Sometimes you see an idea and have to steal it.



That’s what happened after reading about the Sedin Cup that our colleagues at The Athletic Vancouver conducted.



We don’t have twins to name a trophy after, but we can still steal the idea and try to draft the best possible Dallas Stars teams of the salary-cap era.



Here are the rules. Sean and Saad will each draft a 23-man, cap-compliant roster from Stars players who have played for Dallas since the 2005-06 season. We’ll pick a player specific to the year, and that player will have both their on-ice impact of that year as well their cap hit. Once a player is selected from one year, they are completely unavailable.



For example, once Jamie Benn is selected from, oh say, 2014-15, no one else can select a different version of Benn. Both rosters have to be above the cap floor ($60.2 million) and below the ceiling ($81.5) from the 2019-20 season. Entry-level contracts are also counted at...