It’s the last week of July 2022, and the Dallas Stars still have a lot of weird offseason tension in the room. But one of the biggest sources is new head coach Pete DeBoer – or, rather, what he’ll have to work with and what he’ll do as a result.
That, at least, can be examined and understood. Saad Yousuf of The Athletic has taken a long look at DeBoer’s history and hires, and he’s come up with his own interpretation of what they will mean for the Victory Green Gang, starting with the offense:
DeBoer understood when taking the job that there would be little room for roster upgrades in his first offseason at the helm.