Dallas Stars Offseason - 2019-08-04
After the dust has settled in the Season 3 offseason we can see the make of the team and their projected path back from medoicrity to relevance could be a couple more tough seasons ahead.
The stars completed 7 offseason trades in which they changed the foundation of the squad moving forward.
Out
Johnny Gaudreau
Cody Franson
Ryan Strome
David Farrance
Jack Drury
Aaron Dell
Robin Lehner
Hampus Lindholm
IN
Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Patrik Hornqvist
Jiri Hudler
Kevin Labanc
Jonas Gadjovich
Clearly the message is what it means. Confusion, Desperation, Loss of Answers, Change of pace
The stars who boast one of the youngest organizations in the CCHL decided to grab some Vets to help coach their young guns to a brighter future. Losing Gaudreau who is still on the younger side is a thorn that will hurt for many years to come but would have been on the decline once the rest of the young guns reached their potential. "We wanted to build it together as a core same age group and move forward with their talents. It will easily be a 3-5 yr plan in which we are comfortable taking."
The team was also very greatful to land some 1st round pick in the coming seasons to stock the shelves some more. "The more we can stock our shelves the better it will be when we are ready to compete and need to flip a body or two for another superstar"
Free Agency came and gone and Dallas remained on the quiet side trying to fill in the gaps. They were able to ful fill some holes in their lineup.
Joachim Blichfield, Sebastien Repo & Jonathan Mcleod are filling out the minor league roster and see if they can milk out any type of talent they have left before making their decision to sign them long term or letting them go.
Their only meaningful signing was Jay Boumeester who signed a 2 yr 3.8 million dollar deal who should be paired up with Vlasic as the top shutdown duo this coming season.
The Lineup is starting to take shape for opening night. They will feature again another young squad getting their reps, earning their keep as they move forward. They have been projected for a bottom 5 finish and that means they are going to take their licks day in and day out. But with Dallas holding their 1st round pick could mean a possibilty of landing Kakko.
Here is the projected opening day lineup
Kyle Connor Kailer Yammamoto Kevin Labanc (THE KKK line)
Christian Dvorak Cody Glass Anthony Mantha (The ACC line)
Jakub Vrana Devin Shore Jakub Voracek (The JV shore line)
Jiri Hudler Jake Evans Patrick Hornqvist (The PJ go to sleep line)
On Defence
Marc-Edouard Vlasic Shea Theodore
Jay Boumeester Thomas Chabot
Josh Morrissey Josh Gorges
Starter
Devan Dubnyk
Backup
Sergei Varlamov