Dallas Stars fans can joke all they want about winning the offseason, but the search for a new head coach has plenty of people fired up and ready for something potentially wonderful. Yet the excitement seems tempered by a very real concern: that the Stars’ next bench boss believes in the future of its young talent.
Mike Heika of The Dallas Morning News has heard your comments (and occasional cries) over the course of the season. In one of his latest stories, he reviews some young players on young teams who have not just survived but thrived in the blast furnace of an NHL season:
[The Colorado Avalanche] played 19-year-old Samuel Girard almost 18 minutes a game on defense this season.