Way Too Early

Good things seem to happen when Miro and Harley are on the ice together. They seem to play well off of each other. Gives me warm and fuzzy feelings hoping for a day Miro doesn’t have to drag Suter around. I could see Bichsel and Nils being a good pair. But if Bichsel becomes more of a play driver I could see him carrying his own pair while Nils holds up Esa

Interesting. Some questions:

1. Where will Dallas finish in the ranking?

2. What will most likely be the PP?

3. Who is likely to have a breakout year or who will surprise in terms of point production? Who is advantaged by the line combinations?

4. Who is likely to have a bad year in point production?

5. How many games each goalie is likely to play?

If you're talking about the roster above over a year from now, then I have no clue, but if you're talking about the Stars roster going into THIS season, then:

1) Top 2 in the central -- they'll go back and forth with Colorado most of the year, if I had to guess

2) PP1 - Robertson-Hintz-Pavelski-Heiskanen-Seguin, PP2 - Benn-Johnston-Duchene-Marchment-Suter (should be Harley or Lundkvist, but DeBoer loves Suter on the PP for some reason)

3) Breakout year: Nils Lundkvist -- He'll get a full year at the pro level and if they put him with Lindell I think he could flourish -- Alternatively, I think Lindell could be greatly advantaged by being paired with Nils. He did not play well last year when he was stuck with Hakanpaa. He's at his best when he's with a Klingberg-style player, which is where Lundkvist comes in

4) I don't necessarily think it'll be a bad year from him, but I don't think Dadonov puts up the same level of production he did in Dallas last year. I think you could definitely see him replaced on the 2nd line by the end of November, in favor of Duchene.

5. In a perfect world where both Oettinger and Wedgewood stay healthy, you'd see Oettinger start about 55 games. Gives him a night off, on average, every 3rd game