New Era In Dallas

The 2012-2013 Dallas Stars were good. Very good. The first full year GM Kevin Rockett was in office, saw the team go 47-20-15 (109pts). That was good enough to win the division, finish 2nd in the Western conference behind the powerhouse Detroit Red Wings, and 2nd overall. With the team they had assembled, they looked poised to make another run this coming season. That is until GM Rockett announced that the Stars would not only be rebranding, but rebuilding as well. When asked why, Kevin Rockett had this to say:

"Look at it this way. Yes we probably could have had a very competitive team again this season, but everyone is a year older. Half our team was in their mid to late 30's. Do you really think we'd have a shot to win against a younger, more skilled team? We kept the pieces we want to build around, and added a lot of youth. Most of them aren't ready to play on the big club just yet, but that's what the AHL is there for. We have set ourselves up to compete down the road, but kept enough pieces in place to have a real shot a making the playoffs again. Once you're in, anything can happen".

Let's have a look at who is In/Out in the Stars organization this coming offseason. 

Outgoing

Marc-Andre Bergeron

Teemu Selanne

Vincent Lecavalier

Fedor Tyutin

Scott Hartnell

Brad Stuart

Steve Sullivan

Alexei Ponikarovsky

Jeff Zatkoff

Jacob Micflikier

Brett Palin

Scott Tanski

Jordan Owens

Greg Stewart

Prospect: Anton Zlobin

Incoming

Ryan Stanton

Cody Beach

Mike Halmo

Matthew Konan

Eric Wellwood

Jordan Caron

Ian White

Ben Smith

Sergei Kostitsyn

Josh Brittain

Matthew Lombardi

Taylor Beck

Nick Crawford

Brandon Manning

Antoine Roussel

Alex Biega

Tim Wallace

Prospect: Michael Bournival.

"We have also set ourselves up pretty well for the upcoming draft. We have 5 pick altogether, including 3 third rounders. Though we aren't opposed to trading said picks, if it helps improve our hockey club"

In case you missed it, Stars General Manager Kevin Rockett, acompnied head coach Alain Vigneault, and Texas Stars head coach Luke Richardson, held a media conference late last week announcing the Team's tenative lineups for the upcoming season.

DALLAS STARS

LW Kunitz (C) C Mike Fisher (A) RW P.A Parenteau

LW Kostitsyn C Kelly RW Beck

LW Spaling C Lombardi RW Smith

LW Gerbe C Malhotra RW Wallace

D Brewer D Coburn

D Klesla D Muzzin

D Allen D White

G Rinne

Texas Stars

LW Wellwood C Roussel RW Caron

LW Nesbitt C Bolduc RW Ullstrom

LW Kassian C Drazenovic RW Thompson

LW MacDermid C Nattinen RW Anderson

D Manning D Meech

D Petrovic D Stanton

D Evans D Konan

G Cheverie