What’s this? Daily Links on a Tuesday? This can only mean one thing: is Dallas Stars hockey right around the corner!
...Of course, technically hockey already is here for Stars fans. The youngins have been playing in the Traverse City Tournament, headlined by Finnish Finn-omenon Miro Heiskanen. But with all the hype Heiskanen has (rightfully) gotten, it’s easy to overlook his former HIFK teammate, Roope Hintz:
“He is big, strong, can skate and can shoot the puck like an NHLer, pass like an NHLer,” said [Texas Stars coach Derek] Laxdal.