Dallas Stars fans know a great deal about Miro Heiskanen’s value to a team that plans to win it all. And ever since the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs, the rest of the NHL has been forced to reckon with the force of nature he has become in two short years with the big team.
With the last year of his entry-level contract approaching, it’s no secret that Miro is going to get paid. That, like Heiskanen himself, is as inevitable as the tide. The big questions remaining are a) how much, and b) what percentage of the cap space his new salary will represent.