After a short break for the NHL All Star game, the Dallas Stars return to the ice at American Airlines Center on Wednesday night. The team’s next eight games are against Division opponents: two against leaders Colorado Avalanche, two against the second place Nashville Predators and two against the wild card rival Winnipeg Jets.
The only game against a team outside the Division is on February 27 against the Buffalo Sabres. Throw in three of four games against the Division to start out March, and you get the feeling that the team will know exactly whether they should be buyers or sellers at the trade deadline by the end of this stretch of games.