With the return to healthy of Radek Faksa, Brett Ritchie, and Tyler Pitlick, the Dallas Stars found themselves carrying 14 healthy forwards all of a sudden. Even with the (hopeful) return of Marc Methot to the lineup after missing a few games with the ever-enlightening “lower body injury”, the Stars didn’t need to free up a roster space. After all, 14 forwards, 7 blueliners and 2 goaltenders gives the team the maximum 23 active roster players allowed at any given time at the NHL level.
However, with their road trip down to just one game left before returning home again on Saturday, the Stars can bank away some cap space for the trade deadline by carrying just 13 healthy forwards on the roster.