To know the 2018-19 Dallas Stars is to know both what it’s like and what it takes to trust a process. After all, the rollercoaster that the team built through the 82-game regular season could only be successfully navigated using trust and confidence.
It all started a little over one year ago when the Stars took the first significant step towards rebirth. They had missed the playoffs in three of the previous four seasons, been through two head coaches in two years, and seemed to be wasting some of the best years of superstar players like Tyler Seguin, Jamie Benn, Alexander Radulov, and John Klingberg.