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Are The Dallas Stars A Serious Cup Contender?

02/19/2020 at 8:50am EST

from Tim Cowlishaw of the Dallas Morning News,

Twenty years feels like a long enough time to wait for a return to the Stanley Cup Final. And the Dallas Stars — a team that was in disarray in October and lost its coach in December — seem determined to do something about it.

In the last 10 days, the Stars have ended a disastrous dry spell against St. Louis, picked up a hat trick from Jamie Benn against Carolina and then rolled through Canada to collect five of a possible six points to tie the Blues for the top spot in the Western Conference. Is there any reason to think this club can’t keep taking those steps up the ladder and play right into June?

Yes, it has been 21 years since the Stars paraded through the streets of downtown following their win over Buffalo. A year later they were upset in the final by New Jersey, enduring a double-overtime Game 6 loss at home. You knew the days of Reunion Arena were numbered that night, but who knew the Stars would undergo their own sort of wrecking ball?

Last spring’s battle with St. Louis that carried all the way to double overtime of Game 7 re-established the Stars as a credible team, a capable pursuer of the Cup. What’s different this year is there has been no shouting from inside management (or outside as far as one can tell) about the lack of scoring from Benn and Tyler Seguin.

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