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The Dallas Stars’ front office are big fans of Mattias Janmark, and Janmark very much enjoys playing in Dallas. So why was he only signed to a one-year deal on Wednesday?:
Wallen entered negotiations looking for a two- or three-year deal for his client, something that would bridge him into unrestricted free agency. But Wallen wasn’t able to get the financial commitment he was looking for with lingering concerns about Janmark’s genetic disorder, Osteochondritis Dissecans, and the surgically repaired knee that caused him to miss all of the 2016-17 season.