Over the past few weeks, I have really enjoyed the blogs on the Star's defence. The article concerning possible free agent targets and trade targets I thought was great. However, I felt it was missing one key element; What is it going to cost for each player? As we know, the stars aren't the deepest team in the league and the prospect pool is average. I do believe we have upgraded our offense this season and I would be reluctant to see any of the top 6 leave. Defensemen can be pricey so as a Stars fan, who would you be willing to see traded and more importantly, who would you think would need to be traded to bring in a decent NHL ready defenseman. Now the elephant in the room is Brendan Morrow but I think trading him would do more harm than good. You would get a decent return but I don’t think GM Joe and Co would get what they would want considering his age and injury problems recently. I also think it’s a non starter due to his importance to the franchise as a whole. Other options are all 3rd/4th line roll players so to get a good defenseman back, I could see the Stars having to give up at least 2. Possibly Tomas Vincour, Ryan Garbutt, Eric Nystrom but I still think teams won’t give up a top 4 defenseman for 2 3rd or 4th liners. I also think they are important to the stars now and into the future (especially Garbutt and Vincour). The other option is to add in a prospect, Reily Smith or Alex Chiasson etc. But again, will a team give up a top 4 defenseman for players that, for just now, have no major NHL impact? The last solution is to trade draft picks. But as I hear the 2013 draft is to be as deep as the 2003 draft, I would be very wary of giving away the possible talent that could be on offer this time next year. But maybe a late round pick would be worth sacrificing for some immediate help on the back end. I’d really love to hear what other Stars fans are thinking about our possible options. Here is a link to the article if you haven’t read it (it’s definitely worth a read!). http://www.defendingbigd.com/2012/8/13/3233465/nhl-trade-free-agency-dallas-stars-defense-ballard-bouwmeester-murray