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Thomas Harley and Esa Lindell Season Preview | Pete DeBoer sophomore Slump?



The Season Previews continue on Locked On Stars, Joey takes you through expectations for the pairing of Thomas Harley and Esa Lindell. Is Harley the next Star to have a breakout season in Dallas, and can Lindell return to a form when he shut the door on the opposition after a down year. With Lindell and Jani Hakanpaa most likely being split up for the first time in two seasons, what pairings can we expect from the Stars D men. Also, Pete DeBoer has had tons of success in his first year in a new destination, can he replicate that in the following season? Joey goes through some of the numbers in year two for DeBoer in his new home.

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9 Comments

  1. Any combination of Lindell on 2nd pairing and Hakanpaa on 3rd looks good on paper. Pair a defensive guy with a more offensively inclined guy. Good balance. If you put Harley with Lindell, that 2nd pairing would probably be really solid defensively with a bump in offensive potential. That of course means you saddle the technical worst veteran defender with the worst of the younger ones. That probably doesn't make the overall defense as balanced as you'd want, even if Nils technically adds more speed and offense to a Hak line. If you do the opposite, the Lindell pair will function similar to the old Lindell/Klinger days (which weren't that bad when they were actually together) where Lindell can cover for any defensive holes Nils has. Harley/Hak would be fairly solid defensively, and could basically be like the Lindell/Hak pair but with a bit more mobility and puck moving potential.

  2. Harley skated with Jani both days here in Cedar Park. Both looked really good as well as both Esa and Nils. Great show, BTW, you need some Underscores in your name because Zane had so many…

  3. I’d love to hear what you think our formations will be in the offensive and defensive zones. In the playoffs that changed almost game to game. Crowding the net and taking shots from the blue line seemed to work the best in my opinion, but that’s not what we saw through the regular season. They played much more spread out in the regular season. Any thoughts?

  4. if Dallas doesn't score as they should, you can lay it at the players' feet. it won't be PDB's fault. This team has no excuses with all the firepower on ice. I like Harley/Hak on pair2.

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