I’ve covered the Dallas Stars for 12 seasons now, and one thing I know with 100% confidence as the trade deadline approaches is that the moves being considered by general manager Jim Nill aren’t usually leaked too far in advance of it actually happening. Nill runs a pretty tight-lipped team, with few moves widely known before the deal is done.
It’s a pattern Nill has had his entire tenure in Big D.
Tyler Seguin? Came completely out of nowhere, surprising most of us over the July 4th holiday nearly a decade ago. Nils Lundkvist? Interest from the Stars reportedly came almost a year before the trade was made, and nary a peep was seen about it until the team traded for the young defenseman early this season.