Stars sign GM Nill to 1-year contract extension

FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Stars have signed basic supervisor Jim Nill to a one-year contract extension via the 2023-24 season.

Nill goes into his tenth season with the Stars, which was the final 12 months on his present deal earlier than the extension introduced Tuesday. Dallas has made the playoffs three of the previous 4 seasons, and superior to the Stanley Cup Remaining two years in the past.

“He is reshaped our membership to place us able to compete with the league’s greatest every season,” Stars proprietor Tom Gaglardi mentioned. “Jim’s diligence and dedication to the Stars has reverberated all through our whole group and we’re excited for him to proceed his work constructing a championship-caliber staff.”

The Stars have a 356-259-84 file with 5 playoff appearances total in Nill’s 9 seasons.

“Whereas we’ve made some huge strides towards our final objective, I’m wanting to proceed my work in creating a profitable tradition that in the end brings this staff and this metropolis a championship,” Nill mentioned.

The Stars in June employed Peter DeBoer because the franchise’s new coach. DeBoer, who has twice gone to the Stanley Cup Remaining in his first season with a brand new staff (New Jersey and San Jose), is the fifth Stars coach since Nill turned GM in April 2013.

DeBoer changed Rick Bowness, who was the interim coach when the Stars made the Cup Remaining earlier than a two-year contract that went via final season.

Nill initially went with veteran coaches Lindy Ruff (2013-17) and Ken Hitchcock (2017-18) earlier than hiring Jim Montgomery from the College of Denver for his first NHL head-coaching job. Bowness took over when Montgomery was fired due to off-ice points early within the 2019-20 season.