With the hiring of head coach Ken Hitchcock in Mid-April, the third overall pick in the 2017 National Hockey League Draft followed by a later-first-round pick from the Anaheim Ducks, and the acquisition of NHL All-Star Ben Bishop have things looking up for the Dallas Stars.
General manager Jim Nill is hard at work to solidify his team’s previous place among the top teams in the Western Conference early on. He is adamant upon creating not only a club that’s able to qualify for the postseason, but one that can reemerge as Stanley Cup favorites.