We’ve spent weeks reviewing, in excruciating detail, the Dallas Stars’ 2020 season and outlook for 2021. But what does the team look like from the national perspective?
NHL.com staff writer Tracey Myers took on the Stars as part of the league site’s 31 In 31 series. Correctly, she names the early absences of Ben Bishop and Tyler Seguin first among the team’s biggest concerns for next season. Neither franchise cornerstone is expected to return before March after enduring off-season surgeries for a torn meniscus and a labral tear, respectively.
Under the circumstances, GM Jim Nill’s priority re-signing of Anton Khudobin shows itself as a move that will not only not limit top prospect Jake Oettinger’s development, but should enhance it:
[Khudobin], who played the final 13 postseason games and helped Dallas reach the Cup Final with Bishop out, will start the season as the No.