Kari Lehtonen may not have had the playoff success that other Dallas Stars Goalies have had, but he hasn’t exactly had the support that other franchise backstops have enjoyed either.

Prior to arriving in Dallas, Joe Nieuwendyk was already a proven winner with the Calgary Flames.  In Calgary he was a Calder Trophy Winner, a King Clancy Winner, a two time 50 Goal scorer and a Stanley Cup Champion.  He would repeat the latter with Dallas.

The number one draft pick in 1978 did not disappoint, as Bobby Smith would promptly win the Calder Trophy as the NHL’s top rookie.  Smith would prove to be an excellent playmaker tallying over 70 Points in his first five seasons as a North Star.  This included a 114 Point season in the 1981-82 season, enough for eighth overall in the league.

An excellent two way player who played 835 of his 991 Games in the NHL with the Dallas Stars, Brenden Morrow was one of the top locker room leaders in franchise history.  Morrow would take over the captaincy from Mike Modano, and while he wasn’t the scorer that Modano was, he was very efficient with his shot selection twice finishing in the top three in shot percentage.  The Saskatchewan native would exceed 50 points three times including a 74 Point campaign in the 2007-08 Season.  He would accrue 528 Points with a Plus/Minus of 102 over his thirteen years as a Star.