The offense that lit the hockey world on fire for the past two seasons isn’t here right now and it likely won’t be returning this season.
Season-long injuries to Mattias Janmark and Ales Hemsky combined with sporadic absences from Patrick Sharp and Jason Spezza should already be enough to knock the Stars’ offense down a few pegs. Add in the offseason losses of excellent puck-movers Alex Goligoski and Jason Demers and suddenly it isn’t so easy to score goals.
This isn’t to say the offense is bad, it’s not. It still possesses plenty of high-end talent. It just likely won’t be enough to outscore other problems this year.