While Steve Payne may not have been the most elite forward in Minnesota North Stars history, he was one of the more clutch performers in the teams lore.  Payne would have six consecutive 50 Point seasons where he would also post a pair of All Star seasons.  He would represent Minnesota twice in the All Star Game.  Spine injuries would force him to retire before the age of 30 and it prematurely ended a career that was spent entirely with the North Stars.

Dave Gagner would prove to blossom as a Minnesota North Star where he would score 70 points five seasons in a row.  The move to Dallas saw Gagner net another 60 Point season.  The decade that Gagne spent as a North Star/Star was by far the most productive of his career and he averaged .88 Points per Game.  This may have occurred during the highest scoring period in the NHL but is still impressive regardless of the era.  Gagner was named an All Star in 1991.

A tough and athletic Defenceman, Trevor Daley played over 700 Games with the Dallas Stars providing toughness and leadership, everything you want in a hockey player.  Daley was never an All Star caliber player but his overall play and lengthy tenure warrants him this place on the list.

Prior to arriving in Dallas, Joe Nieuwendyk was already a proven winner with the Calgary Flames.  In Calgary he was a Calder Trophy Winner, a King Clancy Winner, a two time 50 Goal scorer and a Stanley Cup Champion.  He would repeat the latter with Dallas.

The number one draft pick in 1978 did not disappoint, as Bobby Smith would promptly win the Calder Trophy as the NHL’s top rookie.  Smith would prove to be an excellent playmaker tallying over 70 Points in his first five seasons as a North Star.  This included a 114 Point season in the 1981-82 season, enough for eighth overall in the league.

An excellent two way player who played 835 of his 991 Games in the NHL with the Dallas Stars, Brenden Morrow was one of the top locker room leaders in franchise history.  Morrow would take over the captaincy from Mike Modano, and while he wasn’t the scorer that Modano was, he was very efficient with his shot selection twice finishing in the top three in shot percentage.  The Saskatchewan native would exceed 50 points three times including a 74 Point campaign in the 2007-08 Season.  He would accrue 528 Points with a Plus/Minus of 102 over his thirteen years as a Star.

One of the most prolific defensive forwards in modern hockey, Jere Lehtinen was a three time winner of the Frank J. Selke Trophy and a runner up for the award once.  Lehtinen’s entire NHL career was spent with the Dallas Stars tallying 514 Points with a Plus/Minus of 176.  A vital part of the 1999 Stanley Cup win, Lehtinen was named an All Star the year previous.  Dallas retired his jersey in the 2017/18 season.

After three uneventful seasons with the Boston Bruins where he struggled to find playing time, Bill Goldsworthy first made heads turn in the 1967-68 post season where he led in Goals and Points.  Now a bona fide starter with the North Stars, Goldsworthy would net 30 or more Goals in six of seven seasons finishing as high as 48 in the 1973-74 campaign.  The four time All Star would become a fan favorite with his “Goldy Shuffle”, a celebration that he showcased after he scored a goal, essentially a precursor to the modern celebrations of today.

Kari Lehtonen may not have had the playoff success that other Dallas Stars Goalies have had, but he hasn’t exactly had the support that other franchise backstops have enjoyed either.

As of this writing, Tyler Seguin has completed 11 seasons for the Dallas Stars, which was befitting of a former second overall draft pick.  Dallas didn’t originally draft Seguin as it was a trade from Boston that brought him, but from what he has accomplished thus far in the Lone Star State, chances are that the Bruins would love to have him back.

With the exception of a year playing for the Birmingham Bulls in the World Hockey Association Craig Hartsburg played his entire professional career with the Minnesota North Stars.  In those ten seasons, he was the team captain for seven of them providing dependable two way hockey from the blueline position.  Hartsburg would have four seasons where he went over 50 Points and he finished 4th in Norris Trophy voting in the 1981-82 season.  Hip problems would force him to retire early at the age of 30 and he would begin his coaching career as an assistant with Minnesota the following year.

There was a lot of pressure on Brian Bellows who entered the National Hockey League as the second overall pick in the 1982 Draft.  The North Stars traded a lot to move up to get him and some had compared him to Wayne Gretzky.

From undrafted to the Hockey Hall of Fame.  How can you not love the story of Dino Ciccarelli?  Luckily for the Minnesota North Stars, they signed him after he was passed over by everyone in the draft.

A member of the famed U.S. 1980 Olympic Gold Medal winning team, Neal Broten would later make history as the first American born player to crack the 100 Point total in a season.  Arguably one of the best American players of the 1980’s, Broten would score 867 Points over his Minnesota/Dallas career and would average more than a Point per Game in five seasons.  He would also represent the North Stars in two All Star Games.  The team retired his number 7 in 1998.

In the late 1990’s the Dallas Stars put together a defensive unit that propelled them into contenders for the Stanley Cup, a trophy they would win in 1999.  Darryl Sydor was a member of that “big four” of blueliners (also including Sergei Zuboz, Derian Hatcher and Richard Matviachuk) and while playing for Dallas Sydor would have four seasons where he had over 45 Points while still providing rock solid defense.  Sydor was also named an All Star in back-to-back seasons in 1998 and 1999. 

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Not only is Mike Modano the greatest Dallas Star of all-time, he is one of the best American born players ever. 

The younger brother of U.S. Hockey Hall of Famer Kevin Hatcher, Derian Hatcher was the leader of the Stars defensive corps for years. 

An excellent stickhandling Goalie, Marty Turco played nine seasons with Dallas after being an elite NCAA player with the Michigan Wolverines.  Turco would have a 262-154-63 record with Dallas and never had a losing season and would also twice lead the NHL in Goals Against Average in Save Percentage, the second of which was good enough to earn him a Second Team All Star slot and a runner-up for the Vezina. 

Sergei Zubov accomplished quite a lot in the National Hockey League yet is it safe to say that he has been slightly undervalued?

What a gem of a 5th Round Pick Jamie Benn has turned out to be!