Confirmed with Link: Jason Robertson SIGNED (4 years, $7.75m AAV)

[Kcb12345]

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[Elysian]

Hell yeah

 

[Spotty 2 Hotty]

Kind of a weak deal. Can't wait until they end up paying him so much more on the next deal that he's the new Jamie Benn we're bitching about when he gets into his 30s.

 

[JeffP]

well this was great news after a fizzled game!

 

[piqued]

So it was only .25 more AAV than the consensus projection on a bridge. 4 years instead of 3 even better.

 

[MBTendy]

We’ll he be a RFA at the end of it?

 

[Kcb12345]

We’ll he be a RFA at the end of it?

Yup.

 

[Ub the Bub]

Well, that's a relief alright.

 

[LT]

Glad it’s done.

Robertson is gonna get paid in 2026. Might be a 100M contract by then.

 

[TangoMcBride]

 

[piqued]

Just hang tight Jason, Sandman Hotels is busy paying Seguin's salary this year.

 

[Magic Mittens]

Nice! I’m fine with that term

 

[starsfan86]

Great reporting Dreger you bum.

 

[Zrhutch]

Shout out to that kid on twitter a couple weeks back that said he was an insiderrrr and Robo wanted nothing less than nine. Incredible work.

 

[starsfan86]

Shout out to that kid on twitter a couple weeks back that said he was an insiderrrr and Robo wanted nothing less than nine. Incredible work.

Yeah and he was getting traded to Buffalo as well lol

 

[serp]

That took way longer than it needed to

 

[Kcb12345]

Shout out to that kid on twitter a couple weeks back that said he was an insiderrrr and Robo wanted nothing less than nine. Incredible work.

Think he said he wanted $11m AAV or something no? And people on Twitter believed every word of it of course

 

[Captain Awesome]

Oof, for the next 4 years this is great, but it gives Robertson 100% control to walk if he wants to. All he has to do is go to arbitration, get 1 year, and go straight to UFA. The Stars kicked the can down the road while they aren't competitive so they have to pay up when they actually need the money.

Think he said he wanted $11m AAV or something no? And people on Twitter believed every word of it of course

Hah, anyone who believed that was out of their minds. He might as well have asked for the moon, how are the Stars going to clear cap to get to $11M? I'm assuming Robertson has a competent agent who knows how shit the contracts on the team are.

 

[Kipper 17]

Happy he is signed but I don’t like the term. When this contract is up he is going to want term and be 27. Isn’t that the same age as Benn or Seguin when they signed their contracts that are handicapping this team right now? Why the hell would you set yourself up for the situation again?

 

[Hull Fan]

Yeah I get that they wanted to split up Robertson and Oettinger's contracts but the four year puts Dallas in a bad situation come time to renegotiate. One year RFA, bigger cap, he's going to get paid and take that extra term into his mid thirties. Not sure Nill handled this right at all. A two year bridge would have been better imo.

 

[Spotty 2 Hotty]

Yeah I get that they wanted to split up Robertson and Oettinger's contracts but the four year puts Dallas in a bad situation come time to renegotiate. One year RFA, bigger cap, he's going to get paid and take that extra term into his mid thirties. Not sure Nill handled this right at all. A two year bridge would have been better imo.

I could see a potential argument for a 3 year bridge, but why a two year bridge after which none of the major contracts would be ending so cap space would just appear?

 

[Ghost of Kyiv]

Would've loved 8 years but it wasn't in the cards. Still a really nice deal.

 

[eartotheground]

yall this means we'll see jrob and mav on the ice at the same time soon. can't wait for the galaxy brain hockey.

 

[Satan]

This deal just means we need to move on from JRob in 4 years time instead of 6-8.

 

[Smelling Salt]

Meh, I'm fine with it. Would have liked long term. I will say Nill f***ed up by not getting this done a few months ago before his price went up thanks to other signings. Then again, maybe JRob's camp purposely waited to see how the market played out. If a few months ago he wanted 8X8 or 8.5 and Nill declined, well that is a royal f*** up.