The Dallas Stars were looking forward to plenty of improvement this season, what with some of their best players back from injury and their system getting new tweaks in response. Not the least of these was the power play, which many expected to be legitimately dominant.
So why has that unit looked so unimpressive so far? Stars senior staff writer Mike Heika examined the reasons for the Stars’ early disappointing results with the man advantage. Spoiler alert – the absences of Jason Robertson and John Klingberg are heavily implicated:
“The power play has been completely out of sync,” Stars head coach Rick Bowness said.