It was a busy day at the offices of Joe Nieuwendyk and company. An announcement came Sunday evening that a deal was in place to send Dallas Stars’ Captain Brenden Morrow to Pittsburgh. In return the Stars would receive Pittsburgh’s 2011 first round draft pick Joe Morrow and a fifth round draft pick, Pittsburgh also received a third round draft pick from Dallas.

This was a move that had been predicted for many weeks now. Brenden Morrow was in the final year of his long term contract he signed with the Stars prior to the 2006-2007 season and when he first became Captain of the Dallas Stars over Mike Modano.

Brenden Morrow was drafted by the Dallas Stars in the first round of the 1997 NHL entry draft with the 25th overall pick. Morrow played his junior hockey with the Portland Winterhawks winning the 1998 Memorial Cup.

Morrow then moved on to make his debut with the Stars in the 1999-2000 season and has stayed ever since. As a Star Morrow went on to collect 528 points, with 243 goals. Morrow has two 30 goal seasons under his belt and in 78 playoff games Morrow has collected 42 points including the amazing spring of 2008 when Morrow led the Stars into the Western Conference finals including one of the greatest one man performances in Dallas Stars history as he was a wrecking crew against the Sharks in the Western Conference semi-finals. The past few seasons, due to Morrow’s grindy-physical style of play, have led to multiple injuries, and time off the ice. Morrow was using this season as an example that he still has plenty left in the tank. With his contract expiring Stars’ General Manager Joe Nieuwendyk did not want to let Morrow walk this summer for nothing. Brenden Morrow had a full no trade clause in his contract so he had to approve any trade that involved him.

In return the Stars receive Penguins prospect and 2011 first round draft pick Joe Morrow, no relation to Brenden, and a fifth round draft pick in the 2013 NHL entry draft. Joe Morrow played junior hockey with the Portland Winterhawks, same team as Brenden, and was in his first year of professional hockey playing in the AHL with Pittsburgh’s affiliate Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, where in he has 15 points (4g, 11a) in 57 games.

Keep Dallas Pesky would like to thank Brenden Morrow for all that he has done for the Dallas Stars for the past thirteen plus seasons, and wish him the best of luck in Pittsburgh.

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It was the first meeting tonight for the Stars against the defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings. The Stars have not played since Sunday where they ended Sunday night in fourth place in the western conference. At game time Thursday the Stars were in eighth and really needing two points. Los Angeles has been hot at the Staples Center lately, but so have the Stars in Staples but on the road in general. What at first was a sloppy start for the Stars turned around quickly as the game went along and the Stars cruised to a 5-2 victory.

First Period

The Stars were the first to score tonight as they got an early powerplay opportunity off a Keaton Ellerby tripping minor. Jaromir Jagr scored the powerplay goal for the Stars for his eighth of the season. The Dallas goal seemed to keep the Stars calm as for a big part of the first half the Stars defense was turning the puck over, losing puck battles in the corner, and having trouble clearing the puck from the defensive zone. For all the defensive mishaps Kari Lehtonen was there to erase the mistakes of the defense tonight. The Kings did score in the first period and it came at the 12:10 mark of the period as Jamie Oleksiak and Vernon Fiddler allowed Trevor Lewis to skate from behind the net to the left face off dot untouched and Lewis ripped a wrister past Kari. The first period ended tied at one with the Kings outshooting the Stars 12-8.

Second Period

A lot of the defensive woes continued this period for the Stars, Kari Lehtonen was able to stop all but one shot as Jeff Carter scored his western conference high 16th goal of the season, giving Los Angeles a 2-1 lead. A late powerplay for the Stars had great results as Cody Eakin crashing the net slipped the puck past Quick to tie the game at two. Dallas was outshot in the period 9-6, but kept the game tied at two.

Third Period

The Stars took control in the third. First Brenden Morrow scored his sixth goal of the year of a nice pass by Cody Eakin who caught Morrow right behind Quick near the crease. Just over four minutes late Jaromir Jagr netted his second of the night off a nice assist by Jamie Benn. The icing on the cake was an empty net by Antoine Roussel where he hit the jets to get to the puck before Drew Doughty. The Stars finished off the Kings in a 5-2 victory.

Game Extras

• Career goals 673 and 674 for Jaromir Jagr tonight
• Career goal 243 for Brenden Morrow who is tied for seventh on the all-time goals list in franchise history. Morrow is tied with Jere Lehtinen.
• The first line ended a nasty streak of minus games tonight.
• Many non factors in the game tonight for LA, most notably Anze Kopitar and Mike Richards.
• Discipline, discipline, discipline. Only one minor taken by the Stars tonight. Only three for the Kings as well.
• Both of the Stars Powerplay goals came off Keaton Ellerby minors.
• Three Stars of the game chosen by the LA Media: 1. Jaromir Jagr 2. Cody Eakin 3. Dustin Penner
• The Stars will travel to Glendale to take on the Phoenix Coyotes Saturday. Puck will drop at 7:00 pm

There were a lot of things that could be made into a story before tonight’s game like the return of Adam Burish to the American Airlines Center in a Sharks’ jersey, Brenden Morrow being named as the second member of the 20th anniversary all-time team, the Sharks struggles after a 7-0-0 start or how both teams have struggled on the powerplay as of late, but at the end of the night in a classic divison rival match-up the goal scorers for the Stars came through and they earned a much needed two points closing out a three game homestand against the San Jose Sharks.

First Period

The game started off at a fast pace as the Stars and Sharks got quickly re-acquainted as division rivals. The shots in the period were 14-12 in favor of Dallas. Starting goalies Cristopher Nilstorp and Antii Niemi had a goaltender’s duel in the first. The Stars had numerous opportunities to score first including a one minute and two second 5-on-3 powerplay. The Stars went scoreless on three first period powerplays as the period ended with the score still 0-0.

Second Period

The Stars had some early period penalty trouble as Jordie Benn, Philip Larsen and Jaromir Jagr all took minors that the Stars killed off within the first eight minutes of the period.  The Stars needed a spark and this time it came from Jamie Benn as he and Sharks captain Joe Thornton had an electrifying fight that brought the crowd at the American Airlines Center to their feet. The fight definitely put the pace back into the game. The first goal of the game came with just 58 seconds left in the period as Sharks defenseman Brian Boyle was in the penalty box, Jaromir Jagr finished with a nice drive by wrist shot off a setup by Jamie Benn and Loui Eriksson for his fifth goal of the season. The period ended with the Stars up 1-0.

Third Period

Douglas Murray took an unsportsmanlike minor after the Jagr goal, so the Stars would start off the third period on the powerplay and it only took them thirty-four seconds to score as Michael Ryder fired a wrist shot past Niemi after a keep by Alex Goligoski on the point to give the Stars a 2-0 lead. It didn’t take the Sharks long to respond as Stephane Robidas was in the box for a hooking minor. Joe Thornton passed the face-off to Patrick Marleau who shot it past Nilstorp putting the Sharks on the board and cutting the Stars lead to one. The Stars shortly after had a big penalty kill and then attacked the Sharks zone, and this rush paid off as Jamie Benn wristed a shot from the high slot past Niemi giving the Stars a 3-1 lead, which would be the final.

Game Extras

• Congratulations to Brenden Morrow who was named to the Stars 20th Anniversary all-time team
• Seems both teams lost defensemen tonight: Aaron Rome and Philip Larsen left tonight’s game injured, and Brent Burns wasn’t seen noticed on the San Jose bench after the first period.
• Good news on the injury front as Trevor Daley and Kari Lehtonen are close to returning and Ray Whitney started skating this week.
• Michael Ryder pushed his point streak to four games with tonight’s goal, and goals in consecutive games.
• Congratulations to Cristopher Nilstorp on his first NHL victory.
• Adam Burish made his return to Dallas in a Sharks jersey and was a thorn in the side of Dallas for 8:28 seconds of game time.
• Before both teams scoring powerplays they had bad streaks going: Dallas- 0 for its last 16 before the Jagr goal. San Jose- 0 for its last 22 before the Marleau goal.
• Announced Attendance- 18,584
• Three Stars of the game chosen by Mike Heika, Stars beat writer for the Dallas Morning News: 1. Cristopher Nilstorp 2. Jamie Benn 3. Joe Thornton
• The Stars travel to Nashville to play the Predators Monday puckdrop at 7:00 on NBCSN

After three days off the Dallas Stars are back to work tonight as they have a rematch against the Vancouver Canucks. In their last game against the Canucks on Friday the Stars made a great comeback after a huge and defeated the Canucks 4-3. Tonight another big comeback was needed, but did not occur. The Stars powerplay went 0-for-5 on the night and didn’t help the cause as the Stars lose their second straight game.

First Period

The Stars just needed 35 seconds to get on the scoreboard as Jamie Benn made a highlight reel play to net the puck past Vancouver goalie Cory Schneider and give the Stars an early 1-0 lead. The first penalty of the game was a very questionable interference call on Reilly Smith and it cost the Stars as Alexandre Burrows tipped in a Alexander Edler shot from the point past Cristopher Nilstorp and tying the game at one. Dallas had two powerplay opportunities in the first and couldn’t capitalize on either and the first period ended with the teams tied 1-1.

Second Period

Dallas was once again quick to strike as Michael Ryder shot a sizzling backhand past Schneider for his fifth goal of the season. Vancouver tied the game at the 7:05 mark when the game was 4-on-4 when Dan Hamhuis found a streaking Kevin Bieksa who out muscled Philip Larsen and backhanded a puck five hole past Nilstorp tying the game once again. Antoine Roussel looked to bring some energy back to the Stars and got into a slugfest with Zack Kassian but Dallas did not take hold of the momentum swing this time and the second period ended with both teams tied 2-2.

Third Period

This time Vancouver struck early in the period as Jason Garrison fired a slapshot that was blocked by Antoine Roussel, but Roussel looked to be hurt on the play and could not get back to the bench, Garrison reloaded and fired a slapshot past Nilstorp giving Vancouver their first lead of the game. Vancouver struck again under two minutes later as Aaron Rome was caught up ice and Alex Goligoski was left alone to defend against Henrik Sedin and Alexandre Burrows. Burrows and Sedin made quick passes to each other tying up Goligoski and confusing Nilstorp leaving a wide open net for Sedin on his second goal of the season. The Stars looked to be defeated until the 6:07 mark of the period when Brenden Morrow put on a one man forecheck and puck jacked Ryan Kesler in front of Cory Schneider and scoring his fourth goal of the season. The Stars looked to score again and looked very dangerous and even drew another powerplay, but they couldn’t capitalize and lost to Vancouver 4-3.

Game Extras

• Congratulations to Marty Turco who was announced as the first member of the Stars 20th anniversary all-time team
• Philip Larsen was the only player on the Dallas side who took a minus in the game, -1, end the game. Jamie Benn and Brenden Morrow were the only pluses for the game at +1.
• With Trevor Daley injured Aaron Rome was moved up to play with Alex Goligoski and registered an assist. Philip Larsen was partnered with call-up Jordie Benn.
• Michael Ryder went without a goal for the past eight games, but he is currently on a four game point streak with his goal tonight. Antoine Roussel’s assist on the goal gives him a three game point streak.
• Dallas has made a good trend of outshooting their opponents lately.
• Tonight’s announced attendance: 17,393
• Official three stars of the game chosen by John Trachina of the Associated Press: 1. Alexandre Burrows 2. Jamie Benn 3. Henrik Sedin
• Dallas plays their last game on the homestand Saturday as division rival San Jose Sharks makes their way to the American Airlines Center for their first game against the Stars this season puckdrop at 7:00

Dallas is coming off a very bitter defeat against the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday and Monday’s game against the Colorado Avalanche was not any easier, Colorado was on a three game home winning streak entering Monday, and certainly play their best hockey on home ice. It was a special night for the Colorado Avalanche organization as they were celebrating 1000 games by Milan Hejduk all with the Avalanche, but Jamie Benn and the Stars played party crasher and left Colorado with a 3-2 victory.

First Period

It took very little time for the Stars to strike the net in the first period as Jamie Benn puck jacked an Avalanche player and sniped the puck past Colorado goaltender Semyon Varlamov quickly giving Dallas a 1-0 lead. The Stars struck again a little past the half way point of the period as Jaromir Jagr got the puck to Brenden Morrow in front of the net, and Morrow scored a very Brenden Morrow like goal to give the Stars a 2-0 lead. Over aggression then came to the Avs as tough guy Patrick Bordeleau and Matt Hunwick both took minors at the same time giving the Stars a full two minute five on three powerplay. The Stars kept the puck in the attacking zone for the whole two minutes, but really didn’t get any great scoring chances and Semyon Varlamov didn’t seem to have any real trouble with the shots the Stars did put on net. The Avalanche killed off the five on three and got a great momentum swing their way, with just under two minutes left in the period, Milan Hejduk stuffed a loose puck past Kari Lehtonen on his own celebration night. The period ended with the Stars up 2-1.

Second Period

For some reason the Dallas Stars like to bunch up their penalties in the second period, and that trend continued tonight. The Stars almost spent six straight regulation minutes on the penalty kill and it cost them on their third penalty of the period as Stephane Robidas was in the box, and PA Parenteau hit a mid-air puck past Kari Lehtonen and tying the game at two. With about five minutes left in the second the Stars were on the attack and had drawn a penalty, but they patiently waited and played the puck until Kari Lehtonen was able to get to the bench and the Stars used six attackers. This move payed off as Derek Roy was rushed by many Colorado players trying to desperately touch the puck, but Roy made a nice pass to a wide open Jamie Benn in the slot and Benn netted his second goal of the game giving the Stars a 3-2 lead at the end of two periods.

Third Period

Dallas had to fight off early rushes by the Avalanche attempting to tie the game, and a powerplay after Jaromir Jagr took a delay of game penalty, but the Stars stood firm and eventually took the momentum of the period even outshooting the Avalanche 9-7. The Avalanche last attempt at the Stars included pulling Varlamov in favor of six skaters, but Kari Lehtonen and the Stars shut the door on the Colorado Avalanche and win 3-2.

Game Extras

• Derek Roy played for the first time in four games and his presence was needed and made an awesome play on the game winning goal by Jamie Benn
• Cristopher Nilstorp was activated from IR today, he and Jordie Benn were sent to the AHL Texas Stars, which also looks like Oleksiak is gonna stay with the big club for a while.
• A scary moment in the Stars vs Avalanche game as referee Chris Rooney took a puck to the neck off a slapshot by Jamie Oleksiak that deflected off the skate of Paul Stastny. Rooney skated off the ice on his own power and was taken to a local hospital.
• Brenden Morrow seems to have found a good spot right now playing with Jagr and Benn. His game was really picked up over the last couple.
• Congratulations to Milan Hejduk on 1,000 NHL games. He has broken the hearts of Stars fans many times with his clutch goals in the playoffs.
• Official three stars of the game chosen by Brian Engblom of NBCSN: 1. Milan Hejduk 2. Jamie Benn 3. PA Parenteau
• The Stars hit the ice again Wednesday as they travel to Oil Country and take on the Edmonton Oilers puckdrop at 9:00 pm.

It was a big night for the Dallas Stars organization and fans as the announcement of a new contract for all-star Jamie Benn rocked the building tonight, the game on the other hand was a frustrating one for the Stars as a very slow start and offensive zone penalties killed what looked like a game that the Stars were gonna steal under the noses of the Blackhawks. Dallas could not hold the high power offense of Chicago forwards Jonathan Toews and Marian Hossa as they lost 2-3 in overtime.

First Period

From the opening face off Chicago came out firing on all cylinders and the Dallas Stars were constantly chasing the puck and could not get any time in their the offensive zone for the first ten minutes of the opening period. Excellent goaltending by Kari Lehtonen and desperation defensive plays, especially from Trevor Daley and Vernon Fiddler, kept the score tied at zero. An early minor by Stephane Robidas put a dangerous Chicago powerplay out but the Stars and Kari Lehtonen had an answer for everything. The last ten minutes of the first period the Stars came to life and evened up the pace of the game that Chicago had set. With two minutes left in the first Jaromir Jagr took a hooking minor that would make Dallas close the first period on the penalty kill. A broken play at the end of the power play for Chicago gave Dallas a chance to rush on Chicago goalie Corey Crawford before the period ended. A set of chips and small passes from Derek Roy to Loui Eriksson who, with a big push of momentum shot the puck, Crawford looked to have made the save at first, but the puck went through Crawford and creeped across the red line with less than a second left in the period.

Second Period

 Chicago opened the Second period with a large amount of time in their offensive zone for the first two and a half minutes, but great shifts by the Dallas third and fourth lines stopped the Chicago momentum. Dallas forward Ryan Garbutt drew a penalty shot at the 16:27 mark of the second period. Garbutt attempted to go backhand on Corey Crawford, but Crawford made the save. Chicago dominated the time with the puck against Dallas and continually took shot after shot on Kari Lehtonen who continued to have an answer for every shot. Time in the offensive zone was made only by the third and fourth lines. A questionable roughing call went against Ryan Garbutt at the 13:12 mark of the second, but the Stars killed it off. Dallas once again capitalized on a big opportunity, Michal Rozsival turned the puck over to Cody Eakin in the Chicago zone who found Ray Whitney in front of the Chicago net. Whitney shot it backhand and put the Stars up 2-0 at the 10:41 mark of the second. Even though the Stars were up 2-0 they never established consistent time in the offensive zone. At the 5:51 mark of the second Philip Larsen was called for tripping and on the powerplay, and an attempted pass by Patrick Sharp went off the stick of Trevor Daley and in the net, cutting the Stars lead in half. The second period ended with the Stars up 2-1 but were outshot 18-8 in the second and 30-14 so far in the game.

Third Period

The Stars were able to finally get a little consistency in the offensive zone in the opening minutes of the third, but soon all momentum was killed as Ryan Garbutt was called for his second minor of the game at the 6:53 mark of the third which was the first of three offensive zone minors taken by the Stars in the game. The Stars killed the penalty, but were constantly chasing until the Stars got their first powerplay of the game half way through the third as Marian Hossa was called for goaltender interference. The powerplay went no where for the Stars as it was just used to take time off the clock. Shortly after the powerplay expired for the Stars, Eric Nystrom was called for boarding as it looked like Chicago defenseman Nick Leddy turned into the hit to draw the boarding call. Chicago used the powerplay to even the score as captain Jonathan Toews scored at the 14:07 mark to tie the game. A late penalty by Niklas Hjalmarsson gave the Stars a powerplay that would carry over to overtime.

Overtime

Stars were on the powerplay to start the overtime period, but twenty-two seconds into OT Stars captain Brenden Morrow was called for interference in the offensive zone which made the next twenty six seconds three on three and then a Chicago powerplay in which on the first shot by Marian Hossa the game ended as Chicago came back and defeated the Stars 3-2.

Game Extras

• Jamie Benn has signed a new deal, but due to immigration issues, Mike Heika has reported that Benn won’t be available Saturday against St. Louis.
• Other transaction news, the Stars acquired Carl Sneep today from Pittsburgh in exchange for a conditional seventh round pick, and assigned Colton Sceviour to the AHL Texas Stars and called up Tomas Vincour to the NHL
• Kari Lehtonen once again faced over forty shots on goal. Every game this season Kari has started the Stars have allowed forty or more shots on goal.
• Cody Eakin and Ryan Garbutt were top two in Dallas shots on goal as Garbutt had five and Eakin had three.
• Jaromir Jagr left the game in the third period with an apparent injury.
• Three Stars of the Game: 1. Marian Hossa 2. Kari Lehtonen 3. Jonathan Toews
• Tonight’s announced attendance was 17,868
• Stars play again Saturday as the St. Louis Blues come to the American Airlines Center.

It was the second game of a back-to-back for the Dallas Stars tonight as they traveled north to Minnesota to take on the Wild and see the new look of Minnesota, with offseason signings Zach Parise and Ryan Suter, and highly skilled prospect Mikael Granlund. Dallas called on 28 year old rookie goaltender Cristopher Nilstorp to take the pipes and make his NHL debut. Nilstorp had a fantastic debut, but the offense was unable to cash in.

First Period

The Stars opened the first period skating and seeming to pick up right where they left off last night even drawing a tripping minor on Wild captain Mikko Koivu in the first minute of the game. Dallas was able to create some chances on the power play but Minnesota goalie Josh Harding had an answer for everything, and the willingness of the Wild forwards and defenseman to drop to the ice and block shots hurt the Stars offensive game. After a set of penalties by both teams Minnesota controlled the puck in their offensive zone and kept the Stars pinned in their own zone for a long time and eventually cashed in as Zach Parise scored on a slapshot from the top of the slot at the 8:11 mark of the first period. The Stars had another powerplay opportunity at the 12:59 mark of the first period but that power play and the rest in the game struggled to get any offense going.

Second Period

In the second period, Minnesota really started to turn up the physical game, led by Cal Clutterbuck and Kyle Brodziak the Wild took many opportunites to finish their checks and physically wear out an already tired Stars team. The Stars were not able to gain a lot of time in Minnesota’s zone and also lost the puck possession game.

Third Period

The Stars looked exhausted as the third period came along as they didn’t have the same pep as they had in the third period against Phoenix. It looked like they were always late when they needed to be half a second quicker to make an offensive play and Minnesota’s persistent shot blocking shut down the Stars offense completely.

Other Notes

• Reilly Smith needed dental work after last night’s game against Phoenix, but joined the Stars Sunday afternoon to play in Minnesota
• Brenden Morrow left the game in the first period after taking a puck to the face that came of the stick of defenseman Stephane Robidas. Morrow got stitches and put on a visor and returned to the game in the second period.
• Dallas got 18 shots on goal, but Minnesota blocked 26 shot attempts tonight
• Stars first line of Loui Eriksson, Derek Roy, and Jaromir Jagr registered nine shots and seven points (3g,4a) in Friday’s victory against Phoenix. Against Minnesota the trio registered two shots on goal and zero points.
• The Stars will travel to Detroit to take on the Red Wings Tuesday as Detroit will be on the second half of a back to back when they take on the Stars. 

The Stars were out in Allen, Dallas Stars that is for the Allen Americans training camp which opened yesterday, October 8th and continues through the home opener on October 20th vs the Arizona SunDogs.  In attendance were Loui Eriksson, Trevor Daley, Stephane Robidas, Mark Fistric, Kari Lehtonen and Captain Brendan Morrow.

Brenden Morrow, one of the six stars, in Allen (Photo Credit to Todd Miller)

While these guys were there to keep their skill set up to par, they also served as good mentors and pace setters for the Americans players.  Workouts lasted 2 hours each session and everyone was skating hard.  Head Coach Steve Martinson, Assistant Coach Richard Matvichuk, Owner Steve Duchesne and Owner Craig Ludwig put everyone to the test, challenging everyone including the Dallas Stars in attendance.  While there was a few schooling sessions by the Stars players..for the most part, the Americans were up to the task.  They were keeping up with and even putting on some clinics themselves for the NHL’ers.

Standing out for the Americans were newcomer #27 Darryl Bootland, veterans  #6 Mike Berube and #3 Tyler Ludwig.  Personally the most impressive Americans player is new defenseman #23 Mike Montgomery recently acquired from the AHL Houston Aeros.  Montgomery has explosive skating speed and his backwards skating ability is second to none.  In the goalie sector, #83 Chris Whitley and #40 Steve Silverthorn were looking fantastic, stopping most onslaughts from every angle. From viewing these first few practice sessions, the Americans are set to be a tough opponent for any team with a great mixture of skill and size.  The Americans continue their workouts this week and play their first pre-season game against the Texas Brahmas in Ft. Worth on Friday October12th.

Stars Practice (Photo: Melissa Grissom)

When the regular season begins the Dallas Stars will be looking to make the playoffs, after missing the postseason in four straight years.  This off season was very productive for the Stars in free agency and in the trade market, as they completely changed the look of the team, with the free agency signings of Jaromir Jagr and Ray Whitney, plus the off season trade acquisitions of Cody Eakin and Derek Roy, Dallas looks to roll with a deep lineup game in and game out to push for the playoffs. So what questions do the Stars have to answer? What do people say when they look at our organization?

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Trevor Daley (Photo: Bridget Samuel/Flickr)

This season Trevor Daley enters his ninth career NHL season (all with Dallas) thus making him the second longest tenured active Star player (behind Brenden Morrow) and longest tenured blue liner. Trevor Daley turns 29 this October so he is just hitting the prime of his career and still has a long time in a Stars uniform as he is entering the second season of his six-year extension he signed in 2011. So with the departure of Sheldon Souray this off season, who played many of the crunch time minutes and a lot on the penalty kill and power play, Daley sees an opportunity to take those minutes and show how he has evolved.

Through Daley’s first five seasons he had the mentors of Sergei Zubov, Phillipe Boucher, and Mattias Norstrom. And the past few seasons we have seen what that leadership did to the game of Daley. George Royle explores the game of Trevor Daley more in his article here.

A big positive for Daley is his everlasting consistency, in the past five seasons Daley has suited up for at least 75 regular season games (two of those seasons he suited up for all 82 regular season games) and averages around 24 points a season, also rounding out being a plus player.

So to preview Daley, he has proven to be consistent so we can expect him to miss only a handful of games if not just play every single one and around the mid twenties for his point production, Trevor Daley is now a long time veteran and expect him to provide the leadership of what it takes to play in the NHL and to play in a Dallas Stars uniform for young players like Brenden Dillon and Jamie Oleksiak who are projected to see some playing time in the NHL this season.