The Dallas Stars haven’t looked like a bad team. With no boat anchor on the blueline, steady(ish) goaltending, and elite center depth, it’s easy go get lost in the tangible details of Brett Ritchie on the number one power play unit.
Perhaps it’s because Dallas has no room for error. Even at 6-2-2 in their last ten, the parity in the central makes the Stars look like a team with three confirmed Sith kills being asked to kill three more but with greco-roman mud wrestling this time instead of a proper saber. They’re not the MDK division of two seasons ago, but there’s still plenty of blunt force trauma.