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Dallas Stars Daily Links: The Stars’ Ups And Downs, In Cinematic Shorthand

Jim Montgomery may be a good hockey coach, but he probably shouldn’t try to work Mike Heika’s side of the street.

The Dallas Stars’senior staff writer loves pulling examples from the movies to describe the team’s highs and lows. But Montgomery’s recent attempt to describe John Klingberg’s early struggles in cinematic terms left him a little gobsmacked:

He said Klingberg is too much like Roy McAvoy from the movie “Tin Cup,” taking bad risks and putting himself in bad situations because of it. He said Klingberg needs to be more like David Simms, the conservative pro who laid up on all four days at the U.