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The Dallas Stars fired coach Glen Gulutzan on Tuesday, an expected move by new general manager Jim Nill for a franchise that has missed the playoffs a record five straight seasons.

Craig Custance looks back at the many accomplishments of Jim Nill during his time with the Wings and focuses on the job that lies ahead as the new GM of the Dallas Stars.

Blog | Conversation | April 30, 2013

New Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill talked a lot about culture change Monday. He wasn't ready to discuss a coaching change.

The Detroit Red Wings are headed to the playoffs for the 22nd straight season after Henrik Zetterberg had two goals and an assist in a 3-0 victory over the Dallas Stars on Saturday night.

The Stars have fired Joe Nieuwendyk as general manager, the team said Sunday.

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Jack Johnson's calm belies the decidedly jittery situation in which the Columbus Blue Jackets find themselves. Johnson was taking time before the Blue Jackets boarded their flight to Dallas, where they will play one of the most important games in...

The Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings just may have not seen the last of each other in the Western Conference. The Red Wings moved back into the playoffs and into the No. 8 spot with their 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday. As...

The Chicago Blackhawks are down to four potential Western Conference first-round opponents after the San Jose Sharks and St. Louis Blues assured themselves higher seeds with wins on Tuesday. The Detroit Red Wings is the team of note on Wednesday. ...

For a host of playoff bubble teams facing dire situations, Tuesday was not a good night. With the Dallas Stars, New York Rangers, New York Islanders and Winnipeg Jets all scrambling to secure tickets to the postseason dance, those four teams some...

Not on Z's watch. Those were Dan Cleary's words Tuesday when discussing how badly the Detroit Red Wings want to avoid missing the playoffs for the first time in 22 seasons. It just can't happen in Henrik Zetterberg's first tour of duty wearing ...

When you make the playoffs every year since 1990, as the Detroit Red Wings have, you're going to run into some naysayers and skeptics along the way. That's been the case pretty regularly since the last lockout, and yet the Wings keep plugging along, ...

The Chicago Blackhawks, who stood atop ESPN's NHL Power Rankings again Monday, recently assured themselves of the top spot in the Western Conference, but the identity of their first-round foe is still unknown. The Blackhawks could still play one o...

So, maybe we were a bit hasty in assuming the Minnesota Wild were locks to make the playoffs. After a lackluster 4-1 loss Sunday night to the lowly Calgary Flames, the Wild woke up Monday to find that they'd sunk into a tie with the Columbus Blue...

CHICAGO -- Here's a quick look at the Chicago Blackhawks' 5-2 victory over the Dallas Stars at the United Center on Monday: How it happened: The Blackhawks allowed an early goal in the third period to tie the game at 2-2, but they bounced back wit...

Grant Sonier breaks down the 2013 draft's top 50 prospects, topped by the trio of Nathan MacKinnon, Jonathan Drouin and Seth Jones. But the most intriguing prospect in the draft is Russian Valeri Nichushkin, who could be in the running for No. 1.

Story | Conversation | April 15, 2013