{"id":139416,"date":"2023-07-24T18:58:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T22:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=139416"},"modified":"2023-07-24T18:58:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T22:58:28","slug":"general-manager-dallas-stars-jim-nill-re-signs-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/07\/24\/general-manager-dallas-stars-jim-nill-re-signs-contract-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"The General Manager for the Dallas Stars Jim Nill Re-Signs a Contract Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Stars<\/a> franchise has announced that General Manager Jim Nill<\/a> re-signs with the club. The two-year contract extends the General Manager of the Year through to the 2025-26 season. This is a deserving reward for Nill who has taken the organization to big heights.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/DallasStars\/status\/1683492234895785985<\/p>\n

The Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill Re-Signs With the Club<\/h2>\n

Jim Nill played for five teams through the 1980s before getting into management. He began his front-office career soon after retirement. By 1994, he had been working in scouting for the Ottawa Senators<\/a> for three years. At that time the Detroit Red Wings<\/a> availed of his services. He worked with the Wings in scouting and player development. He is at least partially credited with the prospects that would help Detroit win four Stanley Cups from 1997 through 2008. Finally, he has been GM of the Stars going back to April 2013.\u00a0 Since joining the club, he has brought the team much success.<\/p>\n

What Has Jim Nill Meant to the Dallas Stars Organization?<\/h3>\n

Jim Nill has been able to supplant his stamp onto the organization. There have been many tactical trades, including for<\/a> Sergei Gonchar<\/a> or Tyler Seguin<\/a>. These are the type of moves that turn his team into a perennial contender. They captured a scoring title when Jamie Benn<\/a> won the Art Ross<\/a> in 2014-15. Furthermore, they have plenty of team success. This past campaign they made it to game six of the Western Conference Finals, only to lose to the eventual Stanley Cup Champion Vegas Golden Knights. Also, only back in 2019-20, they made it to the Finals but were downed by the Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a>.\u00a0 However, perhaps most noteworthy under Nill\u2019s tenure was the team\u2019s 2017, franchise-altering draft. That year they managed to select Miro Heiskanen<\/a> (3rd), Jake Oettinger<\/a> (26th), and Jason Robertson<\/a> (39th). Each of them has developed into nearly a franchise player in their own rights.<\/p>\n

Whether it is in all the moves Nill has made or the success of his team. Jim Nill is definitely being properly recognized for all his career efforts in this as he signs his extension. He has been a very respected figure in NHL player development for a very long time. In addition, his work with the Stars, and their core group of players, have made them a contender.<\/p>\n

Main Photo: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Stars franchise has announced that General Manager Jim Nill re-signs with the club. The two-year contract extends the General Manager of the Year through to the 2025-26 season. This is a deserving reward for Nill who has taken the organization to big heights. https:\/\/twitter.com\/DallasStars\/status\/1683492234895785985 The Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill Re-Signs With […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4222,"featured_media":139417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,4547,34,4548],"tags":[102,1570,1575,2326],"class_list":["post-139416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stars","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-dallas-stars","tag-jason-robertson","tag-jim-nill","tag-sergei-gonchar"],"modified_by":"Levi Pike, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}