DALLAS — Chris Tanev was right at the best of the list of players the Dallas Stars trusted to include some time recently the exchange due date. They presently fair have to be hold up a couple of more days to urge the ingenious defenseman in their uniform.
Tanev’s make a big appearance with the Stars will likely got to hold up until they are on the street following week. The 34-year-old Canadian, obtained from Calgary in a three-team bargain, had to work through the method of getting a U.S. visa some time recently he might connect the Stanley Glass contender.
“I think he may connect us on the street Monday,” Stars common director Jim Nill said Thursday, when the Stars played Winnipeg a day after completing the exchange. “Hopeful Saturday, but more likely connect us on the street. But we’ll see how that goes.”
Dallas is domestic Saturday against the Sharks, at that point heads to San Jose to play them once more Tuesday night. That’s the primary of three diversions the Stars play in California another week, and comes three days some time recently the NHL’s exchange due date.
“It’s been a long handle. I think anybody who takes after hockey has seen my title around (in exchange theory) for very a few time,” Tanev said on a Zoom call with Stars columnists. “I’m super energized to induce to Dallas, whenever that may be. … Sort of diminished that everything is at long last done.”
Dallas sent a 2024 second-round choose, 20-year-old defense prospect Artem Grushnikov and a 2026 conditional third-rounder to Calgary for Tanev, who was considered one of the beat exchange candidates accessible. The Flames are holding half and Modern Shirt another quarter of Tanev’s $4.5 million compensation as portion of the bargain, which too incorporates the Stars flipping a ’26 fourth-round choose to the Fiends for unsigned goaltending prospect Cole Brady.
After investing his whole NHL career in Canada, with Vancouver for his to begin with 10 seasons (2010-20) and the Blazes since, Tanev will connect a Stars blue line featured by Miro Heiskanen. Dallas moreover has experienced Ryan Suter and cautious stalwarts Esa Lindell and Jani Hakanpaa. Tanev is in the last season of an $18 million, four-year contract.
Tanev played within the Stanley Container Last in his to begin with season, when Vancouver misplaced in seven recreations to Boston. He was portion of the Flares group that beat Dallas in a seven-game arrangement within the to begin with circular of the playoffs two a long time ago.
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“Help the group win … that’s my extreme objective, and that’s why I finished up being traded,” Tanev said.
“He’s got way better puck abilities and skating than individuals deliver him credit for. He can skate and move the puck beneath pressure,” Stars coach Pete DeBoer said. “He’s too a huge, physical, difficult fellow to play against. So that gives you parcels of options.”
When Tanev gets in a Dallas uniform, it’ll be with him wearing No. 3 and not No. 8, as he has worn since 2011, since that number is resigned by the Stars establishment for Charge Goldsworthy.
Inquired how he chosen on No. 3, Tanev chuckled when advertising his reason. It is around how the numeral looks — and not terrible math.
“Three is half of an eight, pretty much,” he said.
