The puck drops at the American Airlines Center tonight at 7:30 PM CDT for the first regular season game of the Dallas Stars season.
Dallas will have a lot of eyes on them. They made a lot of moves this summer to send the message to the league that they are contenders. Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin are expected to bounce back this season and lead the Stars to a deep run in the playoffs.
Anything else might be considered a failure. After all, general manager Jim Nill put pieces around his core this offseason to win games and gave them a Hall of Fame-worthy coach to give them structure.