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Dallas Stars Impact Player #5: John Klingberg

He'll look to avoid the sophomore slump and improve upon a 40-point rookie performance.

Err, is the baby-faced Swede a man?

Yes, actually, the internet confirms it at 23 years of age. But what a young 23 it seems after the unheralded prospect was drafted 131st in 2010 and stashed in Europe for a time. Who could possibly have predicted the extent to which he would blossom upon his arrival in North America?

He always makes me think of Ralph Strangis, for one.

Ralph takes with him so much in his for-now broadcast retirement. My favorite among the lot was his annual appearance in the preseason press box, gleefully bereft of any telecommunicative charge.