The Dallas Stars were already out Stephen Johns, Marc Methot, and Connor Carrick, but then the unthinkable happened and John Klingberg went down.
Shortly after that, Roman Polak got sick, and suddenly the Stars were playing the 12th guy on the depth chart because there were also injuries at the AHL level.
The Stars made the choice to go out and trade for an older defenseman who had some experience as a little bit of extra help that wouldn’t have a serious impact on their salary cap, and that guy was Taylor Fedun.