With a lot of the NHL looking at the trade deadline this week, the Dallas Stars have their eye on a more pressing situation. With management dealing with everything that surrounds a trade deadline, the players themselves are focused on one thing: moving up the Central Division standings.
The Stars are actually in a good position right now. They find themselves in sixth place in the standings and they have games in hand with everyone they are chasing. The bad news is they are currently seven points out of that final playoff spot. So even winning all three of their games in hand with Nashville would still leave them one point out of fourth place.