After being declared the “winners” of the off-season in many eyes, the Dallas Stars did not have quite the start to the season they were expecting. Through the first 20 games, Dallas recorded a 10-9-1 record, hovering most of that time around or below .500.
But recently, the Stars have won 7 of their last 8 and are currently riding a five game win streak. And so there is good reason to be optimistic about the team moving forward:
"We're playing the right way," head coach Ken Hitchcock said. "There's no other way to describe it.