Ray Whitney News

There will surely be teams that pass on these veterans due to their high-risk status.

Most every hockey fan has visited CapGeek to see who is getting paid what and for how long.

There is no shortage of opinions on former Rangers coach John Tortorella out there, and most of them are not positive.

Dallas Stars right wing Jaromir Jagr skates in the Nashville Predators zone during the second period at the American Airlines Center on March 12, 2013.

Their continued employment elsewhere is not keeping names like Dave Tippett and Dan Bylsma out of coach-search rumor mills.

My first reaction to this was woah, that came out of left field in a hurry. We gave up a 6th round pick for the sole-rights to negotiate with Gonchar.

"Honestly, winning is my No. 1 priority, and I feel this team has good chance to win," said Gonchar, who Monday signed a two-year contract with the Stars after Dallas acquired his rights from Ottawa on Saturday.

The Dallas Stars got an early jump on the free agency period by acquiring the rights to defenseman Sergei Gonchar on Friday.

The Dallas Stars were in playoff contention for much of the year, leading up to the trade deadline, but after shedding some veterans, they stumbled late, and five straight losses to end the season made it five consecutive seasons out of the playoffs.

Michael Ryder is known as a pure sniper, but is he? Let's take a look at his goals in 2013, starting with the ones he scored as a Dallas Star.

After the ending of the 2012 NHL lockout Dallas Stars fans were among the most eager of NHL fans to see the productivity that the Dallas Stars would have in the 2012-2013 season.

As a pair of Game 7s played out in the Western Conference Tuesday and Wednesday, maybe the most sobering byproduct for Stars fans was how unfamiliar it was to view that level of competition.

One of the Stars big free-agent signings from last summer, Whitney continued to prove that age is only a number when it comes to being an elite playmaker.

I wrote this the day the Stars traded Derek Roy to Vancouver and Jaromir Jagr to Boston, and it seems worthy of revisiting this morning.

Glen Gulutzan couldn't end the longest playoff drought in franchise history for the Dallas Stars and the second-year coach didn't hold the option on the remaining season in his contract.

DALLAS STARS ROSTER ANALYSIS: With another season completed, Stars beat writer Mike Heika took a look at the team's roster to determine what we should expect of each player in 2013-14 Alex Chiasson has no plans of playing in the AHL next season.