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,

The Dallas Stars have acquired center Mikael Granlund and defenseman Cody Ceci from the San Jose Sharks in the latest in a flurry of trades around the NHL.

SAN JOSE – One day after seeing Mikael Granlund and Cody Ceci get traded to the Dallas Stars, an already thinned-out San Jose Sharks team was forced to pick up the pieces Sunday and figure out the best way forward without their leading scorer and arguably their best defensive defenseman.