Jamie Oleksiak’s second stint for the Dallas Stars ended on Wednesday after his selection in the expansion draft. Oleksiak had consistent playing time during the 2020-21 season, registering 148 hits and a career-high 88 blocked shots. The 6-foot-7, 255-pound defenseman was drafted 14th overall by the Stars and spent parts of eight seasons in Dallas
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Jamie Oleksiak is set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer after his second stint with the Dallas Stars. It is unclear whether or not he will re-sign or find a new home, but it is likely that nothing will happen until the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft has concluded on July 21. This should
This shortened 56-game season was a unique one for many Dallas Stars players, including their captain Jamie Benn. Coming off of a dominant performance in the Edmonton bubble that led the team all the way to the Stanley Cup Final, Benn experienced ups and downs and a move to center that could ultimately change the
Roope Hintz was arguably the Dallas Stars’ best player in 2021. His speed and skill were noticeable on a nightly basis on his way to being a point-per-game contributor. He finished the season with 43 points in 41 games playing on the top line alongside Joe Pavelski and Jason Robertson. Oh, did I forget to
In his first season with the Dallas Stars in 2019-20, Joe Pavelski was a veteran presence who helped guide the team to become Western Conference champions. The lifelong San Jose Sharks forward’s slow start was not indicative of how he would finish the campaign, with 13 playoff goals, one less than he managed in the
The Dallas Stars are currently one Nashville Predators win away from being eliminated from playoff contention, not one year removed from their run to the Stanley Cup Final. A lot of their struggles this season will be attributed to their grueling schedule, which has featured 43 games in 76 days and a sprint to the
As the Dallas Stars are entering their final seven regular-season games, they face the most daunting stretch of contests thus far. After hosting their last home game of the year, they will play their remaining seven games on the road. With three of their final seven games being against the defending Stanley Cup champions, the
The Detroit Red Wings and Dallas Stars wrap up their season series by playing four games over the next six days. Dallas dominated in the first four meetings, outscoring the Wings 14-7 while posting a 3-1 record against Detroit. Over the last 10 games, the Stars have been the hottest team in the Discover Central
In a season where the Dallas Stars have struggled mightily to pick up points, young winger Denis Gurianov has been a spotlight of those struggles. The kid has only six goals in 33 games this season and does not appear to have the same confidence that he had in 2019-20. When he is playing well,
At some point, every NHL team believes they are in “win-now” mode. This means that they have the right balance of veterans and young players that are at a high-level of their game and believe that the next few seasons may be their best chance to make a deep run into the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Last season’s Stanley Cup Final featuring the champion Tampa Bay Lightning and the runner-up Dallas Stars was a close affair between two evenly matched teams. The team from Texas rode the hot production from talented blueliners to help create a varied attack that had teams guessing. The Bolts relied more on the forwards to get
We have reached the quarter-point of the season for the Dallas Stars, and it has been full of ups and downs. From a hot start followed by a losing streak to rescheduled games, the Stars have been challenged with plenty of adversity. Here is a look at what stood out and where they stand after
The Dallas Stars broke in the new season with an outbreak of COVID-19. The result was a two-week delay to the start of their season, as the NHL was forced to postpone the Stars’ first four games. Practice Makes Perfect What seemed, at the time, to be a serious detriment to the reigning Western Conference
On January 8th, the Dallas Stars announced that six players and two staff members had tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, the Stars training facilities were closed until this past Tuesday as the team continued testing players and staff members as well as conducting contact tracing. Along with not being able to practice for
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, there is news that Nikita Kucherov is dealing with a hip injury. What does this mean for the Tampa Bay Lightning’s salary cap issues? Are the Edmonton Oilers ready to add another left-shot defenseman? Who would they be looking for? The Dallas Stars will have fans in the stands to
Defenseman Jamie Oleksiak has developed into one of the most valuable pieces within the Dallas Stars organization. Appearing in every regular-season and postseason game for Victory Green, including two game-winning goals in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, 2019-20 was nothing short of a breakout campaign for the former first-round pick in 2011. So much so, aside
The last glimpse we saw of Dallas Stars hockey was watching the Tampa Bay Lightning skate the Stanley Cup. In what was already an unprecedented season for the NHL and sports world as a whole, it concluded with an effort from the boys in Victory Green that no one will soon forget. Today, aside from
The Dallas Stars are currently the loneliest team in the NHL. They are no strangers to rivalries, but each is several states away. No other NHL team resides in Texas nor in the surrounding states. In-state rivalries in hockey breed intense matchups. Look no further than the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins, the Los Angeles