Perhaps we should have know the Dallas Stars season was going to go poorly when the team announced they would be down two (then three, then four, then all) Top Six forwards during training camp.
Ales Hemsky was sidelined by a hip/groin injury, perhaps preexisting but definitely exascerbated by the World Cup, that eventually turned into season-limiting hip surgery. He was able to come back for a stretch of games just after the Stars were eliminated from playoff contention but then was shut down for good at the end of the year.