Out of crisis comes opportunity, and that’s been key to the Dallas Stars’ season so far, writes Mike Heika in The Dallas Morning News. As impact players get back up to speed in a roster unusually heavy with rookies and minor-leaguers, the Stars have a chance to ramp up their campaign at home, where they’ll play 10 of their next 13 games.
Part of that campaign will involve sorting through the recent road trip, in which the team brought home three of a possible eight points even as their play improved by many metrics:
"I thought the whole game in Colorado, we stayed with it," Stars coach Lindy Ruff said.