DALLAS STARS

BY STEPHEN MESERVE

B | RANK: 15TH AFTER SEVERAL YEARS WITH an abundance of top talent in the Stars’ system, Mavrik Bourque and Logan Stankoven have graduated, and the list is more threadbare than before. Once you get past Lian Bichsel, Emil Hemming and Tristan Bertucci, the top-flight NHL projections become murkier. In win-now mode for Lord Stanley’s Cup, Dallas is thin on early draftees, and aside from Bichsel, there are no surefire NHL contributors here. For the second year in a row, this list lacks a goaltender. Dallas has no plans to move on from Jake Oettinger, but it’s always good to have prospect depth everywhere. 1 LIAN BICHSEL D, 20, 6-5, 225 Texas (AHL) 28–3–6–9–36 2022 draft, 18th overall OVERALL 21 After splitting last season across two continents, Bichsel has returned Stateside for this entire season, and he made…

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