$19,820,001. That’s approximately how much the Dallas Stars owned in cap space before the free agency frenzy began.
It’s a good place for any team to stand going into an offseason, especially a team in need of change. Dallas missed the playoffs for a second straight year in 2017-18, further boasting the question regarding what was wrong with the team.
General manager Jim Nill has never missed the postseason in consecutive seasons since joining Dallas. And for a GM that is already accustomed to making big changes in the offseason regardless of the previous season’s outcome, the 2018 summer became even more uncertain.