Wasn’t the Dallas front office called the best in the league by peers? That is high praise.
It seems the problem the Stars have, besides the occasional flaky Otter game, is that the team fell into three problematic categories this year:
1 over the hill guys - Benn, Seguin, Duchene
2 not yet to prime guys - Harley, Johnston, Back, Etc
3. injured prime guys - Robertson, Miro, Roope, etc
So did injuries do them in? Not enough time together with Mikko? Do they just need to let the young guys mature a bit and push out a few of the olds? Is DeBoer over performing with less talent, or underperforming with a lot of talent?
Doesn’t seem like they need to tear it down, but need to figure out the right tweak, not the wrong one. I thought Mikko was it, because of the problems they had on offense before his arrival, but so far that hasn’t worked out that great. The Dallas offense at times seems plodding, and on defense they are often fighting off 2:1 and 3:2.