Norm Green has written a piece for D Magazine about the Minnesota North Stars move to Dallas and how the Dallas Stars got to where they are today.
I was in Minnesota last week, and it was a very interesting conversation among Minnesotans when they learned I was from Dallas. It went a little something like this:
Minnesotan: "Hey, you're from Dallas? Thanks for stealing our team."
Me: "Uh, steal? How about the fact that nobody came to games before they moved?"
Minnesotan: "That was all Norm Green's fault. He was just greedy looking for a new stadium, and the city didn't cave to his demands.