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The Dallas Stars have made a big move right away following the conclusion of the 2024-25 NHL season, as they announced their acquisition of picks from the Seattle Kraken via a trade. In exchange, the Kraken get forward Mason Marchment .
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" Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill announced today that the club has traded forward Mason Marchment to Seattle in exchange for a 2026 third-round pick and a 2025 fourth-round pick (#126 – originally Dallas' selection)," read the statement on NHL.com.
Marchment, who just turned 30 years old on Wednesday, spent the last three NHL seasons in a Stars uniform but is entering a contract year.
With this move, the Stars will be off their salary duties in the 2025-26 season for Marchment, who has a cap hit of $4.5 million for the next campaign. As stated by NHL insider Frank Seravalli of the Daily Faceoff, the decision to part ways with Marchment is a "pure salary dump for Dallas, as they create salary cap flexibility," while adding that the Stars still need to make more moves to have a bigger financial legroom .
Marchment's departure also comes on the heels of a big splash made by the Stars on Matt Duchene , who was signed by Dallas to a four-year contract extension worth $18 million with an average annual value of $4.5 million.
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Trading Marchment leaves the Stars with still just under $5 million in cap space they can use in the offseason to fill their roster needs. Additionally, the Stars have given their draft capital a nice boost, as they now have a total of six picks in the 2025 NHL draft. It is also worth noting that the fifth-rounder that Dallas got from the Kraken was the same pick they parted with in 2022 when they got blueliner Nils Lundkvist from the New York Rangers .
Marchment, who also suited up for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers , scored 56 goals and recorded 75 assists for 131 points through 211 games with the Stars.
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