Hicks said although he couldn't hire a 'world-class general manager in the middle of the season,' he believes Hull can make the moves necessary to help the Stars get younger and faster. Hicks, when asked how far he thought Dallas was from returning to its glory days, said 'about three more rounds of the playoffs.' The Stars have reached the second round just twice since then, the last time in 2003. Dallas hasn't won multiple series in the same post-season since 2000, when it lost to New Jersey in the finals. The retired NHL great, whose 741 goals rank third on the career list, is a sentimental choice for Stars fans who remember Hull knocking in the Stanley Cup-winning goal in triple overtime against Buffalo in Game 6 of the 1999 finals.īut the Stars' recent playoff fortunes have been less rosy. 'We believe wholeheartedly that he can lead this team to where we want to go,' said Hull, who left the Stars for Detroit and won another Stanley Cup in 2001-02 before Tippett took over the next season.

With Dallas embarking on such an internal overhaul, one of Hull's first gestures as GM was to throw his support behind sixth-year Stars coach Dave Tippett, whose contract expires after the season. Cogen had the same role with the Rangers. The shake-up continued Wednesday with Stars president Jim Lites being replaced by Jeff Cogen, who was plucked from the front office of Hicks' baseball franchise, the Texas Rangers. The change came after the Stars' 7-7-3 start that followed three straight first-round playoff exits. Stars owner Tom Hicks fired Doug Armstrong on Tuesday and replaced him with Hull, added to the Dallas front office last year, and Les Jackson. 'We're going to get together and figure out the best way to make that happen.' 'You just can't snap your fingers and go, 'Let's be the Russians,'' Hull said Wednesday. DALLAS - Eight years after Brett Hull won the Stanley Cup for the Dallas Stars, his job is to find the players who can bring them another one.Īs the Stars' new interim co-general manager, count on the always-opinionated Hull being blunt about what the team needs.

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