Sportsnet: Spezza will not be bought out.

[justafan22]

Wording of this tweet makes it seem like he isn't going to be dealt either.

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[Kcb12345]

As expected. No surprise here and I'm completely fine with it.

 

[pheasant]

Given the Stars ample cap space, this sounds right. It's what both the Stars fans on HF have been telling us all along.

 

[Dr Pepper]

 

[Dynamite Time]

I think he could have a good comeback year next season. I didn’t think the Stars were going to buyout his contract or trade him.

New coach with a new style of game will be good as well as I’m sure he’ll want to play at least 2 more seasons after next year. Not worried about money but will want to keep teams open to having interest in him come next offseason.

 

[Eric Robson]

I am by no means a Dallas fan, but I think the guy had one bad year. He's got one year left, let him play it out and hope he re-find his game. He can still be a good 3rd line guy at worst.

 

[BeaverSports]

Sounds like Montgomery and Spezza have had some good conversations already. I wouldn't be surprised if he has a better year.

 

[ElGuapo]

We landed on the moon.

 

[RussianSpy]

No surprise here; I think Spezza still has a really quality season or two in him.
I think last year was mostly a clashing in style with Hitchcock.

Nothing to lose keeping him for the last year.

 

[WhatWhat]

And this is a surprise to absolutely no one who actually follows the Stars. He had a down year but the entire team struggled to score under Hitch outside of our elite players. He was a 50-60 point 2C for us up until we got a coach that everyone knew would clash with Spezza. We have to cap space so the only logical move is to let it play out and hope he bounces back any amount


Hopefully this kills the talk of Dallas having to pay a team to take Spezzas contract

 

[TrillMike]

Wow this happened exactly how every Stars fan on HF predicted it would.

 

[Johno]

Exactly zero informed Stars' fans expected anything else.

 

[Puckclektr]

At least 55 points for spezza this year. Book it.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Sounds like Montgomery and Spezza have had some good conversations already. I wouldn't be surprised if he has a better year.

Well that shouldn't be too hard.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

As Dallas fans stated numerous times. Guy has 1 year left.

 

[LeafsNation75]

 

[rent free]

there is already a thread on this

 

[Zrhutch]

If this doesn’t mean they’re trading him, I like it. Put him in a position to succeed (maybe pair him with Benn?) and let him score 45-50 points. None of this 4th line afterthought crap.

 

[AvatarAang]

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[Spirit of 67]

Ride it out one more year.
Pointless to extend it for another.

 

[Captain97]

there is already a thread on this

Came to post this

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

Glad. Even if he sucks again I’d rather just scratch him and save the cap for next year. This year we’ll have enough space to pick up a top six winger without any buyouts.