In the midst of a lost season, perhaps the most disappointing in franchise history, the Dallas Stars became sellers at the NHL’s annual trade deadline on March 1st.
The Stars sold rugged defenseman Jordie Benn to Montreal in exchange for misguided prospect Greg Pateryn; unloaded looming free agent rearguard Johnny Oduya to Chicago (where the former Olympic silver medalist is in his third stint with the Blackhawks) for former first-rounder Mark McNeill and a conditional Draft pick in 2018.
As far as forwards go, Patrick Eaves was sent off to Anaheim for a second-round Draft pick in 2017 (which will become a first-round pick if Anaheim qualifies for the Western Conference Final), and Lauri Korpikoski was dealt to the upstart Blue Jackets for future NHLer Dillon Heatherington.