Potential Deadline Targets for the Dallas Stars Jordan Dix | January 8, 2016 The NHL trade deadline (February 29th) is rapidly approaching and the buyers and sellers of the league are becoming more clear as the season goes on. The Dallas Stars will…
Dallas Extends GM Jim Nill for Five Years Dustin Nelson | January 8, 2016 The Dallas Stars are expected to announce a five-year contract extension for general manager Jim Nill on Friday, according to Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News. A five-year extension…
How Was Your Favorite Team Built? – Central Division Jordan Dix | December 9, 2015 Teams these days are built mainly through three areas; Trades, free agency and the draft with some waiver claims here and there. The common thought is to build through the…
Dallas Stars GM Jim Nill’s Five Best Moves in Big D Taylor Raglin | December 1, 2015 These days, if you were to argue that Dallas Stars GM Jim Nill was the best in the business at his job, you may not find many debate partners. Since…
The Stars Blue Line Logjam Matt Pryor | November 6, 2015 Jim Nill is General Manager of the Dallas Stars. He’s also a former NHL player, skating on the right wing through 524 games with five teams. This season, he’ll add…
Hockey Fights Cancer has Special Meaning in Dallas Ed Sarno | October 26, 2015 The next time to you feel like whining about the weather, traffic or other trivial every day life inconveniences consider how Bekki Nill might respond. Bekki Nill, wife of Stars’…
Something to Prove: Dallas Stars on Contract Years Jordan Dix | October 8, 2015 As we continue to draw even closer to opening night, it is time to look at some contract situations that could have implications on the upcoming season. The “contract year”.…
Dallas Stars Coaches Are a Harbinger of Team’s Future Tabatha Patterson | September 12, 2015 There is a bigger story behind every NHL team than what we see firsthand. The Stars recently released their offseason video, On Headset In-Game With the Dallas Stars Coaches, giving…
No Man Is an Island, Not Even Jim Nill Matt Pryor | September 2, 2015 “No man is an island,” wrote John Donne. Jim Nill would probably agree with the poet. The Dallas Stars GM’s deals in each of the last three summers have been…
Building a Stanley Cup Champion: Stars Construction Update Matt Pryor | August 17, 2015 In what is rapidly becoming a summertime tradition, General Manager Jim Nill and the Dallas Stars had another great July, acquiring winger Patrick Sharp and defense prospect Stephen Johns from…
5 Reasons Stars Management is Having NHL’s Best Offseason Ed Sarno | July 20, 2015 After missing the playoffs for the first time in his last eleven years managing NHL teams, Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill is clearly determined to make sure it doesn’t…