You didn't have to wait long last night to get some good news- About eight minutes, in fact, as the Dallas Stars poured three goals on a shocked St. Louis Blues team early en route to a 4-1 win.

(Lose to Buffalo, beat the Rangers? Lose to Colorado, win IN St. Louis? ... But, I digress...)

There was accompanying good news off the ice- Where Tyler Seguin, Patrick Eaves and Ales Hemsky have brought only sorrow, Patrik Nemeth offers an oft-beleaguered blue-line hope in the form of his imminent return.

Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News had this bit of heraldry Tuesday evening...

Patrik Nemeth (lacerated arm) is scheduled to join Texas Stars for Friday game in Rochester and start to make his push to return to NHL. — Mike Heika (@MikeHeika) February 18, 2015

And he followed it up with some quotes from the happy d-man himself, who is quite pleased to see his season get a second chance.

"I can do everything," Nemeth told Heika. "James has pushed me pretty hard. Now, it's just a matter of getting back in and playing a real game and seeing the game and making the right reads. I have to get into game condition, but I feel pretty good. I think it's more getting up to speed in reading the game."

So he is physically ready and able, which is exciting. A stint with the Texas Stars now awaits, and then Jim Nill will have a choice to make with his blue line in the next week or two.

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