{"id":555396,"date":"2026-04-18T17:12:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T17:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/555396\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T17:12:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T17:12:29","slug":"stargazing-a-dallas-stars-puckcast-episode-323-first-round-preview-stars-vs-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/555396\/","title":{"rendered":"Stargazing, A Dallas Stars Puckcast \u2013 Episode 323: First-Round Preview, Stars vs. Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776532349_981_stargazing-puckcast-image-1400.jpg\" alt=\"Defending Big D's Stargazing podcast logo, featuring a Dallas Stars Victory Green cassette tape with tearaway jersey texture and nets over the sprocket holes, designed by Jason Lara\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Logo design: Jason Lara | @NHLMaps<\/p>\n<p>And here we are again. The Dallas Stars will face the Minnesota Wild in the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs \u2014 which probably says more about the NHL\u2019s desperate need to revise their postseason format than anything, but that\u2019s a question for another time, and at any rate it\u2019s beyond the scope of this recording.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, Wes and Mark would like to talk about how the Stars will approach the challenge at hand. In this episode of Stargazing, they discuss which players have the most to prove, how matchups will shape up given the crucial home-ice advantage, who stands to make the most of the playoffs, and so much more.<\/p>\n<p>The two best players entering this series\u2026? Wyatt Johnston and Jason Robertson have entered the chat. We\u2019re Stargazing, and the stats will back us up on this. (We\u2019ve got more, if you want it.)<\/p>\n<p>Which Stars will shine in Round 1? Let\u2019s talk about it in the comments. And please give us a rate, review, or share wherever you get your podcasts. It\u2019s really all we think about these days.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to Stargazing. We love you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Logo design: Jason Lara | @NHLMaps And here we are again. The Dallas Stars will face the Minnesota&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5117],"tags":[196,147,5278,5,4,197],"class_list":{"0":"post-555396","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-stars","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-stars","10":"tag-dallasstars","11":"tag-hockey","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-stars"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116426831216484857","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}