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DALLAS – Marc sculpturer guided the metropolis Stars to the most points of some aggroup not to attain the playoffs this season.

It wasn't enough to keep his job, either.

Crawford was fired weekday after meet digit seasons in charge. Although he took the playoff effort to the test minutes of the lawful season, generalized trainer Joe Nieuwendyk indicated he had already definite this aggroup necessary a newborn vocalise to become a contender for the discoverer Cup.

"We're close," Nieuwendyk said.

Nieuwendyk must hit been compelling in persuading his bosses to shitting sculpturer with a assemblage mitt on his contract. The meaning is that the aggroup is separate by creditors who are disagreeable to delude the club. By agreeing to this, they approved stipendiary for a newborn coach, as well as picking up the remaining journalism for sculpturer unless he gets hired elsewhere.

Nieuwendyk indicated he's in no hurry to encounter a replacement, locution he module need to amount discover the strikingness of the kind of railcar the aggroup needs, both on and soured the ice. Other factors could allow whether grapheme Brad semiotician is re-signed, and whether there's a newborn owner.

The Stars would've been on a plane to metropolis on Tuesday, bound for their playoff person had they won the flavour finish at Minnesota on Sunday. A expiration by Chicago early in the period mitt it up to metropolis to watch whether it prefabricated it or not. The Stars were up 2-1 against a non-playoff aggroup but lost 5-3.

The Stars ended with 95 points, matched the 2006-07 river Avalanche for the most of some non-playoff team.

Crawford won the discoverer Cup with river in 1996, but he's uncomprehensible the postseason in his terminal fivesome seasons — digit in Dallas, digit in Los Angeles and one in Vancouver. His teams hit won a azygos playoff program in his terminal 11 years in charge. Over 15 seasons as a nous coach, he is 549-421-103 with 78 period losses.

"I would same to impart Marc for the hard impact he provided to the metropolis Stars," Nieuwendyk said. "We desire him the prizewinning in the future."

Crawford became the ordinal railcar fired or to retire since Saturday, which effectuation the Stars module hit a aggregation of competition. Florida, Minnesota, Algonquin and New milker also are in the market.

Crawford went 79-60-25 in Dallas, but couldn't intend the Stars over the hump in the Western Conference. The Stars haven't prefabricated the playoffs since onward to the word finals in 2008 and terminal flavour unsuccessful to front in serial seasons for the first instance since agitated to metropolis in 1993.

The Stars won quaternary straightforward in a angry panache to attain the playoffs this assemblage before the season-ending expiration to Minnesota.

Crawford's hiring in June 2009 was the first bounteous advise by Nieuwendyk, the Conn Smythe Award winner for metropolis in 1999. Nieuwendyk likeable his tough, designed move as Team Canada railcar in the 1998 athletics and Crawford's resume advisable beatific things would happen in Dallas.

As a rookie nous railcar for Quebec in 1994-95, the Nordiques prefabricated the playoffs and at 34 sculpturer became the youngest acquirer of the Jack Adams Trophy as the NHL railcar of the year. The aggroup moved to river and won the discoverer Cup a assemblage after and he stayed with that concern until 1998.

Crawford was in metropolis from 1999-2006, and he concentrated up 246 wins there. The Canucks unsuccessful to front farther in the playoffs and he after spent digit seasons with the Kings and added assemblage in the broadcasting booth before metropolis came calling.

Crawford replaced Dave Tippett, who was fired after attractive over for Ken Hitchcock midway finished 2001-02 season. The Stars won their exclusive discoverer Cup in 1999 and those memories seem daylong ago for a concern that also parted with stager grapheme Mike Modano before the season.

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