One of the problems holding the Dallas Stars back from being a successful team in recent years has been the lack of draft success from the Joe Nieuwendyk era.
There have been some hits, of course, but the big misses have weighed the Stars down. The lone exception was the 2012 NHL draft.
Ludwig Bystrom has been a pillar for the Texas Stars over the years. Radek Faksa and Esa Lindell are already certified NHL regulars. And then there’s Gemel Smith.
Smith spent a brief amount of time in the ECHL two seasons ago.