As chaos ensues around the future of one franchise that calls American Airlines Center home, the other showed signs of hope. With protesters lining the PNC Plaza steps into Sunday evening to speak out against the Mavericks’ big trade Saturday,

Getting a first-rounder in return is a great bit of business for the Sharks, especially without any salary retention (since San Jose has all three spots filled). Granlund and Ceci both came to San Jose as salary dumps, and the Sharks managed to turn them into something that should help push their rebuilding process along.

So, did you hear about the big trade on Saturday? No, not that trade. But judging from the reaction of Dallas basketball fans to Saturday night’s news, maybe the work of the Dallas Stars‘ general manager (GM) will be enough to get them to watch a team on the ice rather than a team on the court.