The Texas Stars are getting a big post-trade deadline present from the Dallas Stars in the form of former captain Justin Dowling. The long-time Texas center has spent the entire season in Dallas but hasn't played since January 29 and has been on the injured list recently.
Dowling is coming down on a conditioning assignment and could be here as long as two weeks, depending on what happens in Dallas. It is the most ideal spot in the schedule for a conditioning assignment as far as the Stars ability to make use of Dowling. In the next fourteen days, which is the upper limit of an assignment, Texas plays seven games, all at home.