Defending Big D, a Dallas Stars community

Several of the Stars players are starting to hold informal workouts at the team's practice facility despite the impending lockout and other news and notes from around the NHL.

The Dallas Stars have undergone significant changes this summer. How will their defensive group shape up? From a fantasy hockey perspective, who is worth drafting? Who are the sleepers?

Nicklas Grossman had to get 60 stitches to close a skate cut from Saturday's game and other news and notes from around the NHL.