Richard Clune

zambonirodeo · Five for fighting Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 438

Sorry to see him go. A lot of fond memories of his time with "our" AHL Stars.

jlocke · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:25 pm Post subject:

Maybe because they picked up Avery?

Stars Junior Prospects Update

...In a game against the London Knights, Clune scored an empty net goal and celebrated by doing push-ups on the ice. While the celebration didn’t result in any team infractions, these types of actions generally don’t go unchecked in the AHL or NHL.

zambonirodeo · Five for fighting Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 438

Ha-ha, nice.

In all seriousness, it's probably about time the Stars let their fans (their NHL fans, not just people in Austin) know where the prospects will be stashed this year, and also what they've decided to do with Iowa's coaches (probably just buy them out, but they could also place one of them as an assistant with whatever team they're going to send most of their players too. Or announce that they will coach in Cedar Park and keep them on 'til then).

jlocke · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:45 am Post subject:

This just partially answers the questions...

Stars have high hopes for kids

Looks like 'our Stars' are going to be split up four ways in the coming season. No mention of the coaches or which four teams will be involved.

bk · Gross Misconduct Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 1055

Damn - How sure are these guys of the CP deal? (emphasis mine in the quotes from the article below) I also notice that they seem to ignore Cedar Park per se and just call it Austin. I bet that pisses the CP officials off. ;-)

"They HOPE to have a team in Austin, Texas, for the 2009-10 season."

"It's not something we want to do for very long, but we think we can make it work for a year, and we HOPE we'll have a team in Austin after that."
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verylowpriority · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:23 pm Post subject:

Someone in the Hicks group has graduated from the VLP School of Bidness.
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**Shanny** · The Goddess Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 1509

Interesting...
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zambonirodeo · Five for fighting Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 438

I'm not sure the scouting guy (let alone the NHL.com writer) knows much about it one way or another. It's just being realistic for them to recognize delays or overruns could hurt the chance of opening in time. But the mere fact that they are doing this patchwork set-up suggests confidence - otherwise they'd probably want something more stable (and with a second-year option). I'd also have to guess that there's a good chance one or two of those four teams will be in Texas. If you can keep five or six players close by and put five or six players elsewhere that's probably better than having all of them in Rochester or Maine or Winnipeg.

icebatfan · Two for roughing Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 197

It's not like rain is gonna slow down the process. Every day when I drive past the site, there's more "stuff" and fewer trees.
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verylowpriority · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject:

**dfwbat** · Gross Misconduct Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 1184

Ya know I'm seriously surprised that Hicks didn't buy the Brahmas and move em to Frisco (share the barn with the Tornados). That way he could move guys from the A to the C with minimal travel expenses, etc when needed. Hell, they coulda sent guys down from the N for rehab stints to Frisco if Hicks had bought the Brahmas.

Just a few thoughts.
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