Confirmed Signing with Link: [DAL] Stars re-sign Roope Hintz (3 years, $3.15M AAV)

[tarheelhockey]

Hintz is a good player. Almost every time I see the Stars play, I’m reminded that he gets very little fanfare for what he contributes on a winning team.

 

[The Zetterberg Era]

Great deal for a very good player. Every time I watch a Stars game this guy jumps out positively.

 

[Macbanan]

His injury in the finals made a lot of difference. Seems to be a very important player for the team.

 

[Ghost of Ethan Hunt]

Good deal for Stars. I'll always remember he was drafted from the Red Wings pick traded for a 36.5 yr. old Eric Cole in '15. Cole went on to play a whopping 11 games for the Wings before having his career ended due to injury.


2015-Mar-01 (Roope Hintz) Draft pick rights traded from Detroit Red Wings with Mattias Janmark-Nylen and Mattias Backman to Dallas Stars for Erik Cole and round 3 pick in the 2015 draft (Vili Saarijarvi)

 

[PullHard]

Good deal for Stars. I'll always remember he was drafted from the Red Wings pick traded for a 36.5 yr. old Eric Cole in '15. Cole went on to play a whopping 11 games for the Wings before having his career ended due to injury.


2015-Mar-01 (Roope Hintz) Draft pick rights traded from Detroit Red Wings with Mattias Janmark-Nylen and Mattias Backman to Dallas Stars for Erik Cole and round 3 pick in the 2015 draft (Vili Saarijarvi)

I was about to post this

The Ghost of Erik Cole for the Hintz pick stings

 

[BrettHullsToe]

What an excellent job Dallas has done this off-season re-signing their RFA's to outstanding contracts. Faksa/Hintz/Gurianov all on good deals which line up with the team's cup window.

Honorable mention to Monty and Bowness for playing a defense-first system which keeps their points down.

 

[One Winged Angel]

I really like this. Has a lot of potential and you can clearly see he’s on the cusp of breaking out. Could definitely see him having a big head this year. Between him and Gurianov, Dallas has a lot of young talent that’s ready to make that next big step.

 

[crowi]

Good deal for Stars. I'll always remember he was drafted from the Red Wings pick traded for a 36.5 yr. old Eric Cole in '15. Cole went on to play a whopping 11 games for the Wings before having his career ended due to injury.


2015-Mar-01 (Roope Hintz) Draft pick rights traded from Detroit Red Wings with Mattias Janmark-Nylen and Mattias Backman to Dallas Stars for Erik Cole and round 3 pick in the 2015 draft (Vili Saarijarvi)

Oooof.

Anyway, Hintz seems to have a very bright future in the league. Happy for him and Dallas.

 

[JuJu Mobb]

I want a Roope Hintz for my team.

 

[ijuka]

To me this is a really solid price for a player like Hintz, and the term's essentially perfect with RFA expiration. I don't think they could have done any better, and so Hintz needs to find a new agent.

 

[glovesave_35]

Good deal for Stars. I'll always remember he was drafted from the Red Wings pick traded for a 36.5 yr. old Eric Cole in '15. Cole went on to play a whopping 11 games for the Wings before having his career ended due to injury.


2015-Mar-01 (Roope Hintz) Draft pick rights traded from Detroit Red Wings with Mattias Janmark-Nylen and Mattias Backman to Dallas Stars for Erik Cole and round 3 pick in the 2015 draft (Vili Saarijarvi)

Even if we only got Janmark out of the deal it was so great for the Stars. Hintz is icing on the cake.

 

[Evergreen]

This seems like a bargain. Hintz looked like the Stars' best player at points this season.

 

[MMANumminen]

Perfect! Great news. In 3 years Roope will be Stars best forward

 

[traffic cone]

Good deal for Stars. I'll always remember he was drafted from the Red Wings pick traded for a 36.5 yr. old Eric Cole in '15. Cole went on to play a whopping 11 games for the Wings before having his career ended due to injury.


2015-Mar-01 (Roope Hintz) Draft pick rights traded from Detroit Red Wings with Mattias Janmark-Nylen and Mattias Backman to Dallas Stars for Erik Cole and round 3 pick in the 2015 draft (Vili Saarijarvi)

Saarijarvi, I think, will be a good NHL defender as well. Although his rights are Arizona's now. He's a top3 defender in the Finnish league this season - arguably even the best.

 

[Kranix]

He can fly. Has to be one of the fastest skaters in the league.

 

[serp]

Saarijarvi, I think, will be a good NHL defender as well. Although his rights are Arizona's now. He's a top3 defender in the Finnish league this season - arguably even the best.

Will he ? The Wings traded him for a goalie who is most certainly not NHL caliber and isn't even on the WIngs anymore. Doesn't look like Detroit believed in Saarijarvi

 

[Taytro]

To me this is a really solid price for a player like Hintz, and the term's essentially perfect with RFA expiration. I don't think they could have done any better, and so Hintz needs to find a new agent.

True, nothing can ever work out for both teams. Roope couldn't be happy with his huge pay increase and 3 years on a 1 way deal.

Hes what, a 35 point guy who has 2 years experience in the league? A bridge deal is ideal for him so he can collect at the end of it. He's probably ecstatic with this deal, stop painting a negative picture.

 

[serp]

It seems that it was important to get Hintz and Gurianov new deals expire in different years. Don't want to potentially have to sign both guys to longer term deals in the same season.

 

[yukoner88]

Roope there it is

 

[Johno]

Saarijarvi, I think, will be a good NHL defender as well. Although his rights are Arizona's now. He's a top3 defender in the Finnish league this season - arguably even the best.

Nah, he hasn’t got what it takes to surpass Valimaki as the best defender in Liiga.

Awesome to see Roope stick around at a great price! Gonna be an integral part as long as Seguin is out with injury.

 

[traffic cone]

Will he ? The Wings traded him for a goalie who is most certainly not NHL caliber and isn't even on the WIngs anymore. Doesn't look like Detroit believed in Saarijarvi

I didn't believe in Hintz when he left Finland. Development isn't linear.

Saarijarvi has taken a big step (for) this season.

Nah, he hasn’t got what it takes to surpass Valimaki as the best defender in Liiga.

Awesome to see Roope stick around at a great price! Gonna be an integral part as long as Seguin is out with injury.

Valimaki actually plays for my "favourite" team in Finland - so if anything I'd be biased in favor of him.

When I say arguably I mean arguably. You can (easily) make a case that Saarijarvi is the best defender in the league. Leads all defensemen in scoring after all, while being the number one guy for the best team in the league.

You can just as easily make a case for Valimaki being the best.

That's what 'arguably' means here.

(Not gonna derail this thread any further - Hintz is a gem.)

 

[GnrlDisarray]

This might low key be one of the best contracts of the off-season. Hintz at his best has an electrifying presence on the ice and has a lot more upside than his current numbers suggest.

 

[Plural]

Good contract in my opinion. Hintz is a decent top-6 winger, ideally in 2nd line. Good wheels and energy with stellar offensive upside.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Hintz stood out almost every time I watched the Stars this season, fantastic deal for Dallas.

 

[ZeHockeyFan]

Fair deal. Hope to see him improve even more in Seguin's absence.