Texas Stars head coach Derek Laxdal is just happy have hockey back.
"At the start of any year, you ask any coach and it's just exciting to get going. We had a month of training camp if you count back to Traverse City. Our guys are excited and you can see it in practice."
His Texas Stars face the Charlotte Checkers this weekend in back-to-back games with a roster chock full of NHL prospects. The draft and over-ripen strategy of Jim Nill has started to show through in Cedar Park as players on Dallas' radar are causing logjams in the top 6.