With the first week of training camp in the books, the Dallas Stars’ season storylines are coming into focus. But one of the biggest has been a known-known for weeks: The team needs a big jolt on offense to make up for the temporary loss of Tyler Seguin.
A solution has presented itself: a new top line led by that noted speed demon...Jamie Benn.
Don’t laugh. The Dallas Morning News’ Matthew DeFranks has been watching practice all week at Comerica Center. He reports that even at the ripe age of 31, Benn can still skate with the youngsters, even when those youngsters are named All Gas No Brakes Denis Gurianov and Roope Hintz:
“Jamie can skate, he can keep up with those guys,” Stars coach Rick Bowness said.