Dallas Stars: Three Reasons They Make The 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs

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It’s a new season in Dallas and a new chance for the Dallas Stars to break out of their current two-year funk. But there are plenty of reasons to believe that this is the year it happens. Here are three reasons why the Stars qualify for the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

There’s no doubting that the Dallas Stars have a tough road ahead in the 2018-19 season.

When they open up regular season play on Thursday night at home against the Arizona Coyotes, it will kickstart yet another year of hopes and expectations for the hockey team from Texas. But this time around, there is also a note of uncertainty floating around.

That uncertainty comes with the fact that the Stars have missed the playoffs in each of the past two seasons and have only qualified once in the past four years.

Not only that, but in the past two years, they have fallen short of a postseason berth in some of the worst ways possible. In 2016-17, they followed up a Central division title in 2016 with a humbling 34-37-11 record and a 15-point gap between them and the final playoff team. And, as you probably remember in 2017-18, an 0-6-2 skid in the final month of the season ripped Dallas from the playoff picture entirely.

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As a result, these shortcomings have caused a lot of grief, frustration, and change within the organization. The Stars brought in their third head coach in the past two years this summer when they hired Jim Montgomery. They also decided not to re-sign any of their six unrestricted free agents in the 2018 offseason and instead brought in a handful of new players.

It’s all part of trying to find something that works. And considering the talent and potential that the core of their team possesses, the Dallas Stars need something to work soon.

That’s where the 2018-19 season comes into play. It’s another chance for the team to break out of its current funk and make something of themselves. But will they find a way to finally make things work? Only time will tell.

But there is plenty of reason to believe that this season could ultimately be a special one for the Stars. Yes, they are competing in a loaded Central division and will have to find a way to beat out at least two of their divisional foes to even have a shot at making playoffs. And yes, they will have to do it while adapting to another new era of Stars hockey.

There’s definitely a good bit working against them, but the team looks well-equipped to make something out of it.

And with the regular season just hours away from beginning, why not go ahead and talk about reasons why this Dallas Stars team could end up qualifying for the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs?

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