The Dallas Stars kicked off their season with three consecutive wins against Central Division opponents – which we might think of as the hockey equivalent of jumping off a Marshall stack into a bank of flash-bang stage effects.

It’s nice to see, but can they keep doing it? Can they do it again after an inevitable fallow period during a long season? And does it mean Pete DeBoer’s new system is working? Are the Stars...good?

Mark and Taylor teamed up just before the overtime loss in Toronto to check the vibes. In this edition, they examine:

• how the forward corps is responding to their expanding freedom,

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