The 2026-27 National Hockey League season is here, well, at least pre-season is. That doesn’t mean that teams have quit signing players to extensions. The latest of which was given out by the Dallas Stars, who signed Ardrossan, Alberta product Sam Steel to a four-year deal with an annual cap hit of $3.7 million.
Puck Pedia: The Dallas Stars have signed 28-year-old forward Sam Steel to a four-year contract extension with a $3.7 million salary cap hit. He’ll have a six-team trade clause this year, and first two years of the contract.
The Dallas Stars signed forward Sam Steel to a four-year, $14.8 million contract extension on Monday in a deal that starts with the 2027-28 season and carries an average annual value of $3.7 million.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
A notable depth player is sticking around the Lone Star State for a few more years. On Monday, the Dallas Stars announced that the team has signed forward Sam Steel to a four-year contract extension.
The Dallas Stars have signed Sam Steel to a four-year contract that will pay him $3.7MM annually, the team announced. Steel’s new contract will kick in for the 2027-28 season and will expire in 2031, when he’ll turn age 33.
It is easy to identify three players who will have unique roles in April. Sam Steel, Justin Hryckowian, and Michael Bunting are all going to be shuffled up and down the lineup.
Tonight feels like a preseason game for both of these clubs. Neither the Dallas Stars nor the Buffalo Sabres has much to play for tonight, since neither can advance in the standings.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
Stars center Sam Steel has returned home early from their road trip due to an undisclosed injury sustained on Thursday, relays team reporter Mike Heika
Sam Steel had a goal with an assist, and Matt Duchene notched an assist for his 900th career point, as the visiting Dallas Stars snapped their season-high six-game losing streak with Wednesday night's 4-1 victory over the Washington Capitals.
The Dallas Stars scored twice in less than a minute in the middle of the third period to take the lead and held on for a 5-4 come-from-behind win over the host Nashville Predators on Saturday.
The Dallas Stars have signed center Sam Steel to a two-year extension worth $2.1-million per season, the club announced Friday. Skating in his second season with the Stars, Steel has made 53 appearances in 2024-25 in which he has registered four goals and 13 assists for 17 points alongside 22 penalty minutes and a minus-two rating.
He had a quality year with Dallas in its bottom six, recording 24 points in 77 games while averaging a little over 13 minutes per game including nearly two minutes per night shorthanded.
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The new week in the NHL comes out the gates strong, with quality matchups across the board. Here are five in particular that stand out, all at plus-money.