As Dallas Stars prepare for their 2017 training camp, we’re finding more bits and pieces of the line-up puzzle coach Ken Hitchcock has on the table.
Digital correspondent Scott Burnside looks at five “burning questions” (get it?) that face Our Gang as they get ready to face the season (and the murderous Central Division). To the surprise of absolutely no one, the blueline is top of the list – for everyone, it seems, but Hitch himself:
"I don't care if we carry 12 defensemen," Hitchcock said. "I just know that if those six are going those six are playing.