Stars keep captain Benn, offer $3M in incentives

Dallas Stars skipper Jamie Benn re-signed to a one-year, incentive-laden declaration Thursday.

Benn's woody has a basal wage of $1 cardinal positive an further $3 cardinal successful imaginable show bonuses. He volition person $500,000 for playing successful 20, 30, 50 and 60 games during the 2025-26 season, an further $500,000 if the Stars triumph the Western Conference finals and $500,000 much if the squad captures the Stanley Cup.

Based connected caller history, Benn has a bully accidental of hitting the games played incentives. He has missed conscionable 2 games successful the past 4 seasons.

"Jamie embodies everything it means to beryllium a Dallas Star, and has since helium was drafted 18 years ago," Stars wide manager Jim Nill said successful a statement. "There was ne'er a uncertainty that Jamie would instrumentality adjacent season, and we are thrilled for some our enactment and our fans that helium volition proceed to pb our squad successful our pursuit of winning a championship."

Benn, who turns 36 adjacent month, had 49 points (16 goals, 33 assists) past season, his 16th with the franchise. The guardant has been Dallas' skipper since Sept. 19, 2013.

He proved helium tin inactive beryllium counted connected successful a second- and third-line relation during the Stars' playoff tally past season, chipping successful 1 extremity and 2 assists portion playing 13:05 per game.

"I'm going into the summertime readying connected playing adjacent year," Benn said May 30 aft the Stars fell to the Edmonton Oilers successful the Western Conference finals. "Prepare similar I bash each summertime similar I'm going to play. I don't spot myself going anyplace else."

Benn had conscionable completed an eight-year declaration that carries a $9.5 cardinal headdress hit.

The Art Ross Trophy victor arsenic the league's starring scorer successful 2014-15, Benn ranks 2nd successful franchise past successful goals (399), points (956) and games played (1,192) down Hall of Famer Mike Modano (557, 1,359, 1,459) and is 3rd successful assists (557).

Benn was selected by the Stars successful the 5th circular of the 2007 NHL draft.

Field Level Media contributed to this report.