Of the 26 players on the Dallas Stars roster, 8 were drafted, 12 were acquired via trade and 6 were signed as free agents.



Draft (8)

Colton Sceviour, RW: 4th round (112th overall) 2007 NHL Draft.

Jamie Benn, LW: 5th round (129th overall) 2007 NHL Draft.

Patrik Nemeth, D: 2nd round (41st overall) 2010 NHL Draft.

John Klingberg, D: 5th round (131st overall) 2010 NHL Draft.

Jamie Oleksiak, D: 1st round (14th overall) 2011 NHL Draft.

Brett Ritchie, RW: 2nd round (44th overall) 2011 NHL Draft.

Radek Faksa, C: 1st round (13th overall) 2012 NHL Draft.

Valeri Nichushkin, RW: 1st round (10th overall) 2013 NHL Draft.



Trade (12)

Kari Lehtonen, G: Acquired from Atlanta in exchange for defenseman Ivan Vishnevskiy and a fourth-round pick in 2010. (2/9/10)

Alex Goligoski, D: Acquired from Pittsburgh in exchange for left wing James Neal and defenseman Matt Niskanen. (2/21/11)

Cody Eakin, C: Acquired from Washington along with a second-round pick in 2012 in exchange for center Mike Ribeiro. (6/22/12)

Tyler Seguin, C: Acquired from Boston along with center Rich Peverley and defenseman Ryan Button in exchange for forwards Loui Eriksson, Reilly Smith, Matt Fraser and defenseman Joe Morrow. (7/4/13)

Jason Spezza, C: Acquired from Ottawa along with left wing Ludwig Karlsson in exchange for forwards Alex Chiasson, Alex Guptill, Nick Paul and a second-round draft pick in 2015. (7/1/14)

Travis Moen, LW: Acquired from Montreal in exchange for defenseman Sergei Gonchar (11/11/14)

Jason Demers, D: Acquired from San Jose in exchange for defenseman Brenden Dillon and a third-round pick in 2016. (11/21/2014)

Mattias Janmark, C: Acquired from Detroit along with D Mattias Backman and a second-round pick in 2015 in exchange for Erik Cole and a conditional third-round pick in 2015. (3/1/15)

Antti Niemi, G: Acquired from San Jose for a seventh-round pick in 2015. (6/27/15)

Patrick Sharp, RW: Acquired from Chicago along with defenseman Stephen Johns in exchange for defenseman Trevor Daley and forward Ryan Garbutt. (7/10/15)

Stephen Johns, D: Acquired from Chicago along with forward Patrick Sharp in exchange for defenseman Trevor Daley and forward Ryan Garbutt. (7/10/15)

Kris Russell, D: Acquired from Calgary in exchange for defenseman Jyrki Jokipakka, forward Brett Pollock and a conditional second-round pick in 2016 (2/29/16).



Free Agency (6)

Vernon Fiddler, C: Signed as a free agent on July 1, 2011.

Jordie Benn, D: Signed as a free agent on July 1, 2011.

Antoine Roussel, LW: Signed as a free agent on July 2, 2012.

Ales Hemsky, RW: Signed as a free agent on July 1, 2014.

Patrick Eaves, RW: Signed as a free agent on July 1, 2014.

Johnny Oduya, D: Signed as a free agent on July 15, 2015.

Of the 25 players on the Minnesota roster, 8 were drafted, 5 were acquired via trade, 9 were signed as free agents and 3 were claimed off waivers.



Draft (8)

Mikko Koivu, C: 1st round (6th overall) 2001 NHL Draft.

Marco Scandella, D: 2nd round (55th overall) 2008 NHL Draft.

Darcy Kuemper, G: 6th round (161st overall) 2009 NHL Draft.

Erik Haula, C: 7th round (182nd overall) 2009 NHL Draft.

Mikael Granlund, C: 1st round (9th overall) 2010 NHL Draft.

Jason Zucker, LW: 2nd round (59th overall) 2010 NHL Draft.

Jonas Brodin, D: 1st round (10th overall) 2011 NHL Draft.

Matt Dumba, D: 1st round (7th overall) 2012 NHL Draft.



Trade (5)

Charlie Coyle, C: Acquired from San Jose with Devin Setoguchi and a 2011 first-round pick in exchange for D Brent Burns and a 2012 second-round pick. (6/24/11)

Jason Pominville, RW: Acquired: from Buffalo along with 2014 fourth-round pick in exchange for G Matt Hackett, LW Johan Larsson, a 2013 first-round pick and 2014 second-round pick. (4/3/13)

Nino Niederreiter, RW: Acquired from the New York Islanders in exchange for F Cal Clutterbuck and a 2013 third-round draft pick. (6/30/13).

Devan Dubnyk, G: Acquired from Arizona in exchange for a third-round pick in 2015. (1/14/15)

David Jones, LW: Acquired from Calgary in exchange for G Niklas Backstrom and a sixth-round pick in 2016. (2/29/16)



Free Agency (9)

Jared Spurgeon, D: Signed as a free agent on September 22, 2010.

Justin Fontaine, RW: Signed as a free agent on April 9, 2011.

Zach Parise, LW: Signed as a free agent on July 4, 2012.

Ryan Suter, D: Signed as a free agent on July 4, 2012.

Christian Folin, D: Signed as a free agent on March 31, 2014.

Thomas Vanek, LW: Signed as a free agent on July 1, 2014.

Jordan Schroeder, C: Signed as a free agent on July 11, 2014.

Ryan Carter, LW: Signed as a free agent on October 6, 2014.

Zac Dalpe, C: Signed as free agent on July 1, 2015.



Waivers (3)

Nate Prosser, D: Claimed off waivers from St. Louis on October 2, 2014.

Chris Porter, LW: Claimed off waivers from St. Louis on October 1, 2015.

Jarret Stoll, C: Claimed off waivers from New York Rangers on December 15, 2015.



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