Unfortunately because of the screwed state of the UFA market, Hall will ask at minimum the contract Panarin got.

except texas has no state income tax.. this deal pays more than Panarins

I think it’s a fair contract imo. I could see him demanding more, state tax or not, because of Panarins figure. Dallas can afford another 1 mil on his deal, but it just means Faksa has to be moved

Leaves Dallas with roughly $15M (after cap increase), the following offseason, to sign Heiskanen, Moore, & Dickinson while also adding 1 forward and 2 defenseman to the roster. That's extremely tight, even if they call up prospects with minimal cap hits

They can make it work. Cap hit goes up and Radulov/Pavelski deals come off when Klingberg and Hintz need new deals

I accounted for the cap increase. Without the cap increase, they have just $12M in cap space. I accounted for $15M in cap space (which is a larger increase than we saw this offseason).

And they would be fine for Klingberg and Hintz, but I'm not talking about them. Heiskanen has a contract due a season BEFORE both of them. The biggest contract coming off the books next offseason is Stephen Johns' $2.35M. Assuming the sign ONLY Heiskanen, the Stars are losing 6 roster players. If you use Chabot's 8x8 as a focal point, that leaves the Stars with $7M to fill 6 roster spots.

You are essentially left to fill the lineup with ONLY prospects, because you won't be able to afford anything else. It's a massive gamble to assume that the Stars will have 2 or 3 prospects that can be ready for full-time spots next season; and you want to assume that 6 are going to be NHL ready. I just don't see that as a reasonable goal at all.

The Stars have the cap space to add this season, but they don't have the space to add a massive superstar-like player like Taylor Hall.

All they really need to do is trade Faksa and they have room to fill out the roster + Dickinson and Dellandrea jump up to the 3rd line