What a great start to the season. A fast start was just what the doctor ordered after a troublesome preseason for the Dallas Stars.
Anxiety was high following a preseason full of soft goals against and leaky defending, especially after all of the hoopla of this offseason. The Stars have put those concerns to bed, at least for the time being.
With approximately 8.5 percent of the season in the books it is time to take an early look at the players individually as they've performed for the full three weeks (as opposed to our week-by-week look in Ups/Downs).