All it will take for the Dallas Stars to be back in the final playoff spot in the Western Conference is to win their next three upcoming road games against Chicago, Calgary and Phoenix. As a good luck charm, I’m not going to go to another Dallas Stars home game until after the Olympic break. Oops! There are no more home games! So the Stars are just going to have to win their last 3 games on the road before the Olympics and secure that spot!

When you watch them at the AAC, they look like they would be in the top third of the Western Conference not the bottom third. On the road, it’s a different story. Only winning just one game of their thirteen outside of Texas, the Stars need to do something to break this win at home/ lose on the road story. We all know that .500 teams don’t make the playoffs, so I will be traveling to watch the Stars play on the road against the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks in So Cal at the end of March as a good luck charm to break this terrible streak (and compete in the over 55 Big Kahuna Surf Competition).

The Dallas Stars brought in a new Goalie’s Coach, Mike Valley, to work with Turco and assigned their former Number #1 Stars Goalie from when they first moved from Minnesota, Andy Moog, as a bench coach. I am glad to report that Turco is out of his funk for 3 consecutive games and will be well-rested for the final 24 games of the season. Turco is playing with an expiring contract, but GM Joe Nieuwendyk says that there will be no contract talk until after the season.