Dallas Stars

Last season: 50-26-6, lost to Edmonton in Western Conference Final.

COACH: Glen Gulutzan, hired July 1 (294-146-125 over four seasons).

SEASON OPENER: Oct. 9 at Winnipeg.

DEPARTURES: Coach Pete DeBoer, RW Evgenii Dadonov, C Mikael Granlund, LW Mason Marchment, D Cody Ceci, D Matt Dumba.

ADDITIONS: Gulutzan, C Radek Faksa, D Vladislav Kolyachonok, F Nathan Bastain.

BETMGM STANLEY CUP ODDS: 10-1.

What to expect

The Stars, who have ended each of their last three seasons in the Western Conference Final, have the talent to make another deep postseason run and maybe even get over that hump. They have a returning coach and it’s not Peter DeBoer, who was fired after last season, but rather Glen Gulutzan, re-hired by Dallas GM Jim NIll 12 years after Nill fired him. Gulutzan wa

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