The 25-year-old has totaled 55 points (12-43—55) in 235 regular-season games with both Dallas and the New York Rangers

Last season he fired the Stars’ highly regarded head coach, Pete DeBoer. This season he brought back Glen Gulutzan, a coach he’d fired more than a decade ago. These choices have so far all panned out—in both years,

The Minnesota Wild will begin the real chase for the Stanley Cup on Saturday against the Dallas Stars in Dallas. Puck drop is set for 4:30 p.m., and Game 1 will air on ESPN and SportsNet, the league announced Thursday.

Two very similar teams will square off in the first round of this year's NHL playoffs. Will Dallas come out on top?

A matchup that’s been seemingly inevitable since December finally begins Saturday, April 18, in Dallas when the Wild meet the Stars in a first-round NHL playoff series that pits teams with the second- and third-most points in the Western Conference.

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There was a lot of experience Glen Gulutzan gained in the 12 years between being let go by the Stars after his first two seasons as an NHL head coach and being re-hired last summer — by the same general manager who soon after taking that role in 2013 decided not to keep him.