It's September, and the Dallas Stars are back on the ice. You can almost smell the "Mr. Brightside" in the air, can't you?

Wes and Mark are firing up the Victory+ and getting ready to watch some hockey. And on the eve of the Stars' preseason opener, they have so, so, so much to share with you. In this episode, they discuss:

• • how the new contracts for Thomas Harley and Esa Lindell stack up,

• • where all the blueliners will slot in now that a Miro Heiskanen-Matt Dumba pair appears to be a thing,

• • whether it's still just fine if Lian Bichsel begins the season in Cedar Park,

• • how Pete DeBoer's line blender can extract some lemonade from Jason Robertson's preseason unavailability,

• • what it means when the Stars' offensive corps is largely settled but its deployment is in new and wide-open territory,

• • who's the best candidate to become the 13th forward,

• • and ever so much more.

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