No one will argue that the Stars walked away from the trade deadline as one of the league’s biggest winners, but Nill’s wizardry to bring in one of the NHL’s top scorers still doesn’t address the team’s biggest need of defensive depth.

In the meantime, the Stars (39-19-2) will continue to go with what they have and have added. They are 6-2-1 since acquiring Granlund and Ceci and find themselves in second place in both the Central Division and Western Conference, eight points back of the Winnipeg Jets.

The Stars could celebrate the blockbuster NHL trade deadline deal that netted Dallas Miko Rantanen from the Hurricanes – but the celebration won't last for long if the player they're acquiring is the Carolina version of the 28-year-old.

The final week was wild, with a slew of late-breaking shockers. Here's who feels great now -- and who might not.

If the Colorado Avalanche's moving on from franchise great Mikko Rantanen in January wasn't stunning enough, how about the Hurricanes rebounding him over to Dallas after just 13 games played? Two highly unlikely outcomes mean that Mikko Rantanen is in a Dallas Star,