Dallas Stars: Three Players They Might Deal Before Trade Deadline
By Josh Clark
The NHL trade deadline is just hours away now, and the Dallas Stars are more than likely preparing to sell hard. Who might be packing up their bags and departing from Big D?
The trade deadline is always an exciting time for NHL fans. Maybe their team is on the buying side and looking to make a run. Or maybe their team is selling and looking to add to their future. Either way, there’s a silver lining for everyone. That’s what makes it exciting.
For the Dallas Stars, this is shaping up to be one of their most active deadlines in recent memory. With the Stars (24-28-10) sitting nine points out of the final wild card spot in the Western Conference at the moment, the writing is on the wall: it just isn’t their year.
It’s been quite the treacherous fall from the graceful position they inhabited last season at the top of the West. But I guess that’s how hockey goes. It’s the ultimate roll of the dice and anything can happen in a given season.
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Considering their current predicament, everyone is expecting the Stars to sell and prepare for the future. And they already got a jump on doing so on Friday when they traded Patrick Eaves to the Anaheim Ducks.
They have plenty of pending free agents who could be used as solid rentals for a team trying to make a run. In return, Dallas could pick up some skilled prospects and future draft picks, or they could even find a way to fish out a big name player that could make immediate improvements on their roster.
But who exactly might the Dallas Stars be planning to ship out at this point? There are plenty of names being tossed around, but Jim Nill is a patient GM and will not do anything out of haste.
Still, here are a couple of names that may have already played their last game in Victory Green. With the trade deadline scheduled for Wednesday, Mar. 1, the Stars have a lot of work to get done in 48 hours.