Dallas Stars: Analyzing THN's Rundown Of Stars For 2017-18 Season

The Hockey News recently released their annual yearbook and included a complete rundown of the Dallas Stars for this upcoming season. Take a look at everything they had to say about the team in Victory Green.

The Dallas Stars are in for a bight and exciting 2017-18 season as far as we can tell.

After an offseason filled with extraordinary additions and a completely revamped roster, the Stars are not looking like the team that finished with 79 points last season. Instead, they are looking like a team that could take a swing at not only a Central Division title, but also a Stanley Cup championship.

It may not happen in this upcoming year considering the newness of the team structure as a whole, but it won’t be long before they’re up and running at full speed.

On Tuesday morning, The Hockey News published their annual Yearbook. Their Yearbook contains feature stories, a prediction of how the NHL standings and playoffs will pan out, and a complete rundown and forecast of all 31 teams in the league.

Dallas Stars

Yesterday, we posted about their predictions for the Dallas Stars in terms of final standings and the team’s journey in the playoffs. According to THN, the Stars are projected to claim their second Central Division title in the last three years in 2017-18, defeat the St. Louis Blues in the first round of the playoffs, and fall at the hands of Nashville Predators in the semifinals.

But how do they rate the team’s overall outlook? If you haven’t gotten a chance to buy a copy of the magazine, you can catch up on some of their projections and predictions below. They have the Dallas Stars projected to finish first in the Central Division (as noted above) and gives them 15/1 odds at winning the Stanley Cup.

The article itself was written by Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News and covers multiple aspects of the team.

In the article, the Stars offseason moves are praised and claim that they should help the team improve significantly this season. Making the playoffs consistently is a priority of Nill’s, and that could start in the years ahead.

The Stars offense is praised for the newly added firepower, though the reliability of their depth scoring is questioned. The defensive group is much better than the numbers from last year show, and the addition of Marc Methot should be a big help with the young core. But Dallas still needs to rid themselves of a defender or two to be within the plausible limits.