Jim Nill has said it before and he'll say it again: You can never have too many defensemen.
The Stars general manager went through that ordeal last year, when Dallas played 14 defensemen during the regular season, and nine in the playoffs. The Stars made four trades to acquire defensemen, and are now preparing their depth in the offseason.
Dallas signed defenseman Andrej Sekera (one year, $1.5 million with $500,000 in possible bonuses) after he was bought out by Edmonton when NHL free agency opened last week, a move that came after re-signing Roman Polak (one year, $1.