Mike Heika, Stars beat writer for SportsDayDFW.com and The Dallas Morning News, answered your questions about the team in a live chat recently. Here are some highlights:
Would you guess that Dan Hamhuis sticks with Julius Honka, or is he more of a "fix-it" guy to put with players like Greg Pateryn and Stephen Johns to help them along?
Heika: The whole structure of the defense is going to be a work-in-progress, so a lot is yet to be determined.
I'm going to throw this out right now: Because this system is so different from what Lindy Ruff ran and because it seems to fit much better for Jamie Oleksiak, Johns and Patrik Nemeth, we really have to be prepared for the possibility that either Oleksiak or Nemeth is a better option than Hamhuis.