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Why the Dallas Stars Haven't Traded a Defenseman (Yet)

Not first "in their division" or "among teams who spend over $10 million on goalies," but just "first." It's the nicest of places to be, even if you might be worried because the Stars have been fattened up on a steady diet of teams outside the best division in hockey. The Stars have only lost seven games to date, and the only not-horrible teams to best them are Ottawa and Florida. To put it another way, five of their seven losses have come to teams in the bottom five spots in the entire NHL (as of Tuesday morning). We'll call that a fluke for now, partly because it must be (I mean, the Leafs?