Dallas Stars Off-Season Recap

[Dallas Stars]

After a heart-breaking loss in the Stanley Cup Finals to the Philadelphia Flyers, it was back to the drawing board for the Dallas Stars. The Stars GM looked over the roster and noticed a few holes the organization were missing. The biggest hole was our 2nd line Center position. While Tyler Bozak was an adequate fill-in for the first season, we wanted to improve that spot. The GM went out and acquired one of the best, young, two-way Centers available in Ryan O'Reilly. His contract is more than we'd hoped ($2M more than Tavares....). However, a 1-2 punch of Tavares-O'Reilly is one of the best, young tandem in the OGSHL. Giving up a promising Winger in Kyle Okposo was difficult, but with his injury-prone status, we decided it was worth the risk. With Okposo on the move, we were now missing a top six Winger. We shipped out Mr. Mediocre himself - Tyler Bozak - for speedy Swede, Carl Hagelin, and a 2nd Round pick in 2016. Hagelin should see solid time in Anaheim, and possibly even play with one of the best duos in the league - Getzlaf+Perry. The Stars made a few other trades this off-season - notably acquiring then shipping out Shea Weber - and we feel as though we've gained salary space, youth, and draft picks while staying as one of the top competing teams.

Here's a summary all of all the moves by the Stars:

TRADE #1:

DAL sends:
Chris Bigras - Prospect
Jimmy Hayes - 68OV
Toby Enstrom - 71OV

TOR sends:
Jason Demers - 70OV
James Wisniewski - 75OV
Martin Hanzal - 70OV

TRADE #2:

DAL sends:
Sam Morin - Prospect
Anton Forsberg - Prospect
Melker Karlsson - 64OV
Stars 2016 2nd Round Pick

SJS sends:
Shea Weber - 80OV

TRADE #3:

DAL sends:
Wisniewski - 74OV
Grossman - 70OV
Tlusty - 67OV
DAL 3rd 2016

CAR sends:
Russell - 75OV
Bouma - 67OV
CAR 2nd 2016

TRADE #4:

DAL sends:
Kyle Okposo - 73OV
Jaccob Slavin - Prospect

NYR sends:
Ryan O'Reilly - 75OV

TRADE #5:

DAL sends:
Tyler Bozak - 71OV

EDM sends:
EDM 2nd 2016
Carl Hagelin - 68OV

TRADE #6:

DAL sends:
Shea Weber - 80OV

MIN sends:
Olli Maatta - 72OV
Alex Burrows - 66OV
MIN 1st 2016
Spencer Watson - Prospect

TRADE #7:

DAL sends:
Jason Demers - 70OV

COL sends:
COL 2nd 2016
Connor Bleackley - Prospect

2015 Off-Season Summary:

IN:
Olli Maatta
Ryan O'Reilly
Carl Hagelin
Kris Russell
Martin Hanzal
Lance Bouma
Alex Burrows
Connor Bleackley
Spencer Watson
MIN 1st 2016
EDM 2nd 2016
COL 2nd 2016
CAR 2nd 2016

OUT:
Tyler Bozak
Kyle Okposo
Jaccob Slavin
Chris Bigras
Jimmy Hayes
Toby Enstrom
Niklas Grossman
Jiri Tlusty
Sam Morin
Anton Forsberg
Melker Karlsson
DAL 2nd 2016
DAL 3rd 2016

2016 Starting Line-Up:

Van Riemsdyk - Tavares - Landeskog
Silfverberg - O'Reilly - Simmonds
Gagner - Hanzal - Hagelin
Bouma - Lowry - Burrows

E. Johnson - Russell
Maatta - M. Stuart
Sbisa - Zidlicky

Bobrovsky
Darling