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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 2928672" data-attributes="member: 2012">From DallasNews.comStars sign Ott to a two-year dealDeals with Barnaby, Halpern finalized07:46 PM CDT on Wednesday, July 5, 2006By MIKE HEIKA / The Dallas Morning NewsThe Stars have signed restricted free agent forward Steve Ott to a two-year deal, the team is expected to announce today.Ott will get a raise from the $582,960 he made last season as he will make $775,000 in 2006-07 and $800,000 in 2007-08, according to the NHL Players Association.Ott, who will turn 24 in August, had five goals and 17 assists in 82 games last season. He is expected to take a bigger role in the future."I think with his maturity comes more responsibility and more opportunity," Stars coach Dave Tippett said. "He will get the chance to be in important situations and how he performs in those situations will dictate if he gets an even bigger bite."Ott said he's ready for the step up."I definitely feel the challenge and want the challenge," he said. "I think you can sense by the way the team is building that there is going to be opportunity there for younger players and I definitely want to take the bull by the horns."The Stars also finalized the deal to sign unrestricted free agent Matthew Barnaby and finalized a four-year deal for center Jeff Halpern for $2 million per season.Barnaby will make $625,000 and said he is looking forward to playing on a team with a history of making the playoffs."I like that they are always trying to win the Stanley Cup and are always in the running for that," he said. "To me, it's important to be on a team with high expectations."Barnaby, who has played as high as the second line in New York and Buffalo, said he is open to anything in Dallas."I understand there is the chance I could end up on the fourth line playing five minutes a game, and I want to make those the best five minutes I can play," he said. "But I also like the fact that if I can prove I deserve the minutes that I can get the chance to play more."Barnaby, 33, had eight goals and 20 assists in 82 games with Chicago last season. He had 41 points and 36 points in his two previous seasons with the Rangers and Colorado.</blockquote>

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