Glen Gulutzan didn’t shy away from his past when introduced as the Dallas Stars’ new head coach at American Airlines Center on Wednesday morning. In fact, he joked about it. “Twelve years ago, Jim actually sent me on a reconnaissance mission and that was up through western Canada — Vancouver,

Gulutzan spent the last seven seasons with Edmonton where the Oilers qualified for the postseason in six of the seven years and reached the Stanley Cup Final in each of the last two

It was still a bit surreal for Gulutzan to be back in the Stars’ home arena, where he was a first-time NHL head coach in his early 40s, and only about six weeks after being in the opposing locker room following Edmonton’s loss in Game 1 of the West Final.