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Stars' Patrik Nemeth: Staying in Big D

Nemeth played in just 40 contests last season, as he frequently watched from the press box. Cracking the game-day lineup won't get any easier for the 25-year-old after the team brought in Marc Methot. Despite 108 career outings, the blueliner is still looking for his first NHL goal, although he has notched 14 helpers. Even if he becomes an 82-game player, the Swede probably won't suddenly find his scoring touch, as he's never been much of an offensive producer in the minors.

Stars' Patrik Nemeth: Scratched again

With Stephen Johns healthy, it looks like Nemeth may be on the outside of the regular rotation in Dallas once again. Dallas has lots of defenders on the cusp since they're carrying eight defensemen. That makes it difficult to rely on any of those cusp players, including Nemeth. He simply won't be in the lineup often enough.

Stars' Patrik Nemeth: Scratched Friday

Nemeth has been in and out of the lineup since getting healthy. He's not in the lineup often enough to be a real roster consideration. When he's in, he's not contributing. He has gone without a shot in four of the last five games and has no points over that stretch.

Stars' Patrik Nemeth: Returns from conditioning assignment Saturday

Nemeth played 16 games with the Stars earlier in the season but had minimal impact, tallying zero points despite averaging 15:59 of ice time in those contests. The 24-year-old blueliner, although fresh off a conditioning assignment, will look to build some momentum in his first games back but continues to be all-but-irrelevant in fantasy formats.

Stars' Patrik Nemeth: Sent to minors on conditioning assignment

Nemeth has been a healthy scratch for 14 of the Stars' last 16 games, so this conditioning assignment will allow the 24-year-old blueliner to get consistent playing time and work on getting into game shape before returning to the big club. However, Nemeth will still be buried on Dallas' depth chart once he returns to the NHL, and likely won't be a practical option in any season-long formats this campaign.