Stars lean on their high-end talent for 2025-26, adding Mikko Rantanen for a full season and leveraging Jason Robertson's contract/Olympic-year urgency. Roope Hintz, Wyatt Johnston and Mavrik Bourque are set to lift the offense, while Benn starts the year sidelined and Duchene chases Cup glory. Depth pieces like Sam Steel, Nathan Bastian and Radek Faksa must fill gaps after Marchment, Dadonov and Granlund departed.

Gulutzan’s Dallas move injects Oilers-style power play thinking into the Stars, aiming for two mobile units and a constant top-pp tempo to avoid stagnation over an 82-game season. In a 0-for-3 preseason, Dallas showcased movement with Robertson, Lind, Hintz and a rotated Rantanen on the top unit, and Benn, Seguin, Duchene and Rantanen on the second, with Harley and Heiskanen steering the action.

Gulutzan and Neil Graham emphasize flexibility, letting skill shine within structure. Early practice signals a blueprint to lift Dallas’ power play this season, translating talent into consistent production when it counts and keeping the system fresh across the lineup.

Dallas Stars beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 in a brisk NHL preseason showcase, with Jason Robertson lighting the lamp in the third and Tyler Seguin ending it in overtime. The win underscored Dallas' depth, pace, and goaltending stability from Jake Oettinger, while veteran leadership stays central to the top line. Fantasy players should note Robertson's continued scoring touch, Seguin's ongoing two-way relevance, and Dallas' potential PP rhythm as the season nears.

Several Stars veterans and a handful of Wild youngsters flashed offensive instincts and two-way play, hinting at upside for depth players like Kole Lind, Matt Duchene, and Caedan Bankier's Wild minutes. Oettinger's steadiness adds a reassuring baseline for Dallas' fantasy outlook as real games begin.

Jake Oettinger shared his cheat meals—Chick-fil-A or a Culver’s burger with fries and a chocolate shake—along with thoughts on the league’s relaxed dress code and a tease of Roope Hintz’s bold fashion sense. He named Drake’s Headlines as his pregame vibe and admitted a glove-tap quirk inspired by Carey Price, giving a window into Stars’ locker-room rhythm and weekend energy ahead of the season.

The ESPN interview from the NHL Player Media Tour near Las Vegas also spotlights Hintz’s potential fashion runway on the road and the team’s overall culture, hinting at how these off-ice habits might translate into on-ice consistency and fantasy-relevant stability for Dallas goaltending and top-line production.

Dallas Stars open a busy training camp with a 65-player roster (39 forwards, 20 defensemen, 6 goaltenders) ahead of the 2025-26 season, staging sessions Sept. 18-Oct. 4 at Comerica Center in Frisco. The first trio of days is free to attend with RSVP, and fans can watch Team A/B/C practices across the camp’s slate, capped by a Sept. 20 preseason versus St. Louis Blues at the American Airlines Center. The camp bookends a roster heavy with veterans like Benn, Robertson, Hintz, Seguin, Heiskanen and Oettinger while shuffling in prospects to prove themselves for opening night.