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Stars owner on GM Nill: ‘It’s marvelous what he has done’

Jim Nill, Tom Gaglardi

Dallas Stars owner and governor Tom Gaglardi, left, addresses questions during a news conference about the hiring of new general manager Jim Nill, right, Monday, April 29, 2013, in Dallas. AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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The Dallas Stars were seen by many as one of the big winners of the summer.

Landing Jason Spezza in a trade and then picking up Ales Hemsky in free agency has many people thinking the Stars are poised for a big jump.

Stars owner Tom Gaglardi said he couldn’t be prouder of the job GM Jim Nill did as Mark Stepneski of the Stars’ website shared.

“What can I say? It’s marvelous what he has done,” Gaglardi said. “I look at our club and who we have added to our top six in terms of Hemsky and Spezza and you can get pretty excited pretty quickly. You hear [Spezza’s] name – he’s an amazing player – and then you realize he is going to be playing for the Dallas Stars. … Ales Hemsky is a heck of a player.”

Spezza and Hemsky teamed up together late last season in Ottawa when the Senators acquired Hemsky from the Edmonton Oilers. Hemsky then signed a three-year, $12 million deal with the Stars to re-join Spezza in Dallas.

Dallas steered clear of tweaking their defense and goaltending mostly because the defense is young and growing into their roles and Kari Lehtonen is already pretty darn good. Now it’s up to the Stars to live up to the offseason accolades and make Nill look even better at his job than he does now.

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