Let’s say it again: The loss of Jason Dickinson stings for Dallas Stars fans. And it helps very little to know that Dickie’s decampment to the Vancouver Canucks was a last-resort move for GM Jim Nill – a trade he only committed to because he was out of forward protection slots and he knew the Seattle Kraken would laser-target the former first-rounder in the expansion draft.
But that move left the NHL’s newest franchise with few options as the clock ticks toward the big event on Wednesday, July 21. The Athletic’s Saad Yousuf goes over the details of how a busy weekend kind of snowballed in his latest post:
The real drama for Dallas came in the 48 hours leading up to the deadline.