<p>The <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/dallas-stars/line-combinations">Dallas Stars</a> have signed forward Mavrik Bourque to a one-year contract extension, the club announced Friday afternoon.</p>



<p>Bourque, 23, collected 11 goals and 25 points in 73 games with the Stars in 2024-25, his first full NHL season. He did not record a point in three playoff contests with the club.</p>



<p>The Stars also announced that Bourque’s new contract carries a $950,000 cap hit for the 2025-26 season. He’ll be a restricted free agent with arbitration rights when his new deal expires.</p>



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<p>The Stars originally selected Bourque in the first round (No. 30 overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft. The Plessisville, Quebec product is a right-handed natural center who stands 5’11” and weighs 181 pounds.</p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="140"></div>



<p>Bourque spent his junior career with the QMJHL’s Shawinigan Cataractes before turning pro with the AHL’s Texas Stars in the 2022-23 season. He led the AHL with 77 points in 71 games in 2023-24 and made his NHL debut the same year.</p>



<p>Since being eliminated by the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/edmonton-oilers/line-combinations">Edmonton Oilers</a> in the 2025 Western Conference Final, the Stars have embarked upon major roster reconstruction to change their makeup and ensure they can be cap compliant for the 2025-26 season. After signing Matt Duchene to a four-year extension on Thursday, the Stars traded Mason Marchment to the<a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/seattle-kraken/line-combinations"> Seattle Kraken</a> in a cap-clearing move that evening.</p>



<p>Earlier on Friday, the Stars also signed defenseman Nils Lundkvist to a one-year, $1.25 million contract, but even with Marchment out of the picture, they still have work to do to round out their roster this summer. Right-shot rearguards Matt Dumba and Ilya Lyubushkin could still be cap casualties later this offseason.</p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="155"></div>



<p>Bourque is the second-youngest forward currently projected to play for the Stars in 2025-26 (only ahead of Wyatt Johnston) and has been since the team included Logan Stankoven in its blockbuster Mikko Rantanen deal with the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/carolina-hurricanes/line-combinations">Carolina Hurricanes</a> back in March.</p>
