2022 Texas Stars Offseason Player Tracker

SEASON SYNOPSIS

The Texas Stars didn’t have the best showing during the 2021-22 season, posting a record of 32-28-6-6 and placing fifth in the Central Division. However, they were often able to bounce back and never let a big loss demoralize them. Plus, their 20.6% success rate on the power play made them a bit of a bear to deal with while up a man. 

With the expanded postseason, the Stars were able to squeak into the 2022 Calder Cup Playoffs with a few percentage points above the Iowa Wild. Unfortunately, they were swept in a best-of-three series against the Rockford IceHogs. Forward Fredrick Karlstrom scored the lone Stars goal of the series. 

Karlstrom might have been the Stars standout skater in the playoffs, but Anthony Louis was a positive consistent force during the regular season. In 66 games, Louis tallied 55 points (24g, 31a) and 11 power play goals. He finished the seasons first on the team in goals, points, and power play goals. 

Despite seven different netminders suiting up for the Stars, Adam Scheel was the only one who met the 1300 minutes required to be a qualified goaltender. Scheel boasted a 11-10-7 record and 2.91 goals against average for the 2021-22 season. 

However, it was newcomer Matt Murray who helped carry the Stars into a playoff spot. After signing an amateur tryout agreement on April 5, Murray won five of the six games he played with a 1.68 GAA and .947 sv%. In the final week of the season, Scheel was named AHL Player of the Week, earning his first professional shutout and stopping 101 of 103 shots he faced. During the playoffs, he held the IceHogs to three goals in two games. 

(List accurate as of September 14th at 11:40am CT)

UNDER CONTRACT AND RE-SIGNINGS

Forwards

• Oskar Back – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract
• Riley Damiani – Last year of entry-level contract
• Ty Dellandrea – Last year of entry-level contract
• Rhett Gardner – Last year of NHL contract
• Tanner Kero – Last year of NHL contract
• Curtis McKenzie – Last year of AHL contract
• Nicholas Caamano – Signed one-year, two-way NHL contract on June 13
• Fredrik Karlström – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract extension on June 14
• Riley Tufte – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract extension on June 30
• Marian Studenic – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract extension on July 13
• Jordan Kawaguchi – Signed a one-year AHL contract on August 1

Defensemen

• Dawson Barteaux – Last year of entry-level contract
• Thomas Harley – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract
• Jerad Rosburg – Last year of NHL contract
• Alex Petrovic – Signed a one-year, two-way contract extension on June 7
• Joseph Cecconi – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract extension on June 28
• Ryan Shea – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract extension on June 29
• Ben Gleason – Signed a one-year, two-way contract extension on July 29
• Michael Karow – Signed a one-year AHL contract on August 16

Goaltenders

• Adam Scheel – Last year of two-year entry-level contract
• Matt Murray – Signed two-year AHL contract extension on July 19

NEW ADDITIONS

Forwards

• Antonio Stranges – Signed a three-year, entry-level contract on March 1 (played with the London Knights of the OHL in 2021-22)
• Fredrik Olofsson – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract on May 18 (played for IK Oskarshamn of the SHL in 2021-22)
• Matej Blümel – Signed a two-year, entry-level contract on June 6 (played for HC Dynamo Pardubice of Czechia in 2021-22)
• Riley Barber – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract on July 14 (played for the Grand Rapids Griffins in 2021-22)
• Ryan Dmowski – Signed a one-year AHL contract on August 4 (played for the Hershey Bears and ECHL’s South Carolina Stingrays & Idaho Steelheads in 2021-22)
• Justin Ducharme – Signed a one-year AHL contract on August 10 (played for the Laval Rocket and ECHL’s Trois-Rivières Lions in 2021-22)

Defensemen

• Will Butcher – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract on July 22 (played for Buffalo in 2021-22)
• Owen Headrick – Signed a one-year AHL contract on August 24 (played for the Syracuse Crunch and University of Prince Edward Island of USports in 2021-22)
• Nils Lundkvist – Acquired from the New York Rangers by Dallas for a conditional first-round pick (2023 NHL Draft) and conditional fourth-round pick (2025 NHL Draft)

Goaltenders

• Rémi Poirier – Signed a three-year, entry-level contract on March 10 (played for the Gatineau Olympiques in 2021-22)

DEPARTURES

Forwards

• Jérémy Grégoire – Signed a one-year contract with Vienna Capitals of the ICEHL on June 20
• Joel L’Esperance – Signed a two-year AHL contract with Grand Rapids on July 13
• Anthony Louis  – Signed a one-year contract with Barys Nur-Sultan of the KHL on July 15
• Josh Melnick – Signed a one-year AHL contract with Chicago Wolves on July 18
• Yauheni Aksiantsiuk – Signed a one-year contract with Amur Khabarovsk of the KHL on July 27 (placed on unconditional waivers by Dallas for purpose of terminating his contract on July 23)

Defensemen

• Max Martin – Signed an ECHL contract with the Greenville Swamp Rabbits on September 2

Goaltenders

• Matt Jurusik – Signed a two-year contract with Kunlun Red Star of the KHL on August 7
• Colton Point – Signed a one-year, two-way AHL contract with Bakersfield on September 14
• Jake Oettinger – Signed one-way, three-year NHL contract on September 1 (will be starting goalie for Dallas in 2022-23)

(Special thanks to CapFriendly and Elite Prospects for all the contract terms and definitions for this offseason player tracker!)

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Other 2022 AHL Off Season Trackers :

Pacific

• Abbotsford Canucks

• Bakersfield Condors

• Calgary Wranglers

• Coachella Valley Firebirds

• Colorado Eagles

• Henderson Silver Knights

• Ontario Reign

• San Diego Gulls

• San Jose Barracuda

• Tucson Roadrunners

 

Central

• Chicago Wolves

• Grand Rapids Griffins

• Iowa Wild

• Manitoba Moose

• Milwaukee Admirals

• Rockford IceHogs

• Texas Stars

 

North

• Belleville Senators

• Cleveland Monsters

• Laval Rocket

• Rochester Americans

• Syracuse Crunch

• Toronto Marlies

• Utica Comets

 

Atlantic

• Bridgeport Islanders

• Charlotte Checkers

• Hartford Wolf Pack

• Hershey Bears

• Lehigh Valley Phantoms

• Providence Bruins

• Springfield Thunderbirds

• Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins