Category: 2013 NHL Draft Coverage

2013 NHL Draft Profile & Scouting Report: Ryan Kujawinski

By Huw Wales | Feb 23rd 2019 | 6 min read |

Ryan Kujawinski is one of the more out there prospect profiles that we will be doing at Defending Big D. Firstly Kujawinski isn’t going to be a ...

2013 NHL Draft: Does Jim Nill Change The Stars Drafting Tendancies?

By Huw Wales | Feb 23rd 2019 | 22 min read |

In recent years the Dallas Stars have developed a particular pattern when it comes to their drafting. In this article which I wrote shortly after the ...

2013 NHL Draft: A Broad View

By Huw Wales | Feb 23rd 2019 | 4 min read |

With the regular season over and the top 14 picks having been decided on the 29th April the Dallas Stars now know where they will be picking in the fi...

Valeri Nichushkin's Path to the NHL: Mikhail Grigorenko, Part Two?

By Josh Lile | Jul 2nd 2013 | 7 min read |

The Buffalo Sabres 2013 season began with high hopes. A good deal of the optimism came with the debut of highly touted center Mikhail Grigorenko. Grig...

2013 NHL Draft: Valeri Nichushkin, the Elite Talent the Dallas Stars Needed

By Brandon Worley | Jul 1st 2013 | 10 min read |

It played out as if in a dream. The big focus on the 2013 NHL draft for the Dallas Stars was the need to acquire elite, blue-chip talent at the top of...

2013 NHL Draft: Getting To Know The Stars Draft Class

By Huw Wales | Jul 1st 2013 | 15 min read |

So the much heralded 2013 NHL Draft has come and gone and the Stars stayed still and used their picks to select nine new prospects to join the organis...

2013 NHL Draft: Dallas Stars Go Big on Left Wing, Select Nine Players Overall

By Brandon Worley | Jun 30th 2013 | 4 min read |

The much-anticipated 2013 NHL Draft has now come and gone, and the dust has cleared on what turned out to be a fairly exciting day for the Dallas Star...

2013 NHL Draft: Dallas Stars Select Aleksi Makela

By Huw Wales | Jun 30th 2013 | 1 min read |

The Dallas Stars have used the 182nd pick of the draft to select Aleksi Makela. He is a defenseman from Ilves U20 of the Jr. A SM-Liiga. He’s an...

2013 NHL Draft: Dallas Stars Select Defenseman Niklas Hansson in Third Round

By Brad Gardner | Jun 30th 2013 | 3 min read |

The Dallas Stars have selected defenseman Niklas Hansson with the No. 68th pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. Hansson is an offensive-oriented defensem...

2013 NHL Draft: Dallas Stars Select Nicholas Paul In Fourth Round

By Huw Wales | Jun 30th 2013 | 3 min read |

The Dallas Stars have used their fourth round pick, 101st overall, to select Nick Paul. He is a Left Wing for the Brampton Battalion of the OHL. Nick ...