The Stars' biggest personality has become a barometer of fan sentiment, Heika says. Plus, John Klingberg, Norris candidate; and another scoring drought ends, dramatically.
Adored in Big D and booed in Beantown, such a cultural chameleon is the Stars' biggest superstar that Mike Heika sat down to describe the effect he has on the three cities with which he is most closely identified:
He is the handsome kid for Stars fans, who want to embrace a winner so badly. He is the curious hot dog in Toronto, where critics in the Center of the Hockey Universe aren't quite sure he plays a "Canadian" enough game.