Despite the early setback of positive COVID-19 cases within the Dallas Stars dressing room, the club will eventually take the ice to officially start the truncated 2021 season. However, when they do, the team will be missing a vital piece in top-line center Tyler Seguin.
For a quick recap, Seguin played the entirety of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs with torn ligaments in his knee and a torn hip labrum that was so bad he had to take injections to even dress. Glorifying injuries has become a key marker in hockey, and however anyone feels about that fact, it is quite remarkable that Seguin played even one game with a right leg that was basically no longer functioning.