The Dallas Stars could be the team to beat in 2022. You’re going to hear that a lot during the offseason, in part because 2021 will be an extra-long summer for the Victory Green Gang.
But does this new cliché have the advantage of being true? Stars senior staff writer Mike Heika has devoted his latest piece to a freeform exploration of that possibility. He starts off with a few thoughts about the defense-vs.-offense mind puzzler:
Of the top 13 teams in goals-against average during the regular season, only Dallas (eighth at 2.