The Dallas Stars leapfrogged the Vancouver Canucks in the draft lottery and grabbed the third overall selection in the 2017 Entry Draft, selecting defenceman Miro Heiskanen before the Canucks could.
Whether the Canucks would have picked Heiskanen at the same place or not will be a deep mystery, but it’s no mystery that the Canucks missed a defenseman last year in their 82-game struggle.
Longtime Vancouver blueliner Dan Hamhuis is going into his second season this year of being a Star and will make $3.75 million and have a modified no trade clause protection.