Dallas bolsters its blue line with a rugged veteran, adding Kyle Burroughs’ punishing physical presence and elite shot-blocking ability to the roster for the upcoming season.
On Monday, the Dallas Stars announced they've signed depth defenseman Kyle Burroughs to a one-year, two-way contract.
The 30-year-old blueliner spent last season with the Ontario Reign, the AHL affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings, where he totaled a goal and six assists for seven points in 18 games played, a scoring pace that actually topped all Reign defensemen and marked an AHL career high for Burroughs.
The Vancouver native has spent his career mainly as a depth option for whichever team he's joined, appearing in 201 career NHL games across five seasons. The six-foot, 193-pound defenseman has bounced around the league, spending time with the Colorado Avalanche, Vancouver Canucks, San Jose Sharks and, most recently, the Los Angeles Kings before now landing in Dallas.
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Originally a seventh-round pick back in the 2013 NHL Draft, Burroughs has managed just 22 points over the course of his NHL career, making it clear his value lies elsewhere as not in offensive production, but rather his physical, underlying impact.
Over his NHL career, he has racked up 572 hits and 293 blocked shots, and during the 2023-24 season alone he tied for 16th in the entire league with 233 hits. For a Stars team looking to add depth and toughness on defense heading into next season, Burroughs projects as exactly that kind of role player.
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