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Dallas Stars Daily Links: Carrick and Polak Set to Face Old Team

The Stars’ new defensemen will square off against their former club for the first time this year. Plus, the story of the Sergei Zubov trade, way too early power rankings, and more!

Sometimes when players are traded, they look at their calendar to figure out when they’ll get a chance to play their new team. But in the case of new Dallas Stars defenseman Connor Carrick, he already knew he’d be seeing the Toronto Maple Leafs again very soon:

I knew right away,” Carrick said... “It was after playing in Chicago, and I am from Chicago, and I knew where we were going with the Leafs, and I am excited to be on the other side of it.”

Carrick joins Roman Polak as two former Maple Leafs who have now found themselves on the Stars blueline. Polak joined Dallas back in July via free agency, while Carrick was traded just days before the regular season. And though he hasn’t been with the team for long, the young defenseman has already impressed with three assists in his first two games:

“I think he’s been really good. I thought in the second game he was better than the first,” Stars coach Jim Montgomery said. “He’s really starting to grasp how we want to play. His biggest tools work well with the way we want to play.”

You can read over in Mark Stepneski’s piece here.

Stars Stories

Good news, everyone: Valeri Nichushkin might be back in the lineup tonight!

Sean Shapiro spoke with Todd Nelson about the Stars’ powerplay and how he hopes creativity will create a top unit. [The Athletic]

Ben Bishop got a little love on the national level this past week:

I highly encourage reading Derek’s prospect report when it comes out, but here’s the official one to tide you over until then: [NHL]

Around the League

This is a Dallas Stars blog, so I am obligated to share every Mathew Barzal article I come across:

Dallas has started off hot, but it’s not quite enough to make DownGoesBrown’s top five in his first “way-too-early” power rankings for the season: [The Athletic]

Everyone here knows that Jamie Benn has started off hot, but did you know Jordie Benn has as well?

Finally...

Do you love Sergei Zubov? Of course you do, which is why you should read this:

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