(Credit: Andy Nietupski/Texas Stars) What do you say at the end of a season like this one? It's rather strange to be happy at the way it turned out when the result is a first round exit, but we have to play the expectations game. Dallas' first round exit was a disappointment. Texas' was a success. It's all relative. You've heard it a million times already, but let's make it 1,000,001 just for old time's sake. These Texas Stars were not the same team that went to the Western Conference Final last May. The roster had massive turnover, as you always do when you succeed. Matěj Blümel, Justin Hryckowian, Alex Petrovic, Kyle Capobianco and even Arttu Hyry at the end of the year. They all found somewhere else to ply their trade. It's what you want to see from your development team, but those leaders and scoring were hard to replace. Their head coach took his first NHL job, and a new face entered the coach's office for the first time since 2021 when Max Fort...