There have been countless pieces talking about the Dallas Stars’ upcoming season these past few months. But now is the time to do it with science!!!
Dom Luszczyszyn of the Athletic has the Stars projected to be the 11th best team in the NHL this season according to his analytics model. That’s all thanks to a star-studded core, though depth — as always — is a slight problem:
The team’s seven player core (Seguin, Radulov, Benn, Pavelski, Klingberg, Heiskanen, Bishop) is worth 17.6 wins combined which is behind only the league’s three best teams.