This has been a forgettable month for the Stars.
To say the least.
Having already lost Tyler Seguin (heel), Cody Eakin (knee) and Ales Hemsky (groin) to injury -- and Valeri Nichushkin to the KHL -- Dallas could now be without versatile Swedish forward Mattias Janmark, who was spotted on crutches Thursday at the club’s practice facility.
Janmark missed Wednesday’s game against Colorado, and was held out of today’s training session.
After surprising onlookers by making the Stars out of camp last year -- a “great story,” according to GM Jim Nill -- Janmark, 23, went on to have a pretty successful rookie campaign, scoring 15 goals and 29 points in 73 games.
He also fared well in the playoffs, with five points in 12 contests.
If there’s a silver lining to any of this, it’s that Dallas has arguably the NHL’s deepest forward group. Even with Seguin, Eakin, Hemsky, Nichushkin and Janmark out of action, the Stars can still roll the likes of Jamie Benn, Jason Spezza, Patrick Sharp and Jiri Hudler, and still have one of the league’s premier point producers on defense in John Klingberg.
That said, the team really can’t afford any more guys getting hurt.