Confirmed with Link: Stars sign Martin Hanzal (3 Years, $4.75M AAV)

[BigG44]

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[LT]

That's pricier than I was hoping.

 

[Satan]

3 yrs who cares

 

[Mr Misty]

Don't know exactly what roster combination this is from, but there's not a ton left for Radulov.

 

[Morry83]

Don't know exactly what roster combination this is from, but there's not a ton left for Radulov.

Shh there's plenty

 

[Satan]

Don't know exactly what roster combination this is from, but there's not a ton left for Radulov.

Trim the fat up front

 

[BigG44]

Don't know exactly what roster combination this is from, but there's not a ton left for Radulov.

It doesn't include Honka so let's just say knock $5 million off for Faksa, Ritchie, and Honka. Still plenty of room for Radulov.

 

[Magic Mittens]

It doesn't include Honka so let's just say knock $5 million off for Faksa, Ritchie, and Honka. Still plenty of room for Radulov.

Also we shed 6M next season with Lehts contract

 

[Morry83]

Also we shed 6M next season with Lehts contract

And Hamhuis

 

[BigG44]

Should point out that Shapiro recently had a quote from Nill that he'd leave money open for Nichushkin to potentially return. That would be let's say around $6.5 million with Faksa, Ritchie, Nichushkin, and Honka (locked in just under $900K). Dallas won't spend to the cap ... and they shouldn't.

At minimum, you'd think they'd at least leave $500K for injury call ups and trade deadline space. If you throw that in to get to $7 million, it only leaves about $5.6 million to sign Radulov.

You could dump McKenzie or Cracknell though (maybe try to sneak them through waivers) to get to that last space you need.

Again ... it could also just come down to Pitlick being an AHL signing as well.

 

[BigG44]

Also we shed 6M next season with Lehts contract

Right ... but that doesn't matter this year in terms of signing Radulov.

 

[Magic Mittens]

Right ... but that doesn't matter this year in terms of signing Radulov.

No, I just meant for overall

But like you said we can dump a few bodies to the AHL

 

[LT]

The amount of defense we've added in so many aspects is bordering on being ridiculous now

 

[BigG44]

The amount of defense we've added in so many aspects is bordering on being ridiculous now

It's not shocking though. The hope seems to be that young guys can carry secondary scoring. I guess we'll see.

 

[LT]

It's not shocking though. The hope seems to be that young guys can carry secondary scoring. I guess we'll see.

No, not at all. A very welcome change. We'll be fine offensively, especially if we can snag Radulov.

 

[Magic Mittens]

Can only imagine how frustrated Nill was with our Defensive play. I'm pumped for next year!

At times I forget we have Bishop lol

 

[Ghost of Kyiv]

Awesome contract, great player, very happy.

 

[Benneguin]

No, not at all. A very welcome change. We'll be fine offensively, especially if we can snag Radulov.

You sure about that? If we don't sign Radulov or anyone else and we roll with what we have now I don't think we'll improve much, if at all, from being 17th in scoring last year.

 

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[LT]

You sure about that? If we don't sign Radulov or anyone else and we roll with what we have now I don't think we'll improve much, if at all, from being 17th in scoring last year.

I think we'll be fine. A good portion of the team had a bad year last season, so if they can rebound, we'll be alright.

 

[Mr Misty]

You sure about that? If we don't sign Radulov or anyone else and we roll with what we have now I don't think we'll improve much, if at all, from being 17th in scoring last year.

Not that I disagree, but if they can make a big jump in improving goals against they don't need to score a million goals to win games.

 

[BigG44]

"Martin is a very detailed player who competes at high level," said Nill. "He is one of the League's best centermen in the faceoff circle and his complete set of abilities will improve us in several facets of the game."

https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/dallas-stars-sign-center-martin-hanzal-to-a-three-year-contract/c-290255326

 

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[BigG44]

I could see Spezza being the 2nd scoring line, but his line overall playing less minutes than Hanzel's. I assume that means Roussel plays with Hanzal, but I don't know if Ritchie or Shore are the shutdown type RW. Ritchie did play that role some in the OHL though.