Heading into the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, there was a certain calmness surrounding the Dallas Stars.
A number of hits with different draft picks going back to 2015 has given the organization a nice, young core of NHLers, including Miro Heiskanen, Roope Hintz, Jason Robertson, Denis Gurianov and Jake Oettinger. They also have Thomas Harley, Ty Dellandrea and Mavrik Bourque waiting in the wings, and a number of interesting support pieces in Rhett Gardner, Nick Caamano, Riley Damiani, Adam Mascherin, Fredrik Karlström, Oskar Bäck, Jacob Peterson and others.
With a future that was already shaping up to look deep and balanced, the Stars entered the 2021 draft without any glaring needs, giving the organization some flexibility with how they wanted to operate.