{"id":469836,"date":"2025-06-19T11:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T15:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=469836"},"modified":"2025-06-19T11:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T15:43:10","slug":"dallas-stars-extend-veteran-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/06\/19\/dallas-stars-extend-veteran-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Forward Extends with the Dallas Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Veteran Dallas Stars forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/duchema01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-06-19_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Duchene<\/a> has re-signed with the team. Duchene has spent the last two seasons on one-year deals with Dallas, centring their second line as they battled their way to the Western Conference Final. He&#8217;s decided to stick around instead of testing free agency, with a four-year deal worth $18 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matt Duchene re-signs with the Dallas Stars<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dallas Dutchy ain&#8217;t leavin&#8217; ?<\/p>\n<p>We have signed Matt Duchene to a 4-year contract extension through the 2028-2029 season.<\/p>\n<p>? MORE: <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iSHP8opLBS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/iSHP8opLBS<\/a><a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shift4?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@shift4<\/a> | <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TexasHockey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TexasHockey<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jaHSLyiNlr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/jaHSLyiNlr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DallasStars\/status\/1935710439934927145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duchene originally signed with the Stars in 2023 after being released by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/predators\/\" target=\"_self\">Nashville Predators<\/a>. That season, he was among Dallas&#8217; best forwards with 65 points (25 goals and 40 assists). The veteran then re-signed with Dallas on a one-year, $3 million deal last July. He proved his worth again by scoring 30 goals and leading the Stars with 82 points during the regular season. While his goal-scoring touch disappeared in the playoffs, he was still one of the team&#8217;s most productive players in terms of moving the puck, playing a complete two-way game, and setting up his teammates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duchene had previously stated that he was considering a return to Dallas but also acknowledged that he is at a stage in his career where there are additional priorities for him and his family entering this round of free agency.\u00a0 Seems as though general manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/nillji01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-06-19_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Nill<\/a> was able to convince him to stick around and take another run at Lord Stanley&#8217;s cup.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stars Bring Back Important Veteran Leader<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duchene is a veteran player who has been productive his entire career and can play all over the lineup. He primarily played on Dallas&#8217; second line with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/seguity01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-06-19_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Seguin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/marchma01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-06-19_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mason Marchment<\/a>, but at times, injuries forced the Stars to shuffle their lineups. Nearly every forward in the lineup played on multiple lines throughout the season and had their roles adjusted frequently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is also one of the top leaders in an NHL locker room and a player who has reached significant stages of the postseason despite not yet winning a Stanley Cup. Dallas&#8217;s team is deep from top to bottom. Re-signing shows that Duchene believes in this group and their ability to be in the mix again in the coming years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran Dallas Stars forward Matt Duchene has re-signed with the team. Duchene has spent the last two seasons on one-year deals with Dallas, centring their second line as they battled their way to the Western Conference Final. He&#8217;s decided to stick around instead of testing free agency, with a four-year deal worth $18 million.\u00a0 Matt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5167,"featured_media":470515,"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":[4548,29,4547,34],"tags":[6104,766,662],"class_list":["post-469836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhl","category-stars","category-hockey","category-news","tag-dallas-stars-news","tag-matt-duchene","tag-nhl-free-agency"],"modified_by":"Colton Osmond, Dept Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469836","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\/5167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469836"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470516,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469836\/revisions\/470516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}