Mike Heika, Stars beat writer for SportsDayDFW.com and The Dallas Morning News, answered questions about the team during a live chat recently. Here are some highlights:
Which guys entering contract years do you think are most important to have long term?
Heika: Jim Nill has done a great job of arranging his contracts so that there is a lot of control going forward. Tyler Seguin has two years left, and he probably needs an extension before the 2018-19 season, so you could say he has the most on the line before next summer, but there still is the wiggle room of not having to get a deal done until the summer of 2019.