Stu Barnes
Stu Barnes
Stuart D. Barnesis a hockey operations consultant with the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League. He played 16 seasons at centre in the NHL with the Winnipeg Jets, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Buffalo Sabres, and Dallas Stars. He currently has an arena named after him in the city of Spruce Grove, where he was born...
best case doubt wrong
He's been our best player, no doubt about it. We wouldn't even be here without him. It was just a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
mental mistakes next result
There's mental mistakes that result in turnovers. The next thing is a penalty, and then away we go, and then we're chasing.
athletic battles competitor fight good great hands
He's a good goalie. He's athletic, he has good reflexes and he's a competitor as well. He battles hard. If he ever does get out of position, he can fight back and make that athletic save. He's a great goalie, and we're going to have our hands full.
good guys line playing stay
Those two guys are such good players. Playing on a line with them, the big thing is to stay out of their way and let them do their thing.
feeling friend good healthy huge knows obviously ok
It wasn't a good feeling for anybody. As a friend and teammate, you want him to be OK and healthy and in the lineup. Who knows what's going to happen? But obviously he's a huge part of our team, he's our leader, and we want him in there.
glad helping middle ready season
It won't ever be 100 percent, but it's the middle of the season and I need to play. I'm ready to go and glad to be out there helping the team.
penalties sums work
Work ethic, turnovers, penalties ... that sums it up.
cut mental mistakes regroup stars
That's not Stars hockey. We need to regroup and cut out the mental mistakes.
playoff
It is frustrating but it's also playoff hockey.
building start
I think we were better start to finish. It's a building block.
lift needed played ready safe sat waited
He could have sat back there and played it safe and waited and got ready for the puck. It's a play that needed to be made and he made it. That's a big lift for everybody.
move phone power puck room true
He can move the puck and make a spectacular play from a phone booth. And if there's more room out there than that, like there is with these new rules, he's even more dangerous. That's especially true on the power play.
dangerous help plays
When he plays like that, he's a dangerous player. We know what kind of scorer he is, but he's been doing a lot of other things to help the club.
anytime concerned everybody friend guy huge mike
Anytime you have a guy like Mike go down, everybody is nervous. You're concerned about him as a friend and a teammate. He's been such a huge part of this team. We want him healthy.