The Dallas Stars have extended qualifying offers to six players, while five players have not been qualified and will become unrestricted free agents on July 1. Radek Faksa, Patrik Nemeth, Jamie Oleksiak, Brett Ritchie, and Gemel Smith have all been qualified and will likely sign with Dallas this summer. Matej Stransky was also qualified, but […]
Dallas Stars sign Esa Lindell to two-year, $4.4 million contract extension
The Dallas Stars have signed restricted free agent Esa Lindell to a two-year, $4.4 million contract extension. It’s a nice raise and a bridge deal of sorts for a player that carried a cap hit of $745,833 last season and served most of the 2016-17 season on the top defensive pairing next to John Klingberg. […]
Final notes from Chicago: Early success, news on Nichushkin, and 2018 draft in Dallas
CHICAGO — Greetings from the Midway International Airport where I’m waiting for a flight back to Texas after the NHL Entry Draft. As a quick recap, the Dallas Stars had one of the more successful drafts here in Chicago. The Stars snagged the No. 1 target on their draft board, Miro Heiskanen, with the third-overall […]
Quick scouting reports on the Dallas Stars final four picks in the 2017 draft
The Dallas Stars closed out the draft by selecting three centers and a goalie in the final four rounds. The final four picks aren’t big names and this draft will ultimately be graded on the success of the first three picks (Miro Heiskanen, Jake Oettinger, and Jason Robertson), but the final four players all showed […]
Dallas Stars happy to draft Jason Robertson, a first-round talent in second round
CHICAGO — The Dallas Stars went into the second round of the NHL Entry Draft with a firm belief they’d still be able to draft a first-round talent with 39th overall pick. Turns out they were right after picking Kingston Frotenacs left wing Jason Robertson, a scoring winger that had 42 goals and 81 points […]
Dallas Stars select Jason Robertson with the No. 39 pick
CHICAGO — The Dallas Stars picked left wing Jason Robertson with the eighth pick of the second round (No. 39 overall) on Saturday morning. A high-scoring winger from the Kingston Frontenacs, Robertson is a bit of a steal for Dallas at No. 39. He was projected as a late-first round pick, but concerns about his […]