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A Different Atmosphere In Dallas
by Paul on 09/20/08 at 09:00 PM ET
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from Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News,
“I think you have to start out fresh each season, because it is a different team,” Tippett said. “The chemistry is different, players take different leadership roles, people are at different stages in their careers.”
Modano, Sergei Zubov and Jere Lehtinen are moving into support roles in terms of leadership, while players such as Richards, Ribeiro and Stephane Robidas are stepping up on the ice and in the locker room behind the leadership core of Brenden Morrow and Marty Turco.
The Stars are now more a team of 20-somethings than 30-somethings, and that means a different kind of atmosphere, on the ice and off.
Yet, for all that change, Tippett said he wants to maintain the same identity – a hard working, hard team to play against that loves puck possession and loves to create plays
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