With Washington on deck, will lineup changes and renewed leadership help the Stars snap their losing streak before the Olympic break?
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0:00 – Stars Hit Rock Bottom Stars extend their losing streak to six games after a demoralizing loss to the Hurricanes. Joey Erickson breaks down why Dallas looked unprepared and the impact of missing their captain Jamie Benn.
10:48 – Rantanen’s Leadership & Dallas Solutions Discussion centers on Mikko Rantanen stepping up as the team’s catalyst. Joey Erickson analyzes Rantanen’s importance, overall team struggles in defense, goaltending, and missed scoring chances.
21:07 – Coaching Adjustments Needed Focus shifts to Glenn Gulutzan’s role in correcting the team’s course. Joey Erickson reviews what lineup changes might help, critiques on defensive issues, lack of leadership, and gauges expectations for the coach and squad moving forward.
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12 Comments
Roope, Dushane and Harley are a problem. Harley and Dushane’s offense gets a lot of attention but the lack of defense is silent. Roope just isn’t consistent enough. They all rely on their sticks and do not use their body to push people around of off the puck.
Which team are the stars? The ones who played great for about 40 games or these guys?
Bischell needs to come back, lundvkist doesn't work well with Harley, lundvkist should be with Petro until bischell returns
Roope has been missing great goal chances over the last 5-6 games.
Honestly not sure how Harley made the Olympic team this year. He hasnt played that well at all.
We’ve got worse losing streak than we do a winning streak. 6 losses in a row. Best win streak this year is 5. wtf?
Look, Matt is still struggling from a concussion, those are hard to get back from. If Steel could calm down and finish, he would have had 2 goals! That was the worst officiating I've seen since Vegas in the playoffs 2 years ago. Mikko hasn't had the same physicality since the two game misconducts. Harley looks lost Lundqvist needs to be traded! Ottinger ever since 3 years ago needs to be pulled after three goals because that means he's having a bad night and Gully should have pulled him earlier than what he did.
Is tonight the 7th loss in a row? First 7 losses streak since the end of last years regular season when we backed into the playoffs. Come on guys. Wake up. They play like they don’t give a crap about the regular season. They’re just waiting for the playoffs… why?
Harley is playing like shit too. He’s been awful all season. wtf is wrong with him. Harley is not only making bad plays. His bad plays are opportunities for the other team. He’s giving them chances. What happened to him?
Love Jaime Ben, but we need a new captain to light some fire. It’s getting ridiculous now, no one wants to play, no defense. We need to get rid of Duch, Harley, and Senguin. It’s time to lock in before the playoffs.
Definitely think these soft penalties against the Stars aren't helping. Gets the team out of the flow. I need to see more from Steel. He needs to get off that top 6 and get back to where he's best in bottom 3. Bring up Ritzy. He's the same player as Steel but can finish. I don't love Otters game this season… Need him to find it. And the defense in general has gone from thinking too much to not thinking at all. What I miss from that first 20 games is when they were very injured, but played with the physicality that Gully preached about. I think if they can just bring back that physicality they were finding up front, theyd start to look like that team nipping at the Avs heel ls.
Our goalie gots to GO !!
Something is going on in the room. They’re a rudderless ship and someone needs to lead. Not a player either.