Well, the Texas Stars have more than one numbers issue at the moment. The obvious one is the fact that they will likely be eliminated from the playoffs officially tonight. The second is that they have just 19 skaters available as they hit the weekend road trip, and Dallas just had two injuries in their game last night. The call up list was already long with Remi Elie, Jason Dickinson, Julius Honka, Gemel Smith and Justin Dowling all in Dallas. Dowling and Brett Ritchie were injured last night and Dallas needs two more forwards for one game.
Here's the complication: There are only four available Dallas-contracted forwards in Texas right now.