Jim Nill had to make a tough decision Friday - give up a potential franchise-level player to help his team now via trade or trust that his scouts are right about Miro Heiskanen and Jake Oettinger.
He chose the latter.
That means that free agency could be much more important for the Stars general manager.
Dallas still would love to get a left-handed defenseman to play beside either John Klingberg or Julius Honka, and many believed that Nill’s best opportunity was to use some combination of the third and 29th picks in the NHL’s entry draft.