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3 Trades That Could Improve The Stars Next Season

Related Topics: Jim Nill, Brooks Orpik

Even fans with the most glass-half-full lenses are prepared to write the obituary for the Dallas Stars 2016-2017 season. Dallas would have to leapfrog Vancouver and Calgary (who have games in hand), which would require six points as it currently stands to sniff a wildcard spot. In the mission impossible scenario where Dallas does work their way into a spot, does a team with shaky goaltending, bottom-of-the-barrel special teams, a blueline lacking speed and depth, and a stagnant offense for a club that has only strung together three wins in a row once in 57 games project to make any noise in the playoffs?