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New homeowner tip: your first year appraisal is often way off because they use the sale price. Protest it immediately.

The Jimmy Johnson trade chart is outdated. The modern chart from PFF adjusts for the CBA rookie wage scale and the values shift significantly. Under the modern chart, trading back is even more advantageous.

Playoff series between these teams are always wars of attrition. 6+ game series, physical play, low-scoring games. It is old-school hockey and I love it.

Cedar Park is worth the 3-hour drive from Dallas for a weekend trip. Catch a Texas Stars game Saturday night, explore Austin on Sunday. Good hockey trip that does not require a plane ticket.

Texas Stars games in Cedar Park are a great hockey experience. $20 for great seats, the arena is intimate, and you are watching future NHL players. My family makes the drive from DFW 2-3 times per year.

14.2 blocked passes per game is a wild stat. That is not just shot blocking -- it is disrupting the opponent's entire offensive flow. Active sticks in lanes force dump-ins instead of controlled entries.

Denver for the rivalry game is a must-do at least once. Stars-Avs at Ball Arena with the history between these teams is intense. Plus you can ski at Breckenridge the day before.

Victory Green Friday is real in my office. Every Friday during the season, 5-6 of us are in Stars gear. The coworkers who do not follow hockey think we are in a cult. They are not entirely wrong.

The STARS chant during the anthem never gets old. I have been going to games for 15 years and it still gives me chills every time. First-time visitors always look around in shock when it happens.

Cross-ice one-timers being the hardest shot for goalies is basic hockey physics. The lateral movement across the crease is nearly impossible to execute in time. The fact that the Stars were not using this before December is baffling.

DART for Stars games is the way. I park at Mockingbird Station for free, ride to Victory Station in 10 minutes, and never deal with traffic or parking. The total cost is $5 round trip vs. $25 for a garage.

Not adding a goaltender is the decision that will make or break this season. I trust the starter but if he goes down with an injury, we are relying on a .901 backup in the playoffs. That is terrifying.

96% capacity at AAC is near-sellout territory. For a sport that was a novelty 30 years ago, that is a testament to the fanbase. Dallas is a hockey city now. Not just a football city.

I started playing adult league hockey at StarCenter in McKinney 3 years ago. The wait list was 4 months. That tells you everything about demand. DFW wants more ice.

$120-160 for a family of 4 at a professional sporting event is the best deal in DFW entertainment. You cannot take a family to a movie and dinner for that price. And the Stars game is a way better experience.

Sergei Zubov being in the Hall of Fame was long overdue. His skating ability at 6-1, 200 pounds was mesmerizing. He could carry the puck through an entire team and make it look effortless.

The 1999 and 2020 playoff runs both had elite goaltending. Belfour at .930 and Khudobin at .917 carried their teams. That is the baseline for a deep Stars playoff run.

Goaltending is THE position in hockey playoffs. Nothing else matters if your goalie is not stopping pucks. The starter needs to be .916 or better for us to have a chance in a 7-game series.

The physical play in those late-1990s series would get half the players suspended under today is rules. It was a different era. And it was glorious.

The upcoming free agency decisions are going to be painful. There are players on this team that fans love who simply cannot be re-signed under the cap. That is the reality of the hard cap.

This is not debatable for anyone who has been to a Stars playoff game. I have been to Cowboys games at full capacity and it does not come close. The AAC for hockey is a different level of intensity.

Defensive depth being thin is concerning. In the NHL, you need 6-7 defensemen you can trust, and the pipeline only has one reliable prospect beyond the current NHL roster.

The fact that he stayed in Dallas after retirement tells you everything. He could have gone anywhere. He chose Texas. He IS Dallas Stars hockey.

561 goals as an American. That record has stood for over a decade and nobody is close to breaking it. The combination of speed, skill, and longevity was remarkable.

Modano does not get enough credit for his 1999 playoff performance. 23 points in 23 games while being the primary defensive assignment for every opposing team. He was the engine.

The goal was good. Hull had possession before entering the crease. The rule was poorly written and the NHL made the correct interpretation. Buffalo fans need to let it go after 27 years.