Yonder Stars: Dallas Game Preview and Open Thread

The Canadiens, fresh off a loss in the Mile High City, wander down through the desert to find the elusive and rare Stars, who they never seem to play.  Will it be Stars on parade, or Stars-struck?

Stargazing:  Live!  From the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas.  Puck drop at 9:00 pm Eastern on RDS, TSN Habs! and no doubt some sort of all-powerful Texas based tv megastation.  Habs dropped one and are on shaky legs over the last ten, Stars just whupped the Red Wings and lead their division and most of the NHL.  Oh oh.

Star of Wonder:  Brad Richards leads the Stars in goals, assists, points, travel agents calling, and rumours he's headed out of town.  I'll say it right now:  Brad Richards is the shit.  He's a fucking fantastic hockey player.  Loui "Louie" Erikson and James Neal provide decent offensive support, and Kari Lehtonen has started to show why he once went 3rd overall.  Brendan Morrow busted his nose this week, didn't miss a shift, and scored twice.  He must grind his teeth to stumps every time Mickey Ribs opens his fucking whiny mouth.  For the Habs, Cammy has 8 points in his last 7 and he's still pissed because of the losing.  That's good.  Gomez is having a decent December.  Everyone else seems to be plodding along.

O Little Star:  Little is going right for Benny Pouliot this week;  minus 2 last game, demoted all the way to 13th forward by Chocula at practice this morning.  Big Tits desperately needs back on Plexxe's wing or he's gone by March.  He might be on pace for an okay 65 points, but Mickey Ribs is a whiny, pussified punk asshole and I hate him.  So fuck him again. 

Stars on Ice:  Markov.  Dallas is disgustingly healthy, especially since Brendan Morrow does stuff like break his nose, shrug, and wander back out on the ice to crush someone.  There's always the chance Mickey Ribs strains his ankle walking in his new heels.

Star of the Sea:  Is Price tired?  Is Price getting sloppy?  Unfortunately, the Habs don't have the luxury to find out because they don't score enough goals.  As if the kid didn't have enough pressure being the man in the blue ice in Montreal, he's on a team that scores very little so he needs to be nearly perfect every night.  When he isn't, the Habs lose. 

Stars in the Bright Sky:  Everything is bigger in the Texas sky, including the big blog known as Defending Big D. 

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