Why the Dallas Stars’ Sudden Break with Pete DeBoer Could Change Everything

“The reality is, if you go back to last year’s playoffs, he’s lost six of seven games to Edmonton and we gave up two (goals) on two (shots) in an elimination game,” DeBoer said of Oettinger. “It was partly to spark our team and wake them up and partly knowing that status quo had not been working. And that’s a pretty big sample size.”

And before DeBoer was fired by the Stars, he double downed during the year end media availability stating their was room for growth in Oettinger’s game.

“No one is a bigger fan of Jake Oettinger than me, as a person or a goalie,” DeBoer said when the Stars held their end-of-season media availability. “Does that mean he can’t be coached or he doesn’t have growth in him? Absolutely , he’s a young goalie.”

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