Off-season thread

[hairylikebear]

If it's any consolation I also did it to myself.

 

[account deactivated]

I'm looking forward to getting to a Texas Stars game since I haven't made my way over to Cedar Park in a few years, but will likely do it to check out Stankoven (who I don't think will start the season on the NHL roster, tbh).

 

[eartotheground]

I'm looking forward to getting to a Texas Stars game since I haven't made my way over to Cedar Park in a few years, but will likely do it to check out Stankoven (who I don't think will start the season on the NHL roster, tbh).

doubt stank at your peril, good sir.

 

[Ghost of Kyiv]

I think Dadanov is going to be dirt cheap to retain. Teams have no interest in 34 year old, undersized offensive skilled wingers. 1 year, $1.5 to $2 million

 

[Arkham32]

I think Dadanov is going to be dirt cheap to retain. Teams have no interest in 34 year old, undersized offensive skilled wingers. 1 year, $1.5 to $2 million

That would be huge to get him that cheap gives a lot of room to upgrade the defense. giving him a second year and hopefully not a third will might enough to get him to lower the cap hit

 

[Kipper 17]

It's never gonna happen but a Heiskanen-Karlsson pairing would be so dirty. They're probably my two favorite defensemen of all time aswell.

Screw @hairylikebear for making me excited for something that will never happen.

Just gotta believe. I'm sure this board can will it to happen if we try hard enough.

@BG44 almost willed Logan Morrison into being a Star. So close

 

[M88K]

Just gotta believe. I'm sure this board can will it to happen if we try hard enough.

@BG44 almost willed Logan Morrison into being a Star. So close

Right now we're laser focused on willing a Suter buyout into existence

 

[hairylikebear]

Right now we're laser focused on willing a Suter buyout into existence

That's probably as far as we can hope to get

 

[Zrhutch]

Would Sam Girard be of any interest to us, or would he be too much of the same thing as Harley/Nils?

Also, I’m coming around on Mayfield. Fits the mold of a defense first, budget friendly RHD that can play in a top 4.

 

[M88K]

Would Sam Girard be of any interest to us, or would he be too much of the same thing as Harley/Nils?

Also, I’m coming around on Mayfield. Fits the mold of a defense first, budget friendly RHD that can play in a top 4.

No way you're getting Girard out of Colorado until they lock up Toews.

 

[Zrhutch]

Frank Serasausagespaghetti has a trade target list



Of various degrees of note for us

RD Erik Karlsson (pricy)
One STL D (Parayko, Faulk, Leddy, Scandella)
LW Ross Colton
LW Taylor Hall
RD Sean Walker
LD Matt Grzelcyk
LW Anthony Mantha
RW Kailer Yamamoto
LD Ivan Provorov
RD Tyler Myers
RW Kevin Labanc
LD Alec Martinez
LD Sam Girard

 

[redbeardtx]

Would Sam Girard be of any interest to us, or would he be too much of the same thing as Harley/Nils?

Also, I’m coming around on Mayfield. Fits the mold of a defense first, budget friendly RHD that can play in a top 4.

Girard has gotta be the softest defenseman in the league. Whenever I watch him he's just out there spinning around in circles with the puck. Mayfield would be a goodin though

 

[Sports2]

I think the only way they land Karlsson is if Benn agrees to waive his NMC. Nill isn't going to trade Marchment after one year, even ignoring the circumstances, without giving him a chance to bounce back.
Benn is only owed 3.75 per yer over the next two years after his signing bonus this summer. Dallas could pretty easily retain to make the cap hit palatable to some team trying to get over the hump.
Any retention on Benn would fall off when Suter's buyout penalty increases.

 

[Smelling Salt]

Frank Serasausagespaghetti has a trade target list

Scheifele, Dubois and Wheeler were on the list last off-season too and nothing happened. Dubois is likely gone this time but I doubt Wheeler and Scheifele go anywhere.

 

[account deactivated]

LOL

 

[Sports2]

GM of the year, everyone

 

[piqued]

Stars fans gotta stop DDoSing capfriendly

 

[Troy McClure]

It's always amazing when someone who doesn't know finds out how buyout proof Benn and Seguin are.

 

[roryjones]

Why would Dallas want to buyout Benn? He has 2 years left. He was a near PPG player and is one of the best face off guys in the league. Is he over paid? Sure. but not by that much.

Seguin is a different story. But a buyout of Seguin is just dumb. If you can find a deal that they would accept that makes the team better I say make the trade. Otherwise just ride out their contracts.

 

[JeffP]

its hard to read "klingberg sucks" because really he doesn't
he will just want way more than we have to give him and be at least a partial liability
i can imagine him as a very capable but overpaid option we don't have the money for

i keep hearing we' going to buy someone out, but then i hear it isn't worth it
what if no one will help us w our cap issues? we can only sweeten so much
i cant figure out what the truth is here other than we need to fix the d

 

[M88K]

its hard to read "klingberg sucks" because really he doesn't
he will just want way more than we have to give him and be at least a partial liability
i can imagine him as a very capable but overpaid option we don't have the money for

i keep hearing we' going to buy someone out, but then i hear it isn't worth it
what if no one will help us w our cap issues? we can only sweeten so much
i cant figure out what the truth is here other than we need to fix the d

Buying out Suter is a cheap option, money can be repurposed into a better defender of which there are many.

A buyout of seguin cost 7m against the cap for 2yrs then 9.4m against the cap for 2 yrs before it drops to a useful amount. He only has 4yrs left, so you either live with an overpaid 20g scorer or pay the cost of a 30goal guy for 4yrs and still have to replace his 20goals.

A buyout of benn cost 8.8m against the cap for the next 2yrs. Again he only had 2yrs left so there is 0 benefit to buying him out because you aren't getting anything with the 600k that buying him out opens to be useful.

Anyone watching the PO should have seen how bad and how necessary a Suter buyout is.
Even if the team can't afford to bring in someone good, just clearing the spot for lundkvist to play knowing full well Suter isn't going to get any better as time moves on.

 

[JeffP]

..but is Suter perma-conked or still useful as a low pair D?
I guess it's irrelevant if PDB will keep playing him if he has him as a resource.

 

[catters078]

Might mean nothing, but Domi posted on social media saying Thank You, Dallas.

Might also mean his camp and Dallas camp have discussed and realise the difference between salary and what he wants could be too much and agree to part ways.

 

[WhoahNow]

Might mean nothing, but Domi posted on social media saying Thank You, Dallas.

Might also mean his camp and Dallas camp have discussed and realise the difference between salary and what he wants could be too much and agree to part ways.

Yeah they'd have to move salary out to realistically sign him as I'm assuming he want similar cap hit but with longer term. If I'm Nill I'd prioritize re signing Dadanov as you can probably get him cheaper and Domi could be replaced by Stankoven or Bourque

 

[Kcb12345]

Might mean nothing, but Domi posted on social media saying Thank You, Dallas.

Might also mean his camp and Dallas camp have discussed and realise the difference between salary and what he wants could be too much and agree to part ways.

Don't some players typically post something thanking fans at the end of the season anyways?