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Internally, the expectation is the franchise’s first championship since 2011, but the status of being the team to beat isn’t there.
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The Milford, Connecticut, native is 13-5-2 with a 2.45 goals-against average and .916 save percentage in 21 games (20 starts) with New York.
Tanev, 34, gives the Stars some much-needed depth not only on the penalty kill but defensively 5-on-5 to try to get through the gauntlet that is the playoffs in the West.