Hockey fans often times look to the future, near or distant, for any can of hope. It’s in our nature as fans of the coldest sport with the smallest national audience and draw to seek out hope, thinking that with endless time comes endless improvement. For a lot of the National Hockey League’s 31 teams, that isn’t the case, and the franchises are perpetually locked in notoriety.
Thankfully for the Dallas Stars, the future is brighter than the recent past was. From bankruptcy, to constant postseason absences, and having to say goodbye to longtime heroes of the game, the last six or seven years have been abysmal.