Big Questions Facing Dallas, Los Angeles and Minnesota for the 2023-24 Season!

On today's Western Conference Tuesday edition of Locked on NHL, Seth Toupal and Nick Morgan continue their Big Questions series with Western Conference teams heading into the 2023-24 season. First up is the Dallas Stars. The biggest questions facing the Stars this season is how they will handle injuries after an extremely healthy season in 2022-23. The Stars do have tremendous depth so they should be set depending on who misses games and how long they are out. Nick also wonders if players like Jamie Benn, Joe Pavelski and Tyler Seguin can replicate their 2022-23 seasons or if some regression will be in store. On the Los Angeles Kings side, both Seth and Nick wonder if the Kings have addressed their goalie situation enough to be legitimate contenders in the West. After being linked to several goalies in the offseason, including Connor Hellebuyck, can Cam Talbot pair with Pheonix Copley to form an effective duo? Will they readdress their goalie situation during the season? And for the Minnesota Wild, Nick wonders why the Wild aren't maneuvering the dead cap hits to try to cultivate their roster around Kirill Kaprizov and Matt Boldy. Seth wonders if this is the season that carrying the buyouts around is finally too big of a hurdle for the Wild to make the playoffs. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Jase Medical - Save more than $360 by getting these lifesaving antibiotics with Jase Medical plus an additional $20 off by using code LOCKEDON at checkout on jasemedical.com.  FanDuel - Make Every Moment More. Right now, NEW customers can bet FIVE DOLLARS and get TWO HUNDRED in BONUS BETS - GUARANTEED. Visit FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON to get started. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices