"There is no joy in the following as much as there is relief -- the Dallas Stars are finally acknowledging they need Fort Worth. For the longest time, this organization desperately just wanted to be Dallas -- and just Dallas -- and it got away with it.

You knew there had been a seismic shift when the Stars hired Jim Lites back to be their team president in December, and he said to me, "We have to get back into Fort Worth."

Back?

Try start.

For far too long, this organization catered to the desires of the fans who lived in Dallas, mostly North Dallas, because that's all it needed to do. Perhaps with good reason. Maybe the Tarrant County folks weren't going, or watching.

With the team staring at a fourth consecutive playoff-less season, the organization can't discriminate. This organization desperately needs you to care even just a little, whether you live in Dallas, Fort Worth or Amarillo.

It works both ways -- if we are going to maintain our status as one of the top sports markets in the country, we need the Stars, too.

With a new owner, who still plays hockey and is a passionate NHL fan with ties to Fort Worth, a team that maybe got a little too big for its britches is firmly grasping an "everybody welcome" policy.

Vancouver businessman Tom Gaglardi has family in Burleson, including an uncle who started an apothecary shop there way back when."