Jim Nill came to Dallas from Hockeytown, where he’d left so many fingerprints on Lord Stanley’s silver even Barney Fife could have made him as a culprit. Even a hockey halfwit like me could tell.

“Jim Nill traded one first-round draft pick in 11 years, and then he traded three within two months,” Janko said, referencing the Rantanen trade and Nill’s Feb. 1 trade for Mikael Granlund ...

Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill said it was "time for a change," leading to the decision to fire head coach Pete DeBoer. Nill spoke with reporters Friday afternoon, hours after the team ...

DALLAS — In his 12 seasons as GM of the Dallas Stars, Jim Nill has hired five head coaches. This offseason, he will hire a sixth after he fired Pete DeBoer Friday following three seasons with ...

The Stars had a great season. GM Jim Nill is determined to make next season even better. Dallas jumped to seventh in the league at 108 points, finished in the top 10 in every major statistical ...

It was time for Nill to get a shot as the head man. Just three months after being hired by the Stars, on July 4 of 2013, Nill made a blockbuster trade to acquire Tyler Seguin from the Boston Bruins.

Jim Nill understands the significance of the trade deadline. The Stars general manager has had seasons in which he’s been active and other seasons when the deadline has passed by in silence.

When Nill regained control, he chose Jim Montgomery, who promised the balance Dallas is now looking for in DeBoer but did anything but, even admitting during the Stars’ disastrous start in 2019 ...

Nill employed extreme patience when it came to Jason Robertson’s contract. The restricted free agent, who scored 41 goals last season, signed a team-friendly four-year, $7.75 million deal ...

DALLAS — Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill received the NHL's 2022-23 Jim Gregory General Manager of the Year Award Wednesday, an annual award given to recognize the top general manager in ...

BUFFALO — Jim Nill is the patriarch of the Dallas Stars as much as he is the general manager. Now in his third season with the team, Nill has earned respect around the NHL for transforming the ...

Nill built on that, acquiring Jason Spezza in the summer of 2014 and signing Patrick Eaves. In 2015, Nill signed John Klingberg to a seven-year deal after the team’s 2010 fifth-round pick had a ...