What Jim Nill, Lindy Ruff face this off-season with Stars
defense  G.J. McCarthy/Staff Photographer Dallas Stars head
coach Lindy Ruff talks with the media as the team cleans out its
locker area at the American Airlines Center Tuesday, April 29,
2014 in Dallas, Texas.    "Moving forward, it would be great to
have a No. 1 or No. 2 defenseman, but there are 25 other teams
that want the same thing," Nill said. "That's probably something
we'll have to draft and develop. It's hard to find a true No. 1
defenseman."    Here is how that looks:  Sergei Gonchar _ $5.0
million  Alex Goligoski _ $4.6 million  Trevor Daley _ $3.3
million  Aaron Rome _ $1.5 million  Patrik Nemeth _ $763,333
Jordie Benn _ $700,000  Kevin Connauton _ $683,333  Brenden
Dillon _ RFA who made $900,000 last season.    "They grew as a
group. They started as our weakness, and they ended up as one of
our strengths," Nill said. "I know Daley and Goligoski in the
past couple of years have really taken quite a beating, and to
watch how their game mat