General manager Jim Nill and the Dallas Stars took another step forward in avoiding arbitration altogether this offseason.
On Wednesday morning, the Stars announced that they reached an agreement with forward Mattias Janmark. The new contract, which is for one year and carries an AAV of $2.3 million, leaves Gemel Smith as the only Dallas free agent yet to sign a new contract. Though Smith is a qualified restricted free agent, his arbitration hearing is scheduled for August 1.
But as we’ve seen with Devin Shore and now with Janmark, the Stars will likely work persistently in getting a new deal done and overstepping arbitration for a sixth straight summer in the Nill era.