It was an interesting first month of the 2017-18 regular season for the Dallas Stars. There’s really no other way to put it.
On October 6, the Stars put a long and treacherous offseason to rest and kicked off regular season play. The first game of the year marked a 181-day hiatus from regular season action for the Stars, and it was long overdue.
Dallas finished the 2016-17 season with their second-worst record in franchise history at 34-37-11. The 16-17 season included plenty of uncertainty and misery as the Stars fell hard from their lofty preseason expectations.