Between Dallas and Texas, the Stars are certainly stocked up on defense. They added to that today with an AHL contract for defenseman Matt Mangene. The 27-year old New York native is re-joining Texas for his second full season. He was a utility man at times for Texas last year but managed to pick up 41 games in a Texas sweater.
Now, Texas features a mess of defensemen including Esa Lindell (who could easily be in Dallas as well), Julius Honka, Niklas Hansson, Mattias Backman, Ludwig Bystrom, Nick Ebert, Andrew Bodnarchuk, Dustin Stevenson and Brandon Anselmini. That's nine plus Mangene for an even 10.