Bill Meltzer: Stars Gameday: 2/25/13 @ Predators

Hopefully, Daley is ready to go tonight. The Stars called up a second defenseman as a precaution. I actually like these defensive pairings better than if Rome and Larsen were available.

Bill, Larsen's play seems to have regressed from last year. Is it just a loss of confidence and the need to get more experience? I believed he would be a solid #4/5 defenseman with good PP potential.

Hopefully, Daley is ready to go tonight. The Stars called up a second defenseman as a precaution. I actually like these defensive pairings better than if Rome and Larsen were available.

Bill, Larsen's play seems to have regressed from last year. Is it just a loss of confidence and the need to get more experience? I believed he would be a solid #4/5 defenseman with good PP potential.
- jerryb

Normal growing pains, IMO. He kept things very simple as a rookie and then struggled when asked to take on a little more responsibility this year. I think his confidence was down before the injury.

Blum isn't a forward, and Hal Gill is injured, so even if they were going to experiment with him at wing, it won't be tonight.

Blum isn't a forward, and Hal Gill is injured, so even if they were going to experiment with him at wing, it won't be tonight.
- Predaceous

Hence the brackets around Blum's name (I know he's a D) and a reference to the site where I got the projected lines (dailyfaceoff.com).