Dallas Stars Greatest 100 Players of All-Time; 100 to 91

In honor of the NHL’s worldwide centennial celebration of the 100 greatest players in league history, we at Blackout Dallas have taken a turn at this. The top 100 Dallas Stars of all-time.

In the short history of the Dallas Stars, not many players have been remembered as historically elite talents. From the 1993-94 move from up north to today, only 310 players have suited up in the green, black, or white jerseys the Stars have since dawned.

Being such a new franchise in relative terms, this list could seem a tad bit exaggerated or overplayed, but to commemorate the National Hockey League’s centennial celebration of honoring the 100 greatest players in League history, it seems all too fitting.

As Mike Modano, Joe Nieuwendyk, and Brett Hull – arguably the three most integral players from the Stars’ 1999 Cup team were named to the NHL’s Top 100 – we figured it would be right to commemorate the unsung heroes of the club we love.

So, here we are. To note, some of these players made it in based on their effectiveness in their role, some due to pure skill on and off of the Dallas Stars, and some thanks to becoming a true icon within the DFW Metroplex.

(oh, and, sorry about this, Greg Hawgood, Keith Aldridge, or Dan Kesa, you failed to make the list).

#100 – DEFENSEMAN, JON KLEMM

Jon Klemm enjoyed a 13-year span of blue-line consistency with a slight scoring touch, totaling a serviceable 142 points (42 goals, 100 assists) in his NHL career before retiring as a member of the Los Angeles Kings. Klemm played 172 of his 773 NHL games with the Stars, with seven goals and 13 helpers.

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#98 – DEFENSEMAN, BRENDEN DILLON

Brenden Dillon can be recalled mostly as the young, large defenseman the Stars dealt to San Jose for a year and a half of Jason Demers‘ services, however the 6’3″ native of Westminster, British Columbia ate up 149 games with Dallas prior to being sent off.

The formerly undrafted Dillon, who helped the Sharks in their bid for the Cup last season, collected nine goals and 17 assists in his time with the Stars.

#97 – FORWARD, SERGEI MAKAROV

If you heard about a former Calder Trophy winner who won two Olympic Gold medals and scored 384 points in his Hockey Hall of Fame tenure, you would most likely wonder how he got to be only 97th on this list. Well, Sergei Makarov fits that description, but only played four of his 424 NHL games on the Dallas Stars, which means he could only squeeze him out to here.

Makarov’s claim to fame was his career in his home country of Russia, where seven times he surpassed 60 single-season points for CSKA Moscow.

#96 – DEFENSEMAN, MARK TINORDI

Mark Tinordi followed the Minnesota North Stars to Dallas at the beginning of the 1993-1994 season, which happened to be the rearguard’s only season in Big D, one in which Tinordi tallied six goals and 12 assists after three years of 28-or-more points in Minnesota. Tinordi retired as a Washington Capital, the club he spent his final five NHL seasons with.