{"id":632928,"date":"2026-03-05T02:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T02:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/632928\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T02:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T02:12:16","slug":"dallas-stars-acquire-defenseman-tyler-myers-from-vancouver-canucks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/632928\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Stars acquire defenseman Tyler Myers from Vancouver Canucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Stars<\/a> and general manager Jim Nill have made their first trade ahead of Friday\u2019s deadline \u2014 addressing one of the team\u2019s primary needs.<\/p>\n

The Stars acquired veteran defenseman Tyler Myers from the Vancouver Canucks, the team announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n

In exchange, the Stars are sending<\/a> a 2027 second-round pick and a 2029 fourth-round pick to Vancouver. The Canucks are retaining 50% of the remainder of Myers\u2019 contract, meaning his AAV in Dallas will be $1.5 million for the remainder of this season and next. Myers will be a free agent in 2027.<\/p>\n

\u201cTyler is a veteran defenseman that will immediately add to our group,\u201d Nill said in a statement. \u201cHis ability to play on the right side will give us an added element of flexibility on the blue line. We would like to welcome Tyler and his family to Dallas.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Myers, a native Texan from Houston, is in his 17th NHL season. The 36-year-old blue liner has played for Buffalo (2009-15), Winnipeg (2015-19) and Vancouver (2019-present). He has eight points (one goal, seven assists) in 57 appearances this season, averaging 20:13 minutes of ice time. <\/p>\n

When Myers takes the ice for Dallas, which could be as soon as Friday against Colorado, he will be the first player in franchise history born in the state of Texas to appear in a Stars regular-season game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was born in Texas, I have some family ties still down in Texas,\u201d Myers told reporters after the trade. \u201cSo that was very exciting. Just one of the reasons why Dallas was a preference. We\u2019re incredibly excited to be joining the team, and already a great team. And very excited to get back down south again.\u201d<\/p>\n

The veteran had a no-move clause on his contract, meaning he was able to dictate where the Canucks would trade him. Last week, Myers stated Dallas was his destination of choice, but the question was whether a deal could come to fruition.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Dallas] just basically checked all the boxes,\u201d Myers said. \u201cObviously had three or four teams that were a preference for us. Dallas was one of them. And when we found out they had some mutual interest, we pushed hard to get it done.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Myers is towards the end of his career, he helps Dallas address a primary need for the rest of this season and next on the right side of the blue line.<\/p>\n

Dallas has plenty of talented left-handed defensemen, including Miro Heiskanen, Thomas Harley, Esa Lindell and Lian Bichsel. Myers will join Nils Lundkvist, Ilya Lyubushkin and Alexander Petrovic on the right side, though Heiskanen has played on the right the last few seasons as well.<\/p>\n

Myers is also one of the tallest players in the NHL at 6-8, joining 6-7 blue liner Bichsel.<\/p>\n

Vancouver retaining 50% of Myers\u2019 salary this year and next is critical, especially as Dallas\u2019 cap situation beyond this summer is largely up in the air until a decision is made on Jason Robertson\u2019s future. The Stars forward is set to be a restricted free agent and due for a significant raise if Dallas wishes to keep him.<\/p>\n

Ahead of Friday\u2019s deadline, the Stars could still seek to add a depth forward and have over $5.5 million in cap space to work with.<\/p>\n

Dallas has been linked to Myers\u2019 Vancouver teammate Evander Kane and Calgary\u2019s Nazem Kadri and Blake Coleman, a Plano native, who could also have a homecoming this deadline.<\/p>\n

While Myers was born in Texas, he moved to Calgary with his dad when he was 10 and later acquired Canadian citizenship.<\/p>\n

Myers and Stars captain Jamie Benn were teammates in juniors for the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL from 2007-09. The two also played together for the Canadian junior team in the 2009 World Junior Championships. <\/p>\n

\u201cBenny\u2019s one of those friends you keep in touch with even when you don\u2019t see each other,\u201d Myers said. \u201cWe\u2019ve talked throughout the entirety of our careers, checking in every once in a while. Obviously a lot more in the last week. I\u2019m excited to join him again, see if we can do something special together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Myers\u2019 maternal half-brother is Quentin Grimes, who plays for the Philadelphia 76ers. They are the first set of brothers to play in the NHL and NBA.<\/p>\n

Myers was a former first-round pick in 2008 and won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the league\u2019s top rookie in 2009-10.<\/p>\n

\"Dallas<\/a>Jamie Benn, Matt Duchene want to keep \u2018riding wave\u2019 of Dallas Stars\u2019 record winning streak<\/a><\/p>\n

A 6-1 shellacking of the Calgary Flames on Tuesday was the organization\u2019s 10th-straight victory.<\/p>\n

\"Dallas<\/a>Stars\u2019 franchise-record win streak now at 10 games as Matt Duchene guides romp over Flames<\/a><\/p>\n

Duchene had four assists Tuesday night, giving him a team-best 17 points (eight goals, nine assists) during the winning streak.<\/p>\n

Find more Stars coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Stars and general manager Jim Nill have made their first trade ahead of Friday\u2019s deadline \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":632929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,10768,1596,1320,19609,4810,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-632928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-brief","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-stars","12":"tag-jim-nill","13":"tag-stars","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116174149769805632","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}