Roope Hintz is far from a sure thing in the NHL. But if his post-trade deadline play is any indication, the Dallas Stars forward could end up being a very special player one day. That’s something people are already taking notice of in his home country of Finland:
“He’s the one that will get you out of your seat in a moment, the one that is going to make you stand up,” Lauri Korpikoski, a former Stars player still playing in Finland, told me later in the week. “Finns like the Stars. They also like star players.