(Credit: Logan Foust/Texas Stars) As Texas counts down the final games of the season, there is news from the infirmary of long-term injured Stars. Forwards Samu Tuomaala and Chase Wheatcroft are both done for the season with injuries sustained during the year. Tuomaala sustained a lower-body injury shortly after being acquired by the Stars in a trade that sent Christian Kyrou to Lehigh Valley via NHL parent club Philadelphia. He was seen in a walking boot shortly thereafter and has only just begun skating again. He had accumulated ten points in his sixteen games with Texas before the injury. Tuomaala is a restricted free agent after this season. Wheatcroft sustained a hand/wrist injury in December and had only amassed eight games played on the year with no points. He is also a restricted free agent after this season. The loss of both players was a tough blow as their experience and scoring touch would have been a boon to a roster that struggled to score at times without its top guns in...
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