I hope this doesn't give Robo any ideas. What are they doing?!??

We have tendered an offer sheet to Anaheim center Leo Carlsson. The offer is a five-year contract worth an average annual value (AAV) of $18M, which would require four of the Flyers first-round draft picks in each of the next four seasons as compensation. https://t.co/nfhD4h6nEc

— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) July 3, 2026

J.P. 03 said:

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I hope this doesn't give Robo any ideas. What are they doing?!??

We have tendered an offer sheet to Anaheim center Leo Carlsson. The offer is a five-year contract worth an average annual value (AAV) of $18M, which would require four of the Flyers first-round draft picks in each of the next four seasons as compensation. https://t.co/nfhD4h6nEc

— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) July 3, 2026

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The whole league is crazy

So...maybe Anaheim will offer sheet Robo after (if) this goes through? Do the 4 firsts have to be their own, or could they turn around and ship those to Dallas?

Surely he would approve going there, right?

I would take 4 firsts for Robo, make some trades with his money and really go for it again next season with all our cap space.

I don't think anyone is going to offer sheet him. He's already made it public that he doesn't want to go certain places and wants to be in Dallas.

Tksymm7 said:

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I don't think anyone is going to offer sheet him. He's already made it public that he doesn't want to go certain places and wants to be in Dallas.

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JFC, I don't enough about all this, but if we wanted to sign Robo long term, who could we trade or waive to create the cap space?

I am probably completely wrong, but it feels like Nilly has backed himself into a corner. Can we trade Oettinger? That was an absolutely terrible contract to give him. $66 Million guaranteed. WTF.

We can sign a guy like Andy Moog to give us better results. I love the Otter, but man does his contract sting us in the rumpus.

I dont either but if someone did, good riddance to a greedy player.

Wyatt is our most tradable asset given his contract and age. But if you trade him you'd have to get an Auston Matthews type of player in return. So really he's un-tradeable.

Harley is the most tradable asset that I think we'd be okay giving up for something else. He's still young with great upside on a number that in two years will be a bargain. And there's some belief around the league that he had a bad year but if you gave him his own team to run he could be a Norris caliber d-man offensively.

If you wanted to trade otter I'm sure you'd have plenty of teams out there, but what good does that do for us? Cool now you have Casey DeSmith starting every game. That doesn't help us either.

Only argument on Oetter would be that he's overpaid for the performance he has been providing.

Could trade him for a goaltender who makes $4 to $5 million and hope you get close to the same production. Then take the money saved to keep Mav or bring somebody else in.

Of course the Stars would not do this because they believe in Oetter and are committed to him.

However, it's past time for Oetter to be a difference maker. He should be in his prime now and has to be much better than last year.

Tksymm7 said:

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Wyatt is our most tradable asset given his contract and age. But if you trade him you'd have to get an Auston Matthews type of player in return. So really he's un-tradeable.

Harley is the most tradable asset that I think we'd be okay giving up for something else. He's still young with great upside on a number that in two years will be a bargain. And there's some belief around the league that he had a bad year but if you gave him his own team to run he could be a Norris caliber d-man offensively.

If you wanted to trade otter I'm sure you'd have plenty of teams out there, but what good does that do for us? Cool now you have Casey DeSmith starting every game. That doesn't help us either.

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I'm just trying to think outside the box. Bring in someone like a Stuart Skinner or Frederick Anderson that relieves the cap space and elevate some of the young bucks such as Jake Barczewski or Beni Halasz from the Steelheads to the Texas Stars to fight for a roster position in Dallas.

Pure and simple. It comes down to who wants it more.

All netminders need competition. If we stick with Otter, then he needs a Sea Lion trailing his ass at every turn. Just my two shillings...

No arguments here. The goalie situation is probably the fastest evolving position in all of the sport. How valuable are they these days? Are goalies going to be a year to year position more than they ever have been? What does the next good goal keeper get? All of this stuff is still yet to be decided.

I think we think of Otter right now a little like we did with Faksa before he got traded. He was getting paid 4.5 million then and we hated him. He came back and is not only getting 2 and we are fine with it. Shesterkin is the latest goalie to get paid and you'd have to say he is seriously overpaid after last year. But we'll see what happens moving forward. I think you'd ride out this year with Otter and see what happens.

Oetter has a no movement clause for the next five years so no sense in thinking about that

FTAco07 said:

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Oetter has a no movement clause for the next five years so no sense in thinking about that

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So we have a GM that backed the franchise into a corner....great.

Ducks getting attacked:

BREAKING: At least one NHL team formally presented Pavel Mintyukov with an offersheet today, per @PuckPedia.

Anaheim may be in trouble.. pic.twitter.com/2x32ClXk0E

— PuckEmpire (@puckempire) July 3, 2026

Removed b/c what I wrote was wrong

I heard the Thrashers are making Robo an offer

That's a lot of money for a guy coming off one solid year.

Still a little more than 3 hours away from the filing deadline…could this really be heading to arbitration?

By filing for arbitration, Stars options going forward:
1) Sign arbitration deal knowing Robertson will become a UFA after the season
2) Try to trade knowing
Robertson’s value is less than before the Seattle trade rejection.
3) Offer multi-year deal at a higher AAV than budgeted https://t.co/8potjt2kyE

— Bruce LeVine (@BruceLeVinePuck) July 5, 2026

NEWS: 15 RFA players have filed for salary arbitration and are no longer eligible for offer sheets

Peyton Krebs (BUF)
Ronan Seeley (CAR)
Cole Sillinger (CBJ)
Jet Greaves (CBJ)
Jason Robertson (DAL)
Akira Schmid (FLA)
Kirby Dach (MTL)
Alex Jefferies (NYI)
Braden Schneider (NYR)…

— NHL News (@PuckReportNHL) July 5, 2026

At least this takes the offer sheet off the table. Hearings aren't pleasant, but the glass-half-full view is that you likely get him back for less than what you would have paid in year 1 of an extension and then just hope you can sign him to a long-term deal after that when you have more cap space. Maybe it enables you to go get a little more help this year with the money you saved.

Of course, nothing that's happened so far suggests he'll do the Stars any favors here or give us any type of discount, so we're probably gonna have to take our chances with him as an UFA next summer.

I'd trade his ass at the deadline if there's any decent package we could get back in return

I am good with this approach. Buys time. Still a tradeable asset. Get to see what juice your roster has after a longer offseason to recharge its batteries. And the cap flexibility opening next offseason allows a very holistic review and change in strategy that you can do in one swoop vs doing it in pieces

There is so much noise around Robo, but here's what I'm hearing (take it with a grain of sand).

Since Robo chose arbitration, the opposing side (the Stars) get to choose the term. They would obviously opt for 1 year. Given that, both sides know the AAV will be in the 12.5M range. This would make Robo a UFA next offseason. What's likely to happen, probably before the hearing, is a one year deal for Robo that fits in the Stars cap (after they move another player or two). Then, the Stars will extend Robo for 7 years at a higher AAV, since they'll have a lot more cap space after this season. That solves both the team's current salary cap crunch, Robo's preference to stay in Dallas, and his desired AAV.

So to summarize: I would expect a one year deal around 12.5M and then a 7 year, +/-98M extension at a later date.

Sign a damned contract already

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Sign a damned contract already

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Whatever is to his left really scares me...

Stevie Y out in Detroit. Wish Gaglardi had the balls to make a move like that...

Kashchei said:

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Stevie Y out in Detroit. Wish Gaglardi had the balls to make a move like that...

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I totally agree, Kashchei. I swear to pete's sake it's so simple. Hire Bob Gainey (72 yrs old) as President of Operations and pluck Modano (56 yrs old) from Minnesota as the new GM. Both proven winners with the Dallas Stars Organization.

I would promote Peverley to the big chair! He's already assistant GM.

Potentially huge news here https://t.co/7pZNr3Zvqc pic.twitter.com/r1yTeoLxNI

— Robert Tiffin (@RobertTiffin) July 15, 2026

Kashchei said:

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I would promote Peverley to the big chair! He's already assistant GM.

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Sounds good! Let's get G-a-g-g-y Gaglardi on the bullhorn!!!

Edit cus I didn't know I had typed a banned word. Oops.

FWAppraiser said:

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Potentially huge news here https://t.co/7pZNr3Zvqc pic.twitter.com/r1yTeoLxNI

— Robert Tiffin (@RobertTiffin) July 15, 2026

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I've got a bad feeling about this and how it is going to affect the Stars. If companies are going to make it harder and harder to watch games and charge more and more to do it I might just have to start setting sail on the high seas.

Stars may need a new home next season after what's happening today:
https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/07/15/sources-ducks-inform-victory-of-plans-to-terminate-agreement/