Stars Make Three Roster Moves

The Stars have made a trio of roster moves heading into their game tonight against Buffalo.  The team announced (Twitter link) that they have recalled defenseman Kyle Burroughs from AHL Texas.  To make room on the roster, blueliner Lian Bichsel was placed on IR.  To create the cap room needed for the recall, defenseman Kyle Capobianco was placed on LTIR.

Burroughs is in his first season with Dallas after signing a one-year, two-way deal back in July.  The 31-year-old has played exclusively with Texas so far, picking up five assists and 10 penalty minutes through 15 contests so far.

Burroughs does have a fair bit of NHL experience under his belt, however.  He was a full-timer on an NHL roster as recently as two years ago, when he had a full-time seventh role with Los Angeles, a year after playing in a career-high 73 games in San Jose.  Overall, Burroughs has 22 points, 293 blocks, and 572 hits in 201 career NHL appearances.

It wouldn’t be shocking to see Burroughs be in the seventh role while up with Dallas.  That said, he could alternate with youngster Trey Taylor depending on the matchup as well.

Bichsel’s IR placement should come as no surprise given that he received a week-to-week designation on Friday due to a lower-body injury.  Meanwhile, Capobianco was placed on IR retroactive to October 27th, meaning he has already missed more than half of the 10-game, 24-day minimum absence for a player to be LTIR-eligible.  The initial timeline was that he’d miss around four weeks with his leg injury so he may still be on track to return at the end of the month.