Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023 revision of our top 50 Dallas Stars.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey, we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Dallas went to their second straight Western Conference Final, but the result was the same in a Final Four elimination.  Last year yielded one new entrant and four elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:

1. Mike Modano

2. Sergei Zubov

3. Jamie Benn

4. Marty Turco

5. Tyler Seguin

You can find the entire list here.

Regarding the top five, Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin, who are #3 and #5, respectively, could not move up the list, though both were close to doing so.

Defenseman Miro Heiskanen climbed to #25 from #33.

Another Defenseman, Esa Lindell, inched up two spots to #33.

Superstar forward and potential future Hart Trophy winner Jason Robertson rose to #35 from #37.

Left Wing Roope Hintz reached #37 from #42.

The now-retired Joe Pavelski hit his zenith on this list with a move from #49 to #39.

The only new entry is Goalie, Jake Oettinger.   He debuts at #50.

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Jake Oettinger was selected late in the First Round of the 2017 Draft and cut his teeth with Boston University, where he was their star Goalie.  He signed with the Stars in 2019 and debuted for Dallas in that year’s playoffs.

Oettinger played 29 Games for Dallas in 2020-21, and his 2.36 GAA proved that he was the Goalie of the future.  He has been their lead Goalie for the last three seasons, was fifth in Vezina voting in 2022-23, and went to his first All-Star Game last year.  He has also anchored the Stars to back-to-back Western Conference Finals.

As of this writing, Oettinger is entering his fifth season and can help Dallas win its second Stanley Cup.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022/23 revision of our top 50 Dallas Stars.

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Dallas had an excellent season, and made it to the Western Conference Final.  The year generated three new entries and multiple elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which had a new number five.:

1. Mike Modano

2. Sergei Zubov

3. Jamie Benn

4. Marty Turco

5. Tyler Seguin

You can find the entire list here.

Notably, Benn was unable to surpass Zubov for the #2 spot, and remains at #3.

Seguin made it to the top five, after being ranked #7 last year.

Defenseman, Miro Heiskanen, rocketed to #33 from #49. 

Another Defenseman, Esa Lindell, moved up five spots to #40.

The highest of the three debuts is Left Wing, Jason Robertson, who was a First Team All-Star last season.  He enters at #37.

Fellow Left Wing, Roope Hintz, makes his first appearance on the list at #42.

Veteran Center, Joe Pavelski, debuts at #45.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

In 2019, Joe Pavelski arrived as a Free Agent after spending 13 seasons in a San Jose Sharks uniform.  It was expected that the veteran would slow down, and in his first season, he scored only 31 Points in 67 Games, but in the playoffs, he became the first Star to record a hat trick.

Pavelski has been great for Dallas since, capped with a career-high 81 Points in 2012-22, followed by a 77-point year, his third-best season total.  He played one more season with the Stars, scoring 67 Points and helping them reach the Western Conference Finals, and that would end his hockey run.  Days after he turned 40, Pavelski retired, even though he still appeared to have plenty left in the tank.

The Dallas Stars nabbed Finnish Left Wing, Roope Hintz, in the Second Round of the 2015 Draft, and two years later, he left Scandinavia for the Stars and after a year in the AHL, he made the Dallas roster, and was a full-time NHL player by 2019/20.

Hintz gradually improved his game, and in 2020/21, he was a Point-per-Game Wing (43 Points in 41 Games) showing that he could be a budding All-Star in the future.  In the two seasons after, Hintz had 72 and 75 Points respectively, both of which seeing him light the lamp 37 times.  Last season, Hintz's production dropped to 60 Points, but was still a vital part of Dallas' run to the Western Conference Finals.

It is only a matter of time before he becomes an All-Star.

A high Second Round Pick in 2017, California’s Jason Robertson has shown to be one of the steals in that draft.

Robertson first made it to the Stars as a late callup in 2019/20, and though he did not play, absorbed knowledge during the Stars’ playoff run.  He was there to stay afterwards, finishing second for the Calder behind Minnesota’s Kirill Kaprizov, and the year after he scored 79 Points and led the league in Game-Winning Goals (11). 

Robertson had a huge breakout in 2022-23, finishing sixth in Points (109), and was a First Team All-Star.  The Left Wing was also fourth in Hart voting and led Dallas to a deep playoff run.   Last year, Robertson was not as strong with 80 Points, but as of this writing, Robertson is the top gun on Dallas, and should be for a long time to come.

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB.  Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives.  As such, it is important to us that the

Dallas Stars will be inducting Ed Belfour and Ken Hitchcock as their second franchise Hall of Fame class.

Ed Belfour played for Dallas from 1997 to 2002 where he backstopped the Stars to their first and only Stanley Cup in 1999.  A two-time Vezina Trophy winner in Chicago, Belfour won a William M. Jennings Trophy with the Stars and had an overall record for the Stars of 160-95-44.

Hitchcock took over as the Dallas Head Coach in 1995, and took them to three straight Conference Finals, two Stanley Cup Finals, and a championship in 1999.  He had an overall record with Dallas of 319-186-60-20.

Both Belfour and Hitchcock are members of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Bob Gainey and Derian Hatcher were named to the first class.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the impending members of the Dallas Stars Hall of Fame.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2021/22 revision of our top Dallas Stars.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Stars barely made the playoffs and were eliminated in the First Round.  There was only one new entrant to the top 50, and while there are three other active Stars on the list, only one saw their rank improve.

As always, we present our top five:

1. Mike Modano

2. Sergei Zubov

3. Jamie Benn

4. Marty Turco

5. Derian Hatcher

You can find the entire list here.

Benn, who was an active Star, was not able to overtake Zubov, who is a Hall of Famer for #2.  Notably, Tyler Seguin, who is also an Active Dallas Star, remained at #7.

Swedish Defenseman, John Klingberg, moved up two spots to #18.  This will be his apex, as he is now with Anaheim.

The lone new entry is Defenseman, Miro Heiskanen, who makes his first appearance at #49.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

All-Rookie player in 2018-19, Finnish Defenseman, Miro Heiskanen is living up to the hype that a Third Overall Pick should be.

Heiskanen, who has played five years for Dallas to date, has managed to score at least 30 Points in four of them, and had it not been for the COVID-shortened 2020-21 campaign, he would have made it five-for-five  Finishing 12^th in Norris voting in both 2019/20 and 2021/22, Heiskanen broke out offensively n 2022-23 with a 73 Point performance netting him a seventh-place Norris Trophy finish.  Last year, Heiskanen socred 54 Points.

Heiskanen has a lot more good hockey in him, and we think he will rocket up this list if he stays in Dallas.

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB.  Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives.  As such, it is news to us that the Dallas Stars have announced that they will be instituting a franchise Hall of Fame this year.

An official announcement will take place this August.

The Dallas Stars were first the Minnesota North Stars, an expansion team in 1967, and relocated to the Lone Star State in 1993.  It is unclear at this time if this Hall will acknowledge the team’s history in Minnesota though we suspect that will be the case, based on additional information mentioned below.

There will be two categories, the Player and Builder, with the criteria to qualify as follows.

Player Category

• Any skater who has played a minimum of 300 games with the Club, or
• Any goaltender who has played a minimum of 200 games with the Club, or
• Any skater or goaltender who has won the Stanley Cup or a major NHL Award during their tenure with the Dallas Stars.
• Must demonstrate exceptional attributes in the areas of playing ability, sportsmanship, character and contributions to the Dallas Stars Hockey Club.
• Must not have played in a professional or international game during the previous one (1) season prior to election

Builder Category

• Must have been employed by the Club for a minimum of 10 years, or
• Has won the Stanley Cup or a major NHL Award during their tenure with the Dallas Stars.
• Must demonstrate exceptional attributes in coaching, managerial or executive ability, or ability in another significant off-ice role, sportsmanship, character and contributions to the Dallas Stars Hockey Club and to the game of hockey in general.
• May be active or inactive at the time of his/her election.

The announcement stated that all players who have had their numbers retired would be automatically included.  This indicates that Neal Broten, Bill Goldsworthy, Mike Modano, Bill Masterton, Jere Lehtinen and Sergei Zubov will be part of the inaugural class, and with Brote and Goldsworthy, the Minnesota chapter should be recognized.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com are thrilled with this impending Hall of Fame, and we can’t wait to see what they have in store. 

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2021-22 revision of our top 50 Dallas Stars.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the NHL. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Please note, that this is our first revision in in the last three years, and it has resulted in two new entries some significant rises.

As always, we present our top five immediately:

1. Mike Modano

2. Sergei Zubov

3. Jamie Benn

4. Marty Turco

5. Derian Hatcher

You can find the entire list here.

The top five sees a change with Benn climbing from #5 to #3.

Five-time All-Star and current Stars Center, Tyler Seguin, climbs from #19 to #7.

Defenseman, John Klingberg, makes a huge climb from #48 to #18.

Defenseman, Esa Lindell and Right Wing, Alexander Radulov, enter at #40 and #50 respectively.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

From Finland, Esa Lindell was a Third Round pick in 2012, and the Defenseman would make his way to the United States two years later.  After two years in the AHL, Lindell made it to the Dallas Stars, where he remains today.

A big man at over 6’ 3”, Lindell rarely draws penalties, and can anchor a power play when called upon.  Excellent on the offensive rush, Lindell has not yet received national acclaim for his work, only receiving Norris votes twice, peaking with an eleventh-place finish in 2019-20.  In terms of Defensive Point Shares, Lindell has been in the top ten four times, and led the NHL in that advanced metric in 2018-19. 

As of this writing, the criminally underrated Lindell is still with Dallas and should rise on this list.

Jere Lehtinen was easily one of the unsung heroes of the Dallas Stars run to the Stanley Cup but considering he played all 14 of his seasons in Texas, the team clearly knew what they had.

Derian Hatcher was not the type of Defenseman who was going to light the lamp on a regular basis but he was the type of blueliner who was going to keep you from doing it.

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB. Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players and executive.  As such, it is news to us that Dallas Stars have announced that they will be retiring the number #56 of Sergei Zubov next season.

This announcement follows Zubov’s Hockey Hall of Fame selection this summer.  

The Defenseman would join the Stars after being traded from the Pittsburgh Penguins before the 1996-97 Season, and he would stay there until he left the NHL after the 2007-08 campaign.  With Dallas, Zubov would go to three All-Star Games, and would be chosen as a Second Team All-Star in 2005-06.  The Russian blueliner would finish in the top ten in Assists three times and he would lead the NHL in Defensive Point Shares in 2000-01.  He was a vital member of Dallas’ Stanley Cup win in 1999.

As a Star, he would play in 839 Games with 549 Points and a Plus/Minus of +109.

This makes Zubov the second former Dallas Star player to have his number retired.  He joins Neal Broten (#7), Bill Goldsworthy (#8), Mike Modano (#9), Bill Masterton (#19) and Jere Lehtinen (#26).

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Sergei Zubov for earning this honor.

We know…this process of developing the Top 50 All-time of every major franchise is taking us some time, but we aren’t on a time limit are we?

We here now completed the top 50 for the Dallas Stars.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey we look at the following:

1. 1. Advanced Statistics, such as Cori and Point Shares.

2. 2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League

3. 3. Playoff accomplishment.

4. 4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Remember, this is ONLY based on what a player does on that particular team and not what he accomplished elsewhere and also note that we have placed an increased importance on the first two categories.

This list is updated up until the end of the 2017-18 Season.

The complete list can be found here, but as always we announce our top five in our news. They are:

1. Mike Modano

2. Sergei Zubov

3. Marty Turco

4. Derian Hatcher

5. Jamie Benn

So which team is up next?

We go back to the diamond and look at the top 50 Kansas City Royals of all time.

Look for that in a couple of months.

As always, we here at Notinhalloffame.com thank you for your support.

Drafted 10th overall in the 1979 Draft, Tom McCarthy would quickly reach the pros and he would be named an All Star in the 1983 season when he posted a career high 79 Points.  While he was not an All Star the next year he would however light the lamp 39 times, also a career high.  A bout of Bells Palsy would cost McCarthy the bulk of the 85-86 season and he wasn’t really the same player after that.  Still Tom McCarthy would record 333 Points for the Minnesota North Stars for a .86 Points per Game Average.

The best run of Barry Gibbs’ career was easily the five and a half seasons where he played for Minnesota.  Gibbs was a bit of an undisciplined blueliner early in his North Stars tenure but he would put together two straight 30 Point seasons where he also reduced his costly penalties that had impeded him earlier in his career.  For his efforts, he would be named an All Star in 1973.

Alex Gologoski won a Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins (2009) prior to being traded to the Dallas Stars but it was in the Lone Star State where he would post his biggest individual numbers.  Gologoski was never known to light the lamp but he was a solid playmaker providing Dallas with five straight 20 Assist seasons.

Craig Ludwig was brought into the then named Minnesota North Stars to provide a veteran presence in the blueline, which was exactly what he provided them for over 500 Games.