Roope Hintz had an outstanding season last year and he’s been fantastic so far this pre-season, but the Dallas Stars would need to shuffle some players around to make space for him.
The Stars are looking at a situation in which they have 15 forwards on one-way contracts and not enough roster spaces for all of them, let alone someone on a two-way ELC like Hintz.
Martin Hanzal will start the year on injured reserve, which pushes one decision down the road until later this fall. That’s nice to start with, but it’s only a temporary solution.