The Dallas Stars are one win away from advancing to the Western Conference Finals after a 5-1 shellacking over the Avs. Host Gavin Spittle and NHL Insider Sean Shapiro start with the news of Vali Nichushkin getting suspended without pay for 6 months and their take on the whole situation. The guys then get into the game and how much Dallas dominated Colorado from start to finish. Wyatt Johnston with 2 goals and is about to turn 21 years old. Johnston just continues to do everything right and play...
May 14, 2024•56 min
Jake Oettinger shines in the Stars 4-1 win over the Avalanche in game 3. Host Gavin Spittle and NHL Insider Sean Shapiro talk about the performance from Oettinger and the Stars defense completely shutting down Colorado. Chris Tanev continues to play sound hockey and makes such a huge difference on the ice for the Stars. The guys react to Jared Bednar’s postgame comments with the media and then answer questions from listeners. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: htt...
May 12, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Dallas gets off to another 3-0 lead and this time they come out victorious in a 5-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche to tie the series 1-1. Host Gavin Spittle and NHL Insider Sean Shapiro open up with Roope Hintz having a big game with 4 points and how he needed that kind of game after the drought he had been going through in the playoffs. They talk about the scoring from the Stars offense and who stood out for the Stars in this game. The guys wrap by answering questions from listeners on Twitter...
May 10, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Two time Stanley Cup Champion Craig Ludwig joins Gavin Spittle for his Game 1 analysis. Craig breaks down the overtime goal from a defensive standpoint and what went wrong? He also talks about how to prevent momentum swings coming off of a strong 1st period. The guys mention the embellishment call on Roope Hintz and if it was whistled because of what happened in the 1st period? Luds also talks about what needs to happen in Game 2 and should the term "must win" be used for this game? Plus, Gavin ...
May 08, 2024•42 min
A 3-0 Stars first period lead gets erased by Colorado with 4 unanswered to take game one of the Western Conference 2nd Round. Host Gavin Spittle and NHL Insider Sean Shapiro break down the game. After Alexander Georgiev gave up 3 goals, he was lights out and made monster saves in overtime that saved Colorado multiple times. Sean breaks down the Miles Wood game winning goal in overtime. He says Oettinger played too passively and needed to be more active with the poke check. The guys talk about Ro...
May 08, 2024•50 min
Our Spits and Suds NHL Insider Sean Shapiro joins Gavin Spittle to set you up for Stars/Avalanche. The guys tell you about Colorado, what makes Nathan MacKinnon so special, and the differences between Colorado and Vegas defensively. The guys also talk about the advantages that Stars have and what Dallas players could flourish in this series. Lots to take in before Game 1 on Spits and Suds. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy...
May 06, 2024•28 min
Pete DeBoer is 8-0 in game 7’s after the Stars beat the Golden Knights 2-1 Sunday night. Host Gavin Spittle and NHL insider Sean Shapiro recap the thriller at the AAC. Wyatt Johnston opened up the scoring in the game as he continued his tear in this series. Jake Oettinger only gave up 14 goals in this seven game series and made some crucial saves in game 7 to seal the deal for the Stars. The guys talk about Nils Lundkvist’s struggles in this game and then answer tweets from listeners. To learn m...
May 06, 2024•55 min
The Golden Knights beat the Stars 2-0 in Game 6 and now it will come down to a game 7 in Dallas on Sunday. Host Gavin Spittle and NHL Insider Sean Shapiro recap the game. Sean says the Stars had to capitalize on the opportunities they had and they just couldn’t put the puck in the net. The guys answer a tweet asking if Joe Pavelski should be benched for game 7 and they both say absolutely not. Then they answer tweets from other listeners and give a Texas Stars update. To learn more about listene...
May 04, 2024•38 min
We're giving you an opposition perspective on today's Spits and Suds with Lindsey Brown who covers the Vegas Golden Knights. Lindsey's thoughts on the goaltending change, what the Stars have done to turn this series around and what Vegas needs to do to take this series to a Game 7. Great insight from Las Vegas on today's Spits and Suds. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podca...
May 02, 2024•36 min
3 in a row for the Stars over the Golden Knights and now a series lead. Host Gavin Spittle and NHL Insider Sean Shapiro recap the game. Sean doesn’t agree with Bruce Cassidy’s decision to start Hill over Thompson in this game. He says if the plan was to alternate goaltenders, why wait until game 5 to do it, especially with how well Thompson has played in the playoffs. Sean says he loves the way Wyatt Johnston plays and how he continues to be the best player on the ice. The guys also go through s...
May 02, 2024•1 hr 9 min
3 in a row for the Stars over the Golden Knights and now a series lead. Host Gavin Spittle and NHL Insider Sean Shapiro recap the game. Sean doesn’t agree with Bruce Cassidy’s decision to start Hill over Thompson in this game. He says if the plan was to alternate goaltenders, why wait until game 5 to do it, especially with how well Thompson has played in the playoffs. Sean says he loves the way Wyatt Johnston plays and how he continues to be the best player on the ice. The guys also go through s...
May 02, 2024•32 min
Gavin and Sean answer tweets sent in by listeners. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
May 02, 2024•38 min
Golden Knights head coach Bruce Cassidy explains why he is making a change in Goaltending before a pivotal Game 5. We hear from Stars coach Pete Deboer's thoughts on players like Joe Pavelski and Roope Hintz struggling to score. Brent Severyn joined 105.3 The Fan's Shan and RJ to preview Game 5 and we hear his thoughts. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adc...
May 01, 2024•19 min
On the latest Spits and Suds our favorite former Stars Dman, 17 year vet and two time Stanley Cup Champion Craig Ludwig joins Gavin Spittle and gives us the players perspective from the Game 4 victory. Craigs thoughts on wearing helmets in warm ups to avoid injury. A player comparison from his day on Wyatt Johnston. Luds has a new nickname for Logan Stankoven as well. Plus, how to prevent the Vegas odd man breakouts highlighted by Jack Eichel and why Craig thinks it's not a great idea for five S...
Apr 30, 2024•36 min
The Dallas Stars have evened the series with the Golden Knights after a 4-2 win in game 4. Host Gavin Spittle and our NHL insider Sean Shapiro recap the win. Gavin makes note of Jake Oettinger saving 65 shots on 69 attempts in the last two games. They give praise to Wyatt Johnston as he had another big goal and has been the best player for the Stars on the ice. They also talk about the 4th line clicking. Even though they won, Gavin and Sean wanted to see more from the Stars offense in the third ...
Apr 30, 2024•1 hr 6 min
The Dallas Stars have evened the series with the Golden Knights after a 4-2 win in game 4. Host Gavin Spittle and our NHL insider Sean Shapiro recap the win. Gavin makes note of Jake Oettinger saving 65 shots on 69 attempts in the last two games. They give praise to Wyatt Johnston as he had another big goal and has been the best player for the Stars on the ice. They also talk about the 4th line clicking. Even though they won, Gavin and Sean wanted to see more from the Stars offense in the third ...
Apr 30, 2024•37 min
The guys read and answer tweets sent in by listeners To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 30, 2024•30 min
The Stars beat the Golden Knights in a massive game 3 overtime win cutting the Golden Knights series lead to 2-1. Host Gavin Spittle is joined by our NHL Insider Sean Shapiro to recap the game. Sean said Johnston’s goal is a season ending saver and how we have a series now. The guys talk about this being one of the better games the Stars have played with all the chances they had and make note Logan Thompson isn’t going to stand on his head every time like he did in this game. Gavin talks about f...
Apr 28, 2024•48 min
Spits and Suds insider Sean Shapiro joins Gavin Spittle for a Game 3 Stars/Vegas preview. Sean gives his thoughts on what the Stars need to change in Game 3. With the injuries, will we see AHL MVP Mavrik Bourque recalled? Sean discusses line changes at Stars practice and why it's more gamesmanship than what we will actually see. Get everything you need heading into Game 3 with Spits and Suds! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-pol...
Apr 26, 2024•32 min
Two time Stanley Cup Champion and former Stars Dman joins Spits and Suds to recap a tough Game 2 loss and the adjustments that he feels could help in Game 3. Host Gavin Spittle gets Craig's thoughts as a player with 177 career playoff games, the mindset after that loss and going into Game 3. How does Craig think the Stars can breakthrough in Game 3, how the size of Vegas is giving the Stars fits and much more. It's a complete Stars/Vegas breakdown on Spits and Suds. To learn more about listener ...
Apr 25, 2024•52 min
The Stars are down 0-2 after a 3-1 loss in game two against the Golden Knights. Gavin says Vegas is one of the best teams in the playoffs right now, if not the best team in the playoffs right now. Gavin says if the Stars want to win this series, they need to neutralize Jack Eichel. He recaps the game and then reads tweets sent in from frustrated Stars fans. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices...
Apr 25, 2024•52 min
The Stars lose to the Golden Knights 4-3 in game 1. Host Gavin Spittle is joined by NHL Insider Sean Shapiro to talk about the game. They touch on the Golden Knights getting Mark Stone back from LTIR and Stars fans having a problem with it. Sean says whether you like it or not, that’s the reality. Sean says from start to finish Dallas was the better team and they should have won this game. The guys talk about the 4th line switch and how Evgenii Dadonov looked out of place. To learn more about li...
Apr 23, 2024•31 min
Our Spits and Suds NHL insider Sean Shapiro joins Gavin Spittle for his weekly visit. Both Sean and Gavin are disappointed in the Dallas/Vegas puck drop times and give several examples why. Sean breaks down the regular season games and tells you why they are not a factor. Sean also spoke with GM Jim Nill regarding Chris Tanev and tells us about their conversation. Should Dadonov be reinserted into this lineup and who sits if so? It's a Stars playoff preview with Sean Shapiro and Gavin Spittle on...
Apr 19, 2024•41 min
Spits and Suds heads to Slovakia to speak with former Defending Big D reporter Juraj Kralik for his thoughts on this year's Dallas Stars season. Juraj gives us an update on the play of Stars top prospect Lian Bichsel in the Swedish Hockey League along with the success of the organization with international scouting. Host Gavin Spittle ends with his thoughts on the final game being played in Arizona. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/priv...
Apr 18, 2024•32 min
The Stars secure the one seed in the Western Conference playoffs after a shootout win over the St. Louis Blues. Host Gavin Spittle talks about the depth for the team heading into the playoffs and a concern he has as Dallas has been lacking scoring as of late. He paints the picture for what is next for the Stars with both Vegas and the Kings having games Thursday night and they both have meaning for who the Stars will play in the first round. Gavin goes around the NHL with the top headlines of We...
Apr 18, 2024•24 min
Two time Stanley Cup Champion Craig Ludwig joins Gavin Spittle for his weekly Spits and Suds visit. Luds takes us inside the player mentality going into the playoffs. What it feels like for youngsters like Wyatt Johnston and Logan Stankoven, Jake Oettingers mentality and what he thinks Jason Robertson's playoff strategy should be this year. With 17 years in the league Craig also touches on a veteran's urgency perspective with Joe Pavelski, Ryan Suter, Jamie Benn and Matt Duchene. Luds and Gavin ...
Apr 17, 2024•38 min
The playoff seedings and scenarios are still undecided and Lia Assimakopoulos who covers the Stars for the Dallas Morning News joined Gavin Spittle to talk about this craziness. Also discussed, the health of this team and where we stand on Evgenii Dadonov, Jani Hakanpää coming back? Lia asked coach Pete Deboer about Nils Lundkvist last week and the two discussed that interaction. Also discussed, has Lia seen a change in Jake Oettinger and if there are concerns with the Stars in the playoffs, wha...
Apr 16, 2024•21 min
The Stars are Central Division Champions after a 3-1 win over the Kraken. Host Gavin Spittle recaps the win over the Kraken and goes through the scoring summary for the Stars with 2 goals late in the first and second period being huge goals to end both periods. Oettinger remains on a heater after allowing just one goal in this game. He wants to see the Stars come out hot against the Blues in the final game of the season and get ready for the playoffs with most likely a first round matchup with t...
Apr 13, 2024•23 min
The Dallas Stars are unable to clinch the Central Division against the Jets. Our NHL insider Sean Shapiro joins Gavin Spittle to recap the game telling us to take a step back and enjoy this team's success. Sean also makes the case for the chatter to stop regarding Nils Lundkvist seeing regular minutes. The guys go around the NHL with Sidney Crosby's 1,000 assist, who they think the league's MVP should be and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.aud...
Apr 12, 2024•47 min
The Dallas Stars are unable to clinch the Central Division against the Jets. Our NHL insider Sean Shapiro joins Gavin Spittle to recap the game telling us to take a step back and enjoy this team's success. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 12, 2024•16 min
