Dallas went to Sweden last season and came up with Fabian Brunnstrom as a free agent.
This year, they are trying to sign goalie Jonas Gustavsson.
Gustavsson just won the Swedish Elite League championship with Farjetsad and the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet said he will move to the NHL next season, and the two team's that he is considering are Toronto and Dallas.
Aftonbladet said Toronto has the inside track, but the Stars are making a big push.
Apparently, Dallas scout Johan Garpenlov has been making a lot of connections and both Tim Bernhardt (Stars director amateur scouting) and Andy Moog (Stars goalie consultant) have been over to see Gustavsson.
He is 24 and listed at 6-3, 181. He led the Swedish Elite League in both GAA (1.96) and save percentage (.932) this season, finishing ahead of former Stars backup Johan Holmqvist (2.15, .917).
He can only get an incentive-laden deal the way Brunnstrom did, but it will be interesting to see if the Stars can convince him that he has a good chance to play next season (because that seems to be pretty important to him). _Mike Heika
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