Dallas Stars: Five Early Central Division Predictions Based on Two Weeks of Play

The Dallas Stars are just six games into the season, so it’s far too early to tell how the season will play out for the Central Division, but why let that stop us from making some early predictions?

Since the realignment, the Central has been a pretty competitive division, and the Dallas Stars will have a challenge again this year trying to make the playoffs.

So let’s take a look at how things might play out this year in the Central using just the first two weeks of the season as a guide.

Most of these things have plenty of time to change before April rolls around, and some of them will. However, even early in the season, trends start to form that can hold up for the whole year.

For example, the Stars had a rough start on the road this season, but they’ve only played two away games out of 41.

They dropped their first two road games last season too, and ended up going an unimpressive 16–20–5 on the road. Even worse, in 2016-17, they lost the first two (though one was in OT) and went 12–24–5 on the road.

There’s still time for them to change things for the season, yes, but sometimes things don’t change. They could be awful, but they absolutely could go something like 22–12–7 on the road like they did in 2015-16. These first two losses could be a minor blip on the radar by April.

However, if things don’t change radically, here are five predictions that could come true for the Central this year.