Dallas Stars Make Up Their Mind on Trading Expensive Player, Per Elliotte Friedman
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Aaron
July 14, 2025 (3:06)
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It has been expected that the Dallas Stars would trade Ilya Lyubushkin this summer, but, per Elliotte Friedman, that is no longer the plan.
The Dallas Stars are in a difficult spot as a franchise. They have faced the best of the best in the conference finals in recent years, and have unfortunately fallen short.
Last season, a large part of their loss to Connor McDavid‘s Edmonton Oilers was the right side of their defense. While superstar Miro Heiskanen plays well on his off side, the remaining options were Matt Dumba, Ilya Lyubushkin, and Alex Petrovic.
Dumba was traded earlier this week to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for younger, cheaper depth defenseman Ilya Kolyachonok, but that is purely addition by subtraction.
The Stars have no interest in moving Ilya Lyubushkin, they felt that he was a good depth player for them
We will see if this is the right move for the Stars, who have more big contracts to shell out in the coming months, including to Jason Robertson. Lyubushkin’s deal runs through 2026-27, so this appears to simply be placing a decision to a later date.
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