Spits & Suds Podcast

Jake Oettiner dominated the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night with 47 saves in the Stars 2-1 win. Gavin makes note of the Sabres wearing their throwback jerseys and back in 1999 the Sabres lost to the Stars 2-1, just like what happened Tuesday night. Gavin doesn’t like the matchup with the Leafs Wednesday. He sees Toronto matching up very well against Dallas. Gavin wraps the pod by answering tweets...

Two time Stanley Cup Champion Craig Ludwig joins Gavin Spittle. Luds shares some hilarious memories about his teammates from All Star Breaks of the past. Plus, he gives you what he feels is the biggest improvement that the Stars need to make post All Star game. 

Craig Ludwig talks about what he thinks of the defensive pairing of Harley and Heiskanen. Gavin has some concerns come playoff time, with the physicality ramped up, he isn't sure how Harley and Heiskanen will fair in the playoffs. Craig also makes note that Oettinger hasn't been the same player prior to the injury and hopes to see that change after the break.

The Stars have to work on not blowing leads late in games. Craig is concerned about that even though they are finding ways to win in overtime and shootouts. When it's the playoffs though, there is no 3 on 3 and no shootouts. He wants to see them close games out now ahead of the playoffs.

Spits and Suds host Sean Shapiro joins Gavin Spittle from Toronto where he is covering NHL All Star Weekend. Sean and Gavin discuss the buzz in Toronto, a player that you might not think of to watch and how many marquee names will be highlighted in the skills competition. Sean and Gavin also discuss Esa Lindell buying a stake in a Finnish hockey team to save it, the massive Elias Lindholm trade, t...

Dallas Stars Alumni Association President, 16 year NHL veteran and one of the great agitators in our game, Bob Bassen jumps on Spits and Suds with host Gavin Spittle to talk about the upcoming Stars alumni charity game Saturday night February 3rd. The guys discuss the art of agitating and physicality along with playing alongside NHL Hall of Famers with the Islanders, Chicago, St. Louis, Quebec and...

Dallas Stars Director of Player Personnel Rich Peverley joins host Gavin Spittle. Rich discusses the current Stars team including Wyatt Johnston, Roope Hintz and the top prospects in the Stars system Liam Bichsel, Logan Stankoven and Mavrik Bourque. Then Gavin does a Spits and Suds deep dive into Rich's career from Juniors through college, minors, being undrafted to raising the Stanley Cup. 

It shouldn’t have come down to an overtime win but the Stars let a 4-2 lead slip away in the final two minutes, but Thomas Harley scores his second straight game winner in the Stars 5-4 win over the Capitals. Gavin recaps the win and talks about Matt Duchene being honored before the game for his 1000th NHL game. He makes mention about how the NHL makes 1,000 games a much bigger deal than they used...

We get you ready for Stars/Capitals with Grant Paulsen afternoon host for 106.7 The Fan in Washington DC. Grant gives us his thoughts on the current state of the Caps, Ovechkin chasing the record, the lack of their Power Play productivity and how the speed of Dallas could present some problems for this Washington team. 

The Stars win against the Ducks thanks to Thomas Harley’s game winner in OT. Gavin is joined by Ryan Chambers, Chris Chambers, and James Chambers from “Starcastic Remarks.” They recap the win for the Stars. Gavin talks about Miro Heiskanen’s return and the pairing for his line working and Harley’s great performance. Gavin makes note of the 12 giveaways and how they had 44 shots on net but were wai...

Spits and Suds host Sean Shapiro had a chance to talk to Stars GM Jim Nill and asked the questions that the Spits and Suds listeners wanted to hear. Thoughts on Nils Lundqvist, the status of top prospects Mavrik Bourque and Logan Stankoven,the play of Jake Oettinger this year compared to last, salary cap restraints, Wyatt Johnston, Matt Duchene, analytics and more. Sean Shapiro and Gavin Spittle b...

Spits and Suds host Sean Shapiro had a chance to talk to Stars GM Jim Nill and asked the questions that the Spits and Suds listeners wanted to hear. Thoughts on Nils Lundqvist, the status of top prospects Mavrik Bourque and Logan Stankoven,the play of Jake Oettinger this year compared to last, salary cap restraints, Wyatt Johnston, Matt Duchene, analytics and more. Sean Shapiro and Gavin Spittle b...

Sean and Gavin preview the upcoming game between the Stars and Ducks for Thursday.

Pete DeBoer summed it up pretty well, it was three games in one between the Stars and Red Wings the way that game went. The Stars put up a 4 goal second period but then Detroit responded with 2 in the third to make the game a lot closer than it should have been. Gavin chalks this one up as a quality win with the Red Wings being a solid team. Gavin recaps the scoring summary and looks at the curren...

Two time Stanley Cup Champion Craig Ludwig joins host Gavin Spittle. With 47 year old former NHL'er Terry Ryan skating in an ECHL game, does Craig think about skating one more shift? Did Craig get a call from the Islanders and would he coach professionally? Plus the guys discuss Corey Perry signing with Edmonton, and what Luds feels the Stars need at the NHL trade deadline. 

Two time Stanley Cup Champion Craig Ludwig joins host Gavin Spittle. With 47 year old former NHL'er Terry Ryan skating in an ECHL game, does Craig think about skating one more shift? Did Craig get a call from the Islanders and would he coach professionally? Plus the guys discuss Corey Perry signing with Edmonton.

Gavin and Craig talk about what they think the Stars should do at the trade deadline to improve the team.

The Stars had to play Scott Wedgewood in a back to back after Jake Oettinger was ruled out due to the flu. The Stars fell 3-2 to the Islanders in overtime. Gavin recaps the game and talks about the trade deadline and discusses some hypotheticals the Stars could make to bring someone over. He also looks at Scott Wedgewood’s future with the team after this year and thinks he will be going to a new t...

The Stars dominated the New Jersey Devils behind Scott Wedgewood’s dominant performance as he continues to put up good numbers against the Devils. The Stars now have 7 short handed goals on the season and they have allowed 7 shorthanded goals this season which Gavin thinks is pretty incredible. Gavin points out the great performances from the players that made an impact in the win and takes a look...

Spits and Suds co host Sean Shapiro announces an upcoming beer league hockey movie that he's appearing in and how it all happened. Then Sean and Gavin regretfully talk about a tough Stars game in Philadelphia but then move on to preview New Jersey and the New York Islanders in a back to back. Will Ty Dellandrea be back in the Stars lineup? Both Sean and Gavin think he should be. The guys also go a...

Spits and Suds co host Sean Shapiro announces an upcoming beer league hockey movie that he's appearing in and how it all happened. Then Sean and Gavin regretfully talk about a tough Stars game in Philadelphia but then move on to preview New Jersey and the New York Islanders in a back to back. Will Ty Dellandrea be back in the Stars lineup? Both Sean and Gavin think he should be. 

he guys also go around the NHL talking about the Bally's TV deal and how it affects the Stars, Shane Pinto rejoins the league, the demise of Sports Illustrated with some fond memories, the NHL trade deadline and a new top defensemen in the NHL survey. Where does Miro Heiskanen rank? It's a jam packed edition of Spits and Suds with Sean Shapiro and Gavin Spittle.

Gavin gives all the credit to Jake Oettinger despite a 5-1 loss to the Flyers. Despite giving up 5 goals, Gavin puts none of those goals on Oettinger and puts the blame on the guys in front of him on offense and defense. The Stars had just one shot in the first period and after a win against the Kings, that is not the right direction to go in. 

After a great win against Los Angeles, Two Time Stanley Cup Winner and one of your favorite all time Stars, Craig Ludwig hops on the show to break down the victory. Luds discusses what changing up the lines does, how playing on the road can help the team, the play of Nils Lundkvist as well as why Jani Hakanpää is so effective as a penalty killer compared to 5 on 5? Plus lots of fun and laughs with...

Gavin and David Castillo from D Magazine talk about the great performance from the Dallas Stars 5-1 win over the LA Kings. Gavin starts with how great ESPN Plus did with their coverage and how much he enjoyed it. They discuss Oettinger’s performance in net and how good he looked against a really good Kings team. Gavin and David point out the continued growth of Nils Lundkvist each game. The guys l...