Dallas Stars Daily Links: Stars Take Care Of Business In Early Homestand

The Dallas Stars could hardly have asked for anything more from their first multi-game homestand of the season.

That three-game set wrapped up Saturday with a 4-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets, and all three wins were over teams that experts expect to be around the eighth and final playoff spot at season's end.

While not all the victories would have won a beauty contest, the fact remains that Dallas came away with all six possible points and conceded just one in the homestand, points that could prove critical if this team finds itself in a close playoff race yet again.

And that early success has the players stealing their coach's metaphor, even if they do mess it up a little bit.

"We talked about trying to get as many points as we could early on," said Stars forward Adam Burish. "Every year you talk about that because teams are still finding themselves and trying to figure out they want to play. If you can put some hay away early, steal a few early, even though we weren’t playing our best, it feels good. We’re a confident bunch. We like the way we’re going."

After the jump, more on the Stars victory over the Blue Jackets, the rest of the Pacific Division finally starts to play some games and Don Cherry apologizes.