Was there any reality to the Dallas Stars, Jason Robertson commerce hypothesis?
The Sick Podcast – The Eye Take a look at: Sean Shapiro when requested if there was any reality to the Jason Robertson commerce hypothesis this offseason.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Jimmy Murphy: “Sean, I need to ask you about Jason Robertson. You understand, because the draft approached and just about into the primary two weeks of free company, all we heard was this man was going to be on the transfer.
How shut had you heard he might have been to being traded, and if that’s the case, why wasn’t he traded up to now?
Shapiro: “Yeah, and every little thing I heard about it was like, there’s an enormous distinction between buying, we should promote and store, and we’re searching for one thing of equal return. I feel that’s one of many issues that type of acquired misplaced within the massive media type of cycle we’re in proper now.
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And so, I don’t blame folks proper like, how do you fill, How do you are feeling, fill headlines. How do you fill your paper between July 1st and July twentieth, proper? Such as you’re going to undergo and say, like, Hey, Jason Robertson, can be an excellent match (inaudible).
Sure, the Stars did have a look at and have a look at what a return could possibly be on Jason Robertson. They did undergo and do this from my, from my full understanding of it.
There, it additionally, it additionally was by no means the, Jason Robertson was by no means going to maneuver for, and this to the followers on the market, he was by no means going to maneuver on your second-favorite prospect and your third-round choose, proper? Prefer it was at all times going to be, it was at all times going to be both for a roster participant to return again, the place you may type of get a few of that time complete again and that type of addition. Or it was gonna must be a part of another greater transfer, proper?
Like, I don’t know the way they’d have made it work, however we all know that Dallas had kicked across the concept of going after Mitch Marner, who clearly ended up in Vegas earlier than he ever made it to free company.
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However clearly, in the event that they have been going to get Mitch Marner, that sum of money to signal Mitch Marner would have needed to come from someplace. After which that will have been the opposite massive transfer that you then transfer Jason Robertson for the prospects, picks as a result of it is advisable to open up that cap area.”
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