As Dallas Stars fans ponder this year’s long offseason, much of the discussion circles back to which players will receive the few available protection spots for the upcoming NHL expansion draft.
Defender Stephen Johns is up for one of them, and he has competition – much of it potentially coming from his fellow blueliner and housemate, Jamie Oleksiak. Johns talked with Jasper Wilson of The Beaver County (PA) Times about the whirlwind that’s engulfed him in Dallas since his 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs debut:
“There (were) a lot of question marks in the air,” said Johns, a Wampum native.