Mike Heika, Stars beat writer for SportsDayDFW.com and The Dallas Morning News, answered your questions about the team in a live chat recently. Here are some highlights:

Last year the P.K. Subban trade came out of nowhere. Do you think there are any other No. 1 defensemen who could be on the market that Dallas could pursue?

Heika: The one guy I would be watching is Oliver Ekman-Larsson in Arizona. He is 25 and can become an unrestricted free agent in two seasons. There is a very good chance he doesn't want to re-sign with the Coyotes because the rebuild could be too long and difficult. Plus, there is always so much uncertainty with that organization.

Arizona needs him to sell tickets, so they probably want to keep him, keep trying to re-sign him, and wait until the last minute to trade him if they are forced to trade him.

But if you blew them away with an offer of draft picks and prospects, I think you could pry him out of there. A deal for Arizona now is smart because it could help the rebuild get started that much earlier.

It would be a high price, but that is a No. 1 defenseman who I think will be traded at some point.

Mike Mike Mike. Saw your tweets about Ovechkin and the Stars. I'm kind of surprised the Stars wouldn't take a chance on him. He definitely needs a fresh start and teams can always use someone who can score. Is the asking price too much or do you think Dallas just wants no part of him whatsoever?

Heika: I think the cost effectiveness doesn't work for what Dallas wants to do going forward. If Ovechkin is making $10 million a season, and Jamie Benn is making $9 million, you probably can't pay Tyler Seguin when he needs a new deal in two years. And the guess is they think they are better with a 25-year-old Tyler Seguin than with a 31-year-old Alex Ovechkin.

Mike! Way to kill my vibes about Ovechkin. Say they were to try to get him. What do you think the asking price would be?

Heika: I'm not sure what the market is because he makes $10 million a season for the next four seasons. He's an incredible talent, but he just doesn't seem to be the right fit in Dallas.

I'm not sure where he is the right fit, but that's what will determine the trade value. If you really think he can help push you over the top right now, you'll give something of value up (just like teams at the trade deadline would do). I don't think the Stars would even consider an offer at this point.

Tyler Seguin is going to have Jamie Benn, an all-around beast. Do you think Jason Spezza needs more of an offensive threat as a linemate or more of a defensive player?

Heika: I think he had a good mix two years ago with Janmark, Sharp and Nichushkin in rotation. He needs good two-way players who can help him on defense and can still convert his passes offensively. Janmark was the perfect fit, because he had the speed to get loose on the wing, and he had the discipline to come back and play defense (even as a center) in the defensive zone.

If Janmark is healthy, I really think the third man will fit no matter what. If he's not, it could be a challenge to find the right wingers for Spezza.

Why do the not exploit Jamie's shot on the right side more except on the power play? We see Vladimir Tarasenko, Steven Stamkos, Claude Giroux and Alexander Ovechkin all scoring one timers on their opposite side frequently away from the power play. With Jamie's shot you'd think it be more of an even strength strategy.

Heika: Jamie just has never really been a one-timer guy. I haven't studied it enough to see if it is a weakness, but he has a very strong and accurate wrister, so I think that's what they want to see from him on the power play.

Plus, Tyler Seguin's main weapon of choice is the one-timer, so they try to use that on the left side. Seguin is their Stamkos, Ovechkin, Giroux.

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