Dallas Stars: 34-37-11, missed the playoffs, $0 cap space.
Biggest changes: Few teams made bigger moves this offseason than the Stars, who dropped dramatically down the standings one year after winning the Central Division. They fired Lindy Ruff as coach and hired Ken Hitchcock, a defensive guru who led the organization to its 1999 Stanley Cup. Dallas tried to solidify its goaltending, a longtime weakness, by trading for the rights to Ben Bishop and signing him to a six-year, $29.5 million contract. The Stars also dealt for defenseman Marc Methot and then added depth down the middle by signing big two-way center Martin Hanzal to a three-year, $14.