For the Stars and general manager Jim Nill, a few key decisions are on the horizon as Dallas rides a four-game win streak with the trade deadline three weeks away.
Does Nill add a scorer to help the third-worst offense in the NHL? Who is that scorer? And, maybe most importantly, what are the Stars giving up? Typically, trades for top-six forwards have included draft picks, prospects and sometimes rostered players.
Last year, first-round picks were parts of packages for players like Rick Nash, Derick Brassard, Ryan Hartman, Paul Stastny and Tomas Tatar. Of the last six picks in the first round of the 2018 draft, five were traded away during the season.