Under the circumstances, it’s hard for hockey fans to look much further into the future than the next milestone in the NHL’s Return to Play plan. For Dallas Stars fans, that comes with an extra edge – because every summer game on the schedule may be the last one in Victory Green for Anton Khudobin.
The Stars, and their fans, have waited years for a 1B goalie like Khudobin. He finished the coronavirus-abbreviated 2019-20 regular season with the best save percentage in the league. His puckish personality on and off the ice is the stuff of social-media legend.