{"id":443210,"date":"2024-07-01T15:51:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T19:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=443210"},"modified":"2024-07-01T15:51:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T19:51:33","slug":"dallas-stars-keep-young-defenceman-with-new-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/07\/01\/dallas-stars-keep-young-defenceman-with-new-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Stars Keep Young Defenceman With New Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/07\/01\/dallas-stars-forward-locked-in-to-new-deal\/\" target=\"_self\">Dallas Stars<\/a> are keeping one of their own. Defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lundkni01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nils Lundkvist<\/a> has a new contract to remain with the organization. He is locked in for the next season and has an AAV of\u00a0 $1.25 dollars. Lundkvist remains part of the plan and helps keep the injection of youth flowing in Dallas. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u270d\ufe0f We have signed Nils Lundkvist to a 1-year, $1.25 Million contract.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TexasHockey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TexasHockey<\/a>, Lundy!<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aNSvUKT8f5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/aNSvUKT8f5<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u2wvNZzy7u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/u2wvNZzy7u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; X &#8211; Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DallasStars\/status\/1807859276779573305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lundkvist\u2019s New Contract Keeps Him In Dallas <\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/nillji01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-06-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Nill<\/a> deservedly has won General Manager of the year two seasons in a row. He has done a tremendous job drafting over the years and has also done well supplementing the roster. One of the moves he\u2019s made over the years is trading for Lundkvist and acquiring him from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/07\/01\/8-year-nhl-veteran-signs-three-year-deal-with-new-york-rangers\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Rangers.<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Given how loaded the Rangers blueline is, the opportunity for Lundkvist to get significant ice time was not available. After coming over to the Stars, there is more opportunity for him to carve out a role for himself. He is a young player but worth investing into. That\u2019s why this Lundkvist contract makes sense for both sides. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Investing in Lundkvist is Wise for Dallas <\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lundkvist has only three years of NHL experience under his belt. However, ever since coming to the Stars, he has shown what he is capable of going. Lundkvist may not blow you away with his shutdown ability but he is gifted offensively and can be a boost on the back end. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">During the 2022-23 season, Lundkvist showed he was with acquiring. He went on to score six goals and have 16 points. In a similar amount of games played, he increased his production. Lundkvist went on to have a career high in points with 19 and 17 of them were assists. He was not always an everyday player, but he was showed that he belongs. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lundkvist is a young but promising talent and if given the opportunity he can be a solid depth defenceman on this contending roster. However, this is a prove-it deal for him.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\">Main Photo: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Stars are keeping one of their own. Defenceman Nils Lundkvist has a new contract to remain with the organization. He is locked in for the next season and has an AAV of\u00a0 $1.25 dollars. Lundkvist remains part of the plan and helps keep the injection of youth flowing in Dallas. \u270d\ufe0f We have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4194,"featured_media":443211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[6104,662,3281],"class_list":["post-443210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stars","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-dallas-stars-news","tag-nhl-free-agency","tag-nils-lundkvist"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443210","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\/4194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}