The Stars have become accustomed to success, but keep falling short in the playoffs. There was one move they needed to make ...

Lia Assimakopoulos of the Dallas Morning News: The Dallas Stars have under $5 million in salary cap space and six players to sign. They do have some options to clear out some salary.

It has been a busy summer for the Dallas Stars, with multiple moves made in an attempt to return to hockey glory. One stands out as the best.

With Marchment gone, however, this has changed. The Stars did not retain salary in that deal. As a result, they opened up $4.5 million in cap space. This gives Dallas some needed breathing room.

As The Fourth Period’s David Pagnotta reported, the Stars are focusing on creating salary cap space for additional trades. “The Stars have limited themselves on any additional moves.

That’s when the Stars signed Dumba to a two-year deal worth $3.75 million per season. The Penguins are not competing, so picking up the second-round pick to take on a cap dump is a smart move.

The Dallas Stars just made the first big salary-clearing move, trading Mason Marchment to Seattle and freeing up $4.5 million in cap space, a key step after re-signing Matt Duchene to a $4.5 ...

Additionally, Pavelski did the Stars a solid by taking a $3.5 million cap hit for next season and allowing the rest of his money to come on an easily attainable performance bonus, which can roll ...

sports Stars Dallas Stars could still improve with these moves at NHL trade deadline Dallas is tight against the salary cap, so it will need to make any potential maneuvers count.