If you have the mental toughness and the tear ducts to, flash back to 2016. The trade deadline is looming and the Dallas Stars are sitting pretty at the top of the Western Conference, and contending for the President’s Trophy as the National Hockey League’s top-ranked regular season club.
It was Dallas’s best season since their 2005-06 Pacific Division conquest, and culminated into a triumphant Central Division title on the final night of the campaign. And, well, nobody outside of Dallas will remember it.
It was a wonderful season with three 30 goal-scorers, a 58-point sophomore John Klingberg, and Hart Trophy (MVP) finalist Jamie Benn.