{"id":52708,"date":"2025-07-10T00:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T00:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/52708\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T00:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T00:17:08","slug":"jason-robertson-trade-rumors-heat-up-as-hockey-insiders-believe-dallas-stars-have-salary-number-they-wont-budge-on-i-dont-think-the-stars-want-to-drag-this-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/52708\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Robertson trade rumors heat up as hockey insiders believe Dallas Stars have salary number they won\u2019t budge on: \u2018I don\u2019t think the Stars want to drag this out\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rumors surrounding superstar forward Jason Robertson<\/strong> of the Dallas Stars have been swirling the entire 2025 NHL offseason. The elite, high-scoring winger is eligible for an extension this season after recording his third straight year of at least 80 points.<\/p>\n

While extending a player with that level of scoring talent seems like a no-brainer proposition, the Stars are reportedly very hesitant about committing to the 25-year-old forward. According to Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman on the latest episode of the 32 Thoughts Podcast<\/a>, Stars general manager Jim Nill, winner of the last three General Manager of the Year Awards, has a salary red line he does not want to cross.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this one purely comes down to the number,\u201d Friedman said Sunday<\/a>. \u201cI think the Dallas Stars think very highly of Jason Robertson, especially as a person. I think Robertson thinks highly of the Stars. I just think it comes down to the number. Another thing to remember is that Dallas has some flexibility in the sense that, even though he\u2019s got one year left under his contract, he\u2019s not unrestricted for two years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a restricted arbitration year, so in theory, they could just sit there and say we could have him for two more years at this year\u2019s number, $7.75 million, and next year\u2019s arbitration number if they really wanted to do that. I just think it comes down to the number. I think Dallas has an area they don\u2019t want to go over, and the question is, does Robertson want to go over that? I can\u2019t imagine they want to go over Rantanen, which is $12 million, so we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to PuckPedia<\/a>, the Stars are currently $1.79 million over the league\u2019s 2025-26 salary cap. Although the cap is expected to increase by another $8.5 million for the 2026-27 campaign, Dallas already has very expensive contract committments to six players, Mikko Rantanen ($12M), Tyler Seguin ($9.85M), Roope Hintz ($8.45M), Miro Heiskanen ($8.45M), Wyatt Johnston ($8.4M), and Jake Oettinger ($8.25M), through that year.<\/p>\n

On top of that, both Robertson and elite defenseman Thomas Harley are set to become restricted free agents after next season. Per @AFPAnalytics<\/a>, a Robertson extension is expected to cost approximately $11.54 million for eight years, while Harley is expected to earn somewhere close to $10.8 million during the same period.<\/p>\n

The high-cost conundrum has left the Stars with only a few options, and Daily Faceoff\u2019s Jeff Marek believes<\/a> they will opt for a quick solution rather than allow Robertson to get anywhere near free agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really do suspect that something will happen with Jason Robertson of the Dallas Stars, and I wanna say it feels to me like it\u2019s probably going to be sooner than later because I don\u2019t think the Dallas Stars want to drag this thing out at all,\u201d Marek said Monday on The Sheet<\/a>. \u201cI think that Jim Nill has a number in his mind and doesn\u2019t want to go over that number whatsoever, and will not go over that number whatsoever. I do think that [number] is in the low double digits for Robertson.<\/p>\n

\u201cTerm may be an issue as well. The Dallas Stars, as explained to me, don\u2019t have much of a desire to go long-term, big money on players that aren\u2019t the best skaters in the NHL. They feel that they\u2019ve been burned by that before. We might find out quickly where the Dallas Stars are on Jason Robertson. Either we\u2019ll have a contract extension announced or maybe a trade.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robertson should have a bevy of suitors if the Stars do opt for the trade route. Given their impending salary cap difficulties, the rumored return would likely lean more towards prospects and draft picks rather than current NHL players, whose salaries Dallas would need to absorb.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s not forget, too, that when you look for need and what the Dallas Stars want to do, they still want to shore up their blue line,\u201d Marek added. \u201cWe will watch for the Dallas Stars and teams that may have excess defenders.\u201d<\/p>\n

Theoretically, the Washington Capitals could be one of the teams in the running for Robertson, although they haven\u2019t been reported as interested. General manager Chris Patrick stated early in the offseason<\/a> that the club was interested in adding a \u201chigh-skill player\u201d and could take a \u201cbig hack\u201d if the right name becomes available.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Robertson fits nicely into the current youth movement of the Capitals, turning 26 later this month. The Caps also have a stacked prospect pool and their first-round pick in the next three drafts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rumors surrounding superstar forward Jason Robertson of the Dallas Stars have been swirling the entire 2025 NHL offseason.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":52709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[293,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-52708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114826067625062455","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}