In a lot of ways, the Dallas Stars look like a team that could be a legitimate Stanley Cup contender.
Up front, the duo of Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin stacks up well against just about anybody; both players finished inside the top 10 of NHL scorers in 2013-14. A whole layer of secondary scoring the team didn’t have a year ago was gained over the summer with the additions of Jason Spezza and Ales Hemsky. The supporting cast up front is largely made up of proven veterans. In net, Kari Lehtonen provides the team with above-average goaltending.
And then there’s the defence. Only three of the club’s eight rearguards have appeared in more than 150 NHL games, and one of those is Sergei Gonchar, who will turn 41 years old two days after Dallas’ final regular-season game in 2014-15. It’s a group bereft of marquee talent, with Alex Goligoski and Trevor Daley filling the top two slots.
That’s why the signing last week of Brenden Dillon to a one-year contract was so crucial for the Stars.
Dallas, a team without an abundance of cap space, forced these negotiations to th ...
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Dirt Cheap Brenden Dillon Critical to Dallas Stars’ 2015 Stanley Cup Hopes
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