{"id":46846,"date":"2019-06-06T12:57:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T16:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=46846"},"modified":"2020-12-26T16:33:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T21:33:24","slug":"roman-polak-re-sign-with-dallas-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/06\/06\/roman-polak-re-sign-with-dallas-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman Polak Re-Signs With Dallas Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/stars\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dallas Stars<\/a> have re-signed free agent defenceman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/polakro01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roman Polak<\/a><\/strong> to a one-year contract worth $1.75 million. This contract carries him through the 2019-202 season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Roman Polak signs a $1.75M, one-year extension with Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reporterchris\/status\/1136672319617884161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/polakro01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roman Polak<\/a> Returns to Dallas<\/h1>\n<p>Over his 13 -year NHL career Polak\u00a0has played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/blues\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Louis Blues<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/maple-leafs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/sharks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Jose Sharks<\/a>\u00a0and Dallas Stars. He has put up 26\u00a0goals and 110\u00a0assists for 136\u00a0career points in 765\u00a0career games. Polak has also picked up four assists in 71 career Stanley Cup games. He was originally drafted in the sixth round, 180th\u00a0overall of the 2004\u00a0NHL Draft by the Blues.<\/p>\n<p>In his only year with the Stars, Polak scored one goal and eight assists for 9 points. He also added 69 minutes in penalties. His possession numbers were 43.7 percent Corsi\u00a0and a relative Corsi of -6.7.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Roman personifies what it means to be a professional and his mentorship to our younger players proved to be invaluable to our organization,&#8221; said general manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/nillji01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Nill<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsday.dallasnews.com\/dallas-stars\/stars\/2019\/06\/06\/dallas-stars-sign-defenseman-roman-polak-one-year-extension-worth-175-million\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to the media<\/a>. &#8220;His team-first attitude and physical style of play is endearing to both his teammates and the coaching staff, and we&#8217;re thrilled to have him back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>What This Means for the Future of Roman Polak<\/h2>\n<p>Polak is a veteran defenceman who won&#8217;t produce offensively but brings a physical side to his game when on the ice. Despite the fact that the game is getting faster and guys like Polak are being phased out he still played a role on the Stars.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s part of a good young defensive group with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/klingjo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Klingberg<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lindees01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Esa Lindell<\/a> <\/strong>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/heiskmi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Miro Heiskanen<\/strong><\/a>. The others provide offence while Polak provides the physical edge.<\/p>\n<p>He can prove to be a bottom six guy who can be a depth guy moving forward.\u00a0The 33-year-old defenceman is not afraid to get down and block shots as he was second on the Stars this year with 152 blocked shots. Don&#8217;t be surprised to see Polak throwing his big body around next season. He looks to continue his role on the third pairing with Dallas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/05\/roman-polak-of-the-dallas-stars-and-nick-bonino-of-the-nashville-in-picture-id1144633746.jpg\" alt=\"\">DALLAS, TEXAS &#8211; APRIL 22: Roman Polak #45 of the Dallas Stars and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/boninni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Bonino<\/a> #13 of the Nashville Predators in the second period of Game Six of the Western Conference First Round during the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs at American Airlines Center on April 22, 2019 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Stars have re-signed free agent defenceman Roman Polak to a one-year contract worth $1.75 million. This contract carries him through the 2019-202 season. Roman Polak signs a $1.75M, one-year extension with Dallas. &mdash; Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) June 6, 2019 Roman Polak Returns to Dallas Over his 13 -year NHL career Polak\u00a0has played for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2360,"featured_media":48429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[29,34],"tags":[102,1402,5738,1575,337,974,2569,955,875],"class_list":["post-46846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stars","category-news","tag-dallas-stars","tag-esa-lindell","tag-hockey-news","tag-jim-nill","tag-john-klingberg","tag-miro-heiskanen","tag-news","tag-nhl-news","tag-roman-polak"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46846","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\/2360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}