The

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. During the off-season, the Stars acquired veteran and Pittsburgh Penguins legend Jaromir Jagr after returning to the NHL and playing last season for the Philadelphia Flyers. Due to the lockout, Jagr played only four months as a Star and would be traded to the Boston Bruins, where he would appear in his first Stanley Cup Finals trip since

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. The Stars failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fifth-straight season.

Off-season

Regular season

Standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Final ;Skaters ;Goaltenders ^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Stars. Stats reflect time with the Stars only.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Transactions

The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2012–13 season:

Trades

Free agents signed

Free agents lost

Player signings

Draft picks

Dallas Stars' picks at the

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, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 22 & 23, 2012. ;Draft notes * The Washington Capitals' second-round pick (from Colorado via Toronto and Boston) went to the Dallas Stars as a result of a June 22, 2012, trade that sent

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to the Capitals in exchange for Cody Eakin and this pick. * The Philadelphia Flyers' second-round pick (from Los Angeles) went to the Dallas Stars as a result of a February 16, 2012, trade that sent Nicklas Grossman to the Flyers in exchange for a 2013 third-round pick and this pick. * The

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' fifth-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as a result of a December 6, 2011, trade that sent

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and a 2012 sixth round pick to the Panthers in exchange for Jake Hauswirth and this pick. * The Dallas Stars' sixth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a December 6, 2011, trade that sent Jake Hauswirth and 2012 fifth-round pick to the Stars in exchange for

and this pick. * The Los Angeles Kings' seventh-round pick (from Edmonton) went to the Dallas Stars as a result of a June 23, 2012, trade that sent a 2013 seventh-round pick to the Kings in exchange for this pick. * The Dallas Stars' seventh-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a June 23, 2012, trade that sent a 2013 seventh-round pick to the Stars in exchange for this pick.

References

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