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Dallas Stars: Top Five Things To Get Excited About In 2017-18 Season

ByJosh Clark|
RALEIGH, NC - APRIL 01: Dallas Stars Right Wing Jason Spezza (90) and Dallas Stars Defenceman Esa Lindell (23) prepare to take the ice in a game between the Dallas Stars and the Carolina Hurricanes on April 1, 2017 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC. Dallas defeated Carolina 3 - 0. (Photo by Greg Thompson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
RALEIGH, NC - APRIL 01: Dallas Stars Right Wing Jason Spezza (90) and Dallas Stars Defenceman Esa Lindell (23) prepare to take the ice in a game between the Dallas Stars and the Carolina Hurricanes on April 1, 2017 at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC. Dallas defeated Carolina 3 - 0. (Photo by Greg Thompson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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DALLAS, TX – APRIL 4: Cody Eakin
DALLAS, TX – APRIL 4: Cody Eakin

1. Opening Night

This one should be obvious.

Between the Expansion Draft reveal and the NHL Entry Draft came the regular season schedule release for all 31 teams back in June. As the other teams released their home openers on the day of the Expansion Draft reveal right as the 11:00 a.m. mark hit, the Stars remained quiet.

After a few minutes of unnecessary hyperventilating, the Dallas Stars social media team released a clever gif of a slot machine that revealed the Stars’ opening night opponent to be the Vegas Golden Knights. It will be the first regular season game in Vegas franchise history and gives the Stars a chance to give the Knights a “warm welcome” into the league.

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    • So on October 6, the Dallas Stars will welcome the Golden Knights to the American Airlines Center for their opening night game. And you can be assured that you won’t want to miss it.

    This will be the Knights’ first game in franchise history, and could be considered to be their “prove it” game. In other words, after spending an offseason stocking up on draft picks and young talent, not many are expecting the Knights to be dangerous this coming season or even the season after that.

    But the veteran players on the team will obviously want to change that speculation. It’s no fun playing for a team abandoning the present for the future, so all of the new Knights that have been in the league for years will be wanting to make a strong first impression. One of those players is former Star Cody Eakin, who spent the past five seasons of his six-year pro career with Dallas.

    Meanwhile, the Stars will be aiming to win a third straight opening night game in front of what should be another sold out home crowd. With their new talent, the Stars are looking like a completely different team than the one that ended the 2016-17 season with an ugly 34-37-11 record and 79 points.

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    Vegas will be trying to earn a reputation while the Stars will be aiming to reclaim their 2015-16 reputation as one of the best teams in the league.

    There’s so many good things about this game, and there will certainly be some sparks. Be excited that it’s only 67 days away (though you probably already knew that).

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