Editing Dallas Stars (section)

====2011–2013: Continued team struggles====
To start the 2011 off-season, according to [[Darren Dreger]] of [[The Sports Network|TSN]], the team had been "financially managed" by the league for over a year. On June 16, 2011, Dallas hired [[Glen Gulutzan]] to be head coach, making him the sixth coach since the franchise's move from Minnesota.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=565921 | title=AP Source: Stars to hire Gulutzan as coach | access-date=August 24, 2022 | archive-date=August 24, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824153107/https://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=565921 | url-status=live}}</ref> On September 13, 2011, lenders voted to agree to have the Stars file for bankruptcy and sold at auction.<ref name="gagl4">{{cite web | url=https://www.nhl.com/news/report-stars-bankruptcy-filing-will-lead-to-auction/c-588402 | title=Report: Stars bankruptcy filing will lead to auction | access-date=August 27, 2022 | archive-date=August 27, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827222659/https://www.nhl.com/news/report-stars-bankruptcy-filing-will-lead-to-auction/c-588402 | url-status=live}}</ref> On September 21, 2011, Mike Modano announced his retirement from the league. By October 22, 2011, competing bids to buy the club were due. [[Vancouver]] businessman and [[Kamloops Blazers]] owner [[Tom Gaglardi]]'s bid was the only one submitted, clearing the way for him to enter the final stages of taking over ownership of the team. Gaglardi's purchase was approved by the NHL Board of Governors on November 18, 2011.<ref name="gagl4" /> A bankruptcy court judge approved the bid for an [[enterprise value]] of $240&nbsp;million. First lien creditors got about 75 cents on the dollar. The Stars lost $38&nbsp;million during their last fiscal year and $92&nbsp;million over the last three seasons.<ref name="gagl3">{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2011/11/22/dallas-stars-sale-to-tom-gaglardi-for-240-million-kills-creditors/ | title=Dallas Stars Sale to Tom Gaglardi for $240 Million Pummels Team's Creditors | website=[[Forbes]] | access-date=August 26, 2017 | archive-date=August 4, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804220943/https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2011/11/22/dallas-stars-sale-to-tom-gaglardi-for-240-million-kills-creditors/ | url-status=live}}</ref>

As the new owner, Gaglardi's first move was bringing back former Stars President [[Jim Lites]] to once again take the reins as team president and CEO. To begin the [[2011–12 NHL season|2011–12 season]], the Stars once again jumped out to a fast start, going 23-17-1 through the first 41 games of the season. However, when the second half of the season began, the Stars slumped through the months of January and February, before getting hot again in late February. Throughout March, the Stars regained the lead of the Pacific Division. Beginning on March 26, 2012, the Stars embarked on a western road trip that saw them visit the [[Calgary Flames]], [[Edmonton Oilers]], [[Vancouver Canucks]] and [[San Jose Sharks]]. Going into the road trip, the Stars were in control of their own destiny, having to gain four points on the road trip to win their first Pacific Division title since the 2005–06 season. After the Stars lost 5–4 in Calgary to the Flames on March 26, the Stars beat the Oilers two nights later, 3–1. This would be their last win of the season, as the Stars were rolled over by the Canucks and Sharks the next two games. The Stars were eliminated from playoff contention on April 5 in a 2–0 loss to the playoff-bound [[Nashville Predators]]. Despite a winning record once again of 42–35–5 record, the team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year missing the 2012 playoffs by six points, setting a franchise record for consecutive seasons without a playoff appearance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/dallas-stars-5404.html |title=Dallas Stars Statistics and History |publisher=Internet Hockey Database |access-date=November 14, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108144503/http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/dallas-stars-5404.html |archive-date=November 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/minnesota-north-stars-6876.html|title=Minnesota North Stars Statistics and History|publisher=Internet Hockey Database|access-date=November 14, 2012|archive-date=October 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009200220/http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/minnesota-north-stars-6876.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Tyler Seguin - Dallas Stars.jpg|thumb|left|[[Tyler Seguin]] with the Stars in the [[2013–14 NHL season|2013–14 season]]. The Stars acquired Seguin as a part of a seven-player trade with the [[Boston Bruins]] during the 2013 off-season.]]
On July 1, 2012, the team signed free agent veterans [[Jaromír Jágr|Jaromir Jagr]], [[Ray Whitney (ice hockey)|Ray Whitney]], and [[Aaron Rome]]. The next day, the Stars traded fan-favorite [[Steve Ott]] and [[Adam Pardy]] to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for center [[Derek Roy]]. When the [[2012–13 NHL lockout]] ended in January 2013 and a 48-game [[2012–13 NHL season|season]] began the Stars embarked on an up-and-down season, though staying in the race for one of the eight Western Conference playoff spots most of the shortened season. In mid-season, forward [[Michael Ryder]] was traded to his former team, the Montreal Canadiens, for [[Erik Cole]]. This shocked many as Ryder has become an almost overnight fan-favorite to Stars fans in his time with Dallas thanks to his stellar 35-goal campaign the previous season in 2011–12.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/r/rydermi01.html|title=Michael Ryder|website=hockey-reference.com|date=June 6, 2023|access-date=June 6, 2023}}</ref> Before the trade deadline in early April, the Stars began to falter and team captain Brenden Morrow was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins; Roy was traded to the Vancouver Canucks; Jagr to the [[Boston Bruins]]; and [[Tomáš Vincour|Tomas Vincour]] to the Colorado Avalanche to close out the [[NHL trade deadline]], all in exchange for draft picks and prospects.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/many-questions-posed-important-answers-to-come-and-i-have-a-dream-a-mishmash-love-story/c-663658 | title=Many Questions Posed, Important Answers to Come, and I Have a Dream(A Mishmash Love Story) | access-date=August 24, 2022 | archive-date=August 24, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824153319/https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/many-questions-posed-important-answers-to-come-and-i-have-a-dream-a-mishmash-love-story/c-663658 | url-status=live}}</ref> After all of the trades at the trade deadline, the Stars' remaining young players pulled together to win six of their next eight games, thus propelling the Stars back into the 2013 playoff race. However, the Stars would drop their final five games, losing all of them while gaining only one point, eliminating them from playoff contention. The Stars had now missed the playoffs for the five straight seasons, continuing to set the all-time record for the franchise (dating back to the franchise's history in Minnesota) for most consecutive seasons without a playoff appearance.