TheMadHatTrick
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You were on the money. They hired Mark Leach from the Stars.
I had Dallas as my best drafting team since 2010 outside the lottery. I'll post my spreadsheet and methodology at some point, but I focused on NHL players picked outside the draft lottery, using a minimum games played as a qualifier, and with extra value for players taken lower down in the draft.
Leach came on board at the same time as McDonnell did from Detroit so it looks like he was invaluable to Nil.
![www.dallasnews.com](https://dmn.dallasnews.com/static/images/DMN-D-600x315.png)
Stars hire Joe McDonnell as director of amateur scouting, add Mark Leach as amateur scout
Stars hire Joe McDonnell as director of amateur scouting, add Mark Leach as amateur scout
www.dallasnews.com
The Stars have hired Joe McDonnell as their new director of amateur scouting and Mark Leach as one of the head scouts, Stars GM Jim Nill confirmed Saturday. Both worked under Nill in the Detroit Red Wings system, but both were without contracts and free to sign with any team.
McDonnell has been a scout with the Red Wings since 1995 and director of amateur scouting there since 2003. Leach has worked with the Red Wings since 1998. Leach is based on the East Coast, while Stars scout Dennis Holland is based in the West for the Stars. They will be the top scouts reporting to McDonnell, Nill said.
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