The Stars have been quiet on the first day of Free Agency, but not complacent. The club added two defenseman today: Swiss defenseman Severin Blindenbacher, who signed a one-year deal, and Jace Coyle, who inked a three-year contract. Coyle will be at the Development Camp the Stars are holding in Frisco, which began today....
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Dallas confirmed the signing of Krys Barch earlier today, but also announced they extended forward Francis Wathier’s contract for two more years. Wathier made his debut with the Dallas Stars last season, playing in five games and recording four shots and five penalty minutes. The big winger played most of the season with the...
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The Dallas Morning News’ Mike Heika is reporting that the Dallas Stars have signed enforcer/gritty-winger Krys Barch to a two-year extension worth $1.675 million. Here is what his post this morning said: Stars assistant GM Frank Provenzano just confirmed that the two sides have agreed to terms on a two-year contract extension for tough...
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In their final pick of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft (unless a trade this afternoon gives them another one), the Dallas Stars took yet another defenseman. With their 5th round pick, the 131st overall, Dallas took John Klingberg and made him the 2nd Swedish defenseman of the day and the 3rd blueliner selected on...
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In the 4th round, Dallas used the pick they received from Colorado (originally from the Los Angeles Kings) to take another defenseman. The Stars picked up Canadian defensemen Alex Theriau. The young blueliner played in the WHL for the last couple of years, and has a lot of upside; he’s touted as a good...
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The Stars traded their 3rd (71st overall) round pick to Colorado for the Avalanche’s 3rd (77th overall) and 4th (109th overall) round picks. With only four picks in the final rounds (2nd – 7th), this was a smart move. It gave the Stars more picks and at this stage, you’re not drafting for a...
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With their 2nd round pick (41st overall), the Stars picked up a talented European defenseman in Patrik Nemeth from Sweden. There was a lot of criticism by fans for passing on several top-ranked blueliners when they made their first round pick of Jack Campbell yesterday, but this pick should help ease some of the...
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Special thanks to “jenswessling” of Flickr for use of the photo of Jack Campbell. The Dallas Stars decided that goaltender Jack Campbell was too good to pass up when he fell to them at the 11th pick, and passed on several highly-touted young defensemen to name the young netminder their first-round pick. Campbell, who...
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The Dallas Stars announced their regular season schedule for the 2010-2011 season today. The Stars have also provided a nice breakdown of the schedule by the numbers. That’s in the press release below. Click the link in order to download a graphical version of the schedule: Stars_2010_2011_schedule *** FRISCO, Tex. — The Dallas Stars...
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The Dallas Stars announced their pre-season schedule today, and it looks pretty familiar. Once again, the Stars will be facing the St. Louis Blues, the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Colorado Avalanche. Dallas played all of those teams last year in the pre-season. This year, however, the Stars will face the Avalanche in three...
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