from Matthew DeFranks of the Dallas Morning News,

As far as an early draft, Nill said he was flexible but would prefer a draft after the season given all the unknown moving parts typically involved with a draft day.

“The No. 1 part of the draft is drafting the next group of best players in the world, but there’s a lot of other business that goes with it,” Nill said. “I think it’s hard to do those parts of the business until you’ve had an end to the regular season and the playoffs. That’s my only concern, it’s a concern of the whole league is how do we get through that? There’s trades that are made at the draft. The draft is really the start of when you build your team for next season. How can you do that when you haven’t finished the season, haven’t had the playoffs? There are draft picks involved contingent on how teams do in the playoffs and how teams finish, whether they make the playoffs.”

Nill said the Stars’ scouting department has continued to watch videos of draft prospects to build their draft board.

“But there are no perfect scenarios,” Nill said. “We’re in a new world. If the league thinks it’s better to do it in June, we’ll have to do it in June, and we’ll live with that decision.”

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