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Dallas Stars: Five Best Defensive Partners For John Klingberg

On June 16th, 2016, the Dallas Stars and Arizona Coyotes agreed to a trade that sent a 2016 fifth-round NHL Draft pick to Glendale in exchange for defenseman Alex Goligoski, a trade that has since altered the Dallas blueline in ways no one saw coming before.

Not only did the Stars lack the offensive talents of the puck-moving lefty from Grand Rapids, Minnesota, but they failed to supply superstar defenseman John Klingberg with a replacement for his complimentary blueliner.

In losing Goligoski, they essentially lost the John Klingberg we know from the past two seasons: one that accumulated Calder and Norris votes in subsequent years and took the Metroplex by storm.