The Dallas Stars definitely aren’t living up to the consistency of last year’s offseason hype, that’s for sure. But that’s okay.
Sure, they hired a new head coach in the first month of both the 2017 summer and 2018 summer. But in the 2017 summer, a lot more was happening for the team.
On May 9, 2017, the Stars made a surprise move by trading for the rights to pending free agent goaltender Ben Bishop. Three days later, they signed him to a six-year contract that locked him down as the Dallas starter long-term.