But Stark signed a new contract after winning promotion to Division Two, Butcher took over at Brentford and Stewart decided to remain at McDiarmidPark.
Referee Kenny Clark called off the St Johnstone versus Hibernian game at McDiarmidPark after a heavy fall of snow which made visibility poor and the pitch virtually unplayable.
Dodds would have been eligible for a debut at McDiarmidPark, but heavy snow in Perth meant the game joining Dundee's home game with Kilmarnock and Motherwell's match at Aberdeen on the postponed list.
But after Cillian Sheridan's goal gave St Johnstone the win over Aberdeen at McDiarmidPark, the Perth side look more likely than the Reds to challenge Jim Jefferies' men for the lucrative top-six slot.