Dallas Stars hockey is officially back — but is the Stanley Cup window starting to close?
Ryan, Chris, and James are back together to break down the Dallas Stars’ first preseason action and take a much deeper look at what has to change for Dallas in the 2026-27 NHL season.
The Stars are coming off a 50-win season that ended far earlier than expected, and now the pressure is on. With much of the core returning, Glen Gulutzan and the Stars are making adjustments designed to generate more offense at five-on-five, improve their transition game through the neutral zone, and help Dallas become more dangerous against the NHL’s best teams.
We discuss:
⭐ What actually matters from the Stars’ 2-1 preseason win over the St. Louis Blues
⭐ Arttu Hyry’s push for an NHL roster spot and the waiver dilemma facing Dallas
⭐ Whether Emil Hemming could force his way into the NHL conversation
⭐ Remi Poirier’s development and future in the Stars’ crease
⭐ The Stars’ extremely tight salary-cap situation
⭐ Glen Gulutzan’s changes to the Dallas offensive and transition systems
⭐ Why five-on-five scoring could determine how far the Stars go
⭐ Whether the Dallas Stars’ Stanley Cup window is actually closing
⭐ What Tyler Seguin, Roope Hintz, Thomas Harley and Jake Oettinger need to provide this season
⭐ Where Jason Robertson, Wyatt Johnston and Mikko Rantanen fit in the Stars’ top six
⭐ Joel Kiviranta’s return to Dallas
⭐ Our reactions to NHL.com’s 2026-27 Dallas Stars season preview and projected lineup
And in this week’s Who Cares segment, we rank our Top 3 petty things that irrationally annoy us — which quickly turns into Ryan and Chris discovering that apparently neither of them has much patience.
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