(Credit: Andy Nietupski/Texas Stars) This isn't going to be 10,000 words on the topic, but I wanted to get it on the record and out of my head before the announcement of who is actually selected comes through. The Stars have had a surge of play recently, despite their last two game this week against Coachella Valley. Since their sweep of Milwaukee in December, Texas really turned things around. They started the season up to that point 8-13-3-1 and barely ambulatory in the race for a playoff spot.  Since and including the sweep, they're 7-5, including the two rough games this week against CV. A lot of things have gone right for them to get there. The power play is improved, for example. They're scoring more, etc. etc. But the important thing to note is that there is no way, absolutely no way that the Stars make it to December 19th with those 8 wins and 4 OT/SO points without the stellar play of Remi Poirier. This week he started to get his flowers in an official way with a r...