With the trade deadline getting closer, the Dallas Stars seem to be getting serious about acquiring a top-six forward to boost the team’s secondary scoring. But when it comes to the assets required to make such a trade, GM Jim Nill seems to be a bit hesitant about trading the team’s first round pick:
”They’re so valuable,” Nill said. “If you’re doing it, you’re doing it for the right asset. You’re always open to doing anything, any type of trade. But it’s got to be for the right asset.”
Nill has never traded a first rounder, excluding the time the Stars moved up in the 2017 first round to select goaltender Jake Oettinger.