At that term and AAV, this is great for the Stars.
Seems as if they had a meeting and went from a young building team to a I want to win now team. Hard to argue with that thought in a non traditional hockey market. I bet ST sales go nuts. Or, at least the new 10 game packs.
Hope they don't blow up opening night, and dampen the buzz.
BTW, I get the sneaky feeling Johns will replace both JO and JJ on D and they get traded. I also like one vet and one young guy on each pair, assuming we can get the R/L pairing so work, so we have three each - Goli, Oduya, Demers paired somehow with Klinger, Nemeth, Johns.
However, I think we already count Nemeth and Klingberg as semi-vets with Joki, Benn, JO all trade bait or No. 7.
Can Joki or Nemeth still go back to Austin if needed? It might end up with Johns going back down, just because of contract status. I think I read where he beat Jamie O for the series winning goal for Rockford in the AHL playoffs. One play, yes, but pretty symbolic.