Rather bummed because he was really filling in the gap left by another Scandy forward (Perttu Lindgren). Brunnstrom came to my Stars last season for a couple conditioning stints and he wasn’t very impressive. This year he got sent directly to the Stars to play, I guess he wasn’t cutting the mustard to have a spot with Dallas. Brunnstrom must’ve gotten the message, his game was much, much better (11-10-21 +4) and he was on a scoring line.
Any time he scored at home, Jeremy and I would yell “Brunnstrom” in the same manner as Prof. Farnsworth curses his nemesis Prof. Wernstrum (I’ll check the spelling later). Fist shaking was optional. We hope a couple Canadians will do the same at the Marlies’ home stands.
In return, my Stars received a Russian (really Belarussian) guy from the KHL who hasn’t played much for the Marlies and ECHL team. It seems like another lame move. Dallas has plenty of forwards in its organization, they’re leading the Pacific Division (four points over Phoenix) and nobody is injured (that I know of). I guess it was a salary thing. It just better not be something the other team comes out ahead through. I still feel rooked over losing Vishy so Dallas could have a goalie. Having another sniper on the blueline really could’ve turned the tied against Hershey.