The Dallas Stars are turning their consideration to Jason Robertson after signing Thomas Harley to that eight-year extension carrying an AAV of $10.587 million per season. Stars GM Jim Nill is aware of he has cash to play with because the wage cap will go as much as $104 million subsequent season and $113 million the next season.
Nill desires to maintain Robertson and sees him as a part of the long run in Dallas. Nonetheless, he will probably be an RFA with arbitration rights. Everyone knows how these arbitrator negotiations go. The Dallas Stars don’t need it to get to that time.
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Nonetheless, as mentioned on The Sheet between Dave Pagnotta of the Fourth Interval and Jeff Marek, might Jason Robertson’s subsequent AAV be beneath Mikko Rantanen‘s $12 million, which is the benchmark, because the Stars are utilizing Rantanen because the excessive level of the interior wage cap?
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Jeff Marek: “One complicating issue for Dallas right here is that the participant is arbitration-eligible, and you already know what occurs in arbitration usually? I imply, pay attention, gamers can actually get a windfall right here in arbitration, and that’s why I don’t know that the Dallas Stars wish to get that far, on condition that they appear to have a ahead ceiling of $12 million with Mikko Rantanen. And look, Jason Robertson might ring the bell going to our arbitration. Full cease.
How a lot is the Rantanen contract a mitigating issue and all for Robertson? He’ll be 27 when this contract begins. I do know that Dallas isn’t precisely thrilled with long-term contracts for gamers, long-term contracts for gamers late of their 20s, however the RFA standing with the hammer and in addition the interior cap of Rantanen?”
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Dave Pagnotta: “Rantanen has extra of an impression, or that contract has extra of an impression on most of these discussions with associated with regards, excuse me, to Robertson for plenty of causes. One, that contract was finished not too long ago. That was finished, clearly, final yr, and with that was of the understanding of how the pattern was going with respect to the wage cap.
However I believe the Rantanen deal has extra of an impression with respect to negotiations when it comes to quantity plateaus and issues of that line, and that’s additionally its difficult issues to a sure extent, when it comes to simply not getting it finished already. As a result of what number of guys are going to have eight figures transferring ahead on the identical roster, though the caps are leaping up, and though there’s more cash to spend?
And Tom Gaglardi, the proprietor, will not be afraid to dish out the cash for it. However what number of guys? It’s important to be accountable. What number of guys are going to be within the eight figures, after which how a lot and the way excessive within the eight figures for the instant future? That’s an element for each of those guys, as a result of these might simply each be, and certain will probably be, eight-figure offers on AAVs.
The Stars have $28 million in cap area subsequent yr as of now, on the projected numbers, that’s nonetheless plenty of room to play with for the majority of the roster, not simply these two.”
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Nonetheless, it’s not simply the Rantanen deal now. It’s the Martin Necas deal: $11.5 million per season over eight years. The Kyle Connor deal in Winnipeg is the Rantanen deal of eight years at $12 million per season. Logan Cooley of the Utah Mammoth simply obtained $10.5 million per season over an eight-year deal popping out of entry-level.
The Stars wish to hold Jason Robertson. Not solely will it come right down to what Mikko Rantanen will get, but additionally to which different contracts get signed between now and at any time when Robertson indicators.
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