A look at the NHL West

By MILENKO MARTINOVICH - McClatchy Newspapers Dallas After years of first-round playoff flameouts, the Stars finally got it right with last season's trip to the Western Conference Finals. All the pieces are in place. Dallas has one of the league's best goalies in Marty Turco, a solid defense led by Sergei Zubov, and stalwarts Mike Ribeiro, Brenden Morrow, Brad Richards, Mike Modano and Jere Lehtinen to provide the scoring. Detroit As good as the Stars were last season, the Red Wings were on another level. The core of the team that won the Stanley Cup last... [read full story]