ESPN Senior NHL Writer Greg Wyshynski joins the DLLS Stars Podcast today to discuss a variety of topics surrounding the Dallas Stars and the rest of the National Hockey League.

The NHL released the full game schedule for the 2025-26 season. The Dallas Stars will open the new campaign on the road against the reigning President’s Trophy winners, the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday, October 9th at Canada Life Centre. The Stars home opener will be on Tuesday, October 14th against the Minnesota Wild at American Airlines Center. We will comb through the new schedule and analyze the key matchups and biggest games for the Stars and the NHL. Then, Sean & Owen will get a chance to weigh in on last week’s Matt Dumba trade to the Pittsburgh Penguins and the group looks at the current remaining list of unsigned free agents, including any available players who might improve the Dallas roster.

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The Dallas Stars announced their 2025 Preseason Schedule today, which includes the start of training camp on September 17 at Comerica Center in Frisco, plus six exhibition games (3 home, 3 road). Former Stars great Joe Pavelski won the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe yesterday (Sunday), we play video clips from Ray Ferraro’s appearance on What Chaos! talking about Jake Oettinger being pulled in Game 5 of the Western Conference Final. And lots of NHL News & Notes.

On Thursday, the Dallas Stars made an expected salary cap move, trading Matt Dumba and a 2028 second-round pick to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for defenseman Vladislav Kolyachonok.

The National Hockey League and the NHL Players’ Association ratified a new four-year Collective Bargaining Agreement on Tuesday (July 8), which will take effect for the 2026-27 season and run through the 2029-30 season. On today’s show, we will go into the details of the new CBA, discussing what are the biggest changes coming up in a little over a year. We will also flash back to Game 5 of the 2025 Western Conference Final and watch clips of ESPN analyst Ray Ferraro’s appearance on the What Chaos! Podcast - ALLCITY’s national hockey show. Plus, NHL News & Notes of the day.

There have been NINE NHL coaches hired in 2025. Who will have the biggest impact on their new team? Plus, where should Wyatt Johnston play in the Dallas Stars lineup, AND a double segment of Luddys Damn Discord with Craig Ludwig and Sam Nestler.

How much different is offseason training for today’s NHL players? What does Craig Ludwig remember about raising the Stanley Cup? Why do some believe Glen Gulutzan was simply a cheap hire for the Dallas Stars? And let’s talk about the new CBA with Ludwig, Sean Shapiro, and Sam Nestler.

The Dallas Stars have been quiet so far in NHL free agency. Should they be making more moves like other clubs? Or are they happy going into the season with the current roster? Sam Nestler and Craig Ludwig break it all down on DLLS Stars.

Glen Gulutzan was officially introduced as the new head coach of the Dallas Stars at a press conference on Wednesday at American Airlines Center. Today, Gulutzan makes his first appearance on the DLLS Stars Podcast. Plus, Craig Ludwig missed our July 1st Free Agency show, so today we get Luds’ takes on some of the biggest moves around the NHL from Tuesday. And, of course, we go around the league with some NHL News & Notes.

Stars general manager Jim Nill formally introduced Glen Gulutzan as the next head coach of the Dallas Stars on Wednesday morning in a press conference at American Airlines Center. While this is Gulutzan’s second stint as Stars head coach, both he and Nill emphasized that he is a very different coach 12 years after he was fired by Nill, after the 2012-13 lockout-shortened season. Also today, we will break down the Stars moves on Day 1 of NHL Free Agency - the signings of Colin Blackwell and Radek Faksa. Plus, the different landing spots for the Stars free agents who did not re-sign with Dallas.

2025 NHL Free Agency officially opens at 12:00 p.m. ET (11:00 a.m. CT), right when our show begins. The Dallas Stars have some openings to fill on their roster, but not a lot of cap space. What do the Stars need to do and how might they accomplish their tasks? Plus, we will talk through all the moves from around the NHL on a busy opening day to free agency.

Glen Gulutzan will be the next head coach of the Dallas Stars, the team just has not made an official announcement, which may not happen before July 1st (Tuesday). Today on the DLLS Stars Podcast, we break down what it means to have Gulutzan in charge of the Stars and how the team pushes forward toward their goal of winning another Stanley Cup. Additionally, the team opened up their Development Camp at Comerica Center in Frisco and lots of NHL News & Notes ahead of tomorrow’s opening for Free Agency.

DLLS Stars Emergency Pod - Edmonton Oilers assistant coach Glen Gulutzan is expected to be the next head coach of the Dallas Stars, something that could be officially announced by the team at any moment. Gulutzan, who previously served as head coach of the Stars from 2011-2013, has been the Oilers assistant coach since 2018. He was also the head coach of the Calgary Flames for two seasons (2016-2018), an assistant coach with the Vancouver Canucks (2013-2016) and the head coach of the AHL’s Texas Stars (2009-2011).

After not having a pick in Friday’s first round, the Stars enter Day 2 of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft with six picks: a third (94), a fourth (126), two fifths (146 & 158), one sixth (190) and one seventh (222). Craig Ludwig and Owen Newkirk will anchor our coverage from the DLLS studios, while Sam Nestler will be reporting live from Comerica Center in Frisco, site of the Dallas Stars executive offices and the Stars hockey ops command center for this decentralized draft.

Welcome to DLLS’ wall-to-wall coverage of the first round of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft. During our watch-a-long, Craig Ludwig, Sam Nestler and Owen Newkirk will be joins by their fourth member, Sean Shapiro, plus guest appearances from Stars writers Mike Heika and Robert Tiffin. We will be talking about the draft picks, but also discussing all the big storylines surrounding the Dallas Stars offseason preparations for the 2025-26 season.

The Dallas Stars extended their captain Jamie Benn for the 2025-26 season, signing him to a one-year, $1 million contract with the potential of $3 million more in performance bonuses. Plus, we have a remote guest: Daily Faceoff Associate Editor and Prospect Analyst Steven Ellis joins at 2:15 p.m. CT to talk about the 2025 NHL Entry Draft. Additionally, more rumors about the Stars head coaching search, suggesting the top two candidates might be Edmonton Oilers assistant Glen Gulutzan (who served as the Dallas Stars head coach from 2011-2013) and Texas Stars head coach Neil Graham.

EMERGENCY POD: The Dallas Stars officially signed their captain, Jamie Benn, to a one-year contract extension for the 2025-26 season. The deal features a $1 million base salary, plus up to $3 million in performance bonuses, making it more flexible to fit under the Stars tight salary cap ceiling.

Stars beat writer Robert Tiffin joins the show today as our in-studio guest. We have loads of Dallas Stars offseason news to discuss with Robert, including the fact that Dallas keeps getting mentioned in Mitch Marner free agency rumors. There’s more than a little smoke swirling, but will there be any fire there? We will also talk with Robert about the Stars search for a new head coach, the Matt Duchene extension, the Mason Marchment trade, the re-signings of Mavrik Bourque and Nils Lundkvist, plus Robert went down to Cedar Park to catch part of the American Hockey League Western Conference Final between the Texas Stars and the Abbotsford Canucks, who just captured the 2025 Calder Cup championship.

We have a special treat today, as two iconic Dallas Stars join the show: Hockey Hall of Famer Ed Belfour and Stanley Cup champion Richard Matvichuk. “Eddie the Eagle” backstopped the Dallas Stars to the 1999 Stanley Cup championship, won the Vezina Trophy twice (1990-91, 1992-93), was the Calder Trophy winner as the NHL’s Rookie of the Year (1990-91) and won the William Jennings Trophy four times (1990-91, 1992-93, 1994-95, 1998-99). Matvichuk was drafted in the 1st round (8th overall) by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft, becoming a mainstay on the Dallas Stars blueline for over a decade (1993-93 to 2003-04), represented Canada in the 1992 World Junior U-20 Championships and the 2002 IIHF World Championships and won the 1999 Stanley Cup with Dallas.