GrapevineAg said:

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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.

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Hard pass

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Howdy Grapevine, I'm just spitballin'. I'm just tired of seeing this front office put together amazing teams on paper with a stellar regular season only to look like a junior varsity squad in the playoffs.

Is it heart? Is it coaching? Is it team chemistry? Bad culture top to bottom?

I honestly don't know...

Danny Vermin said:

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It's amazing how ridiculous some people are. Those two posts are unbelievably narrow minded.

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Because he's been doing a great job lately of addressing our weaknesses, signing great contracts, and managing the cap. How many Cups have we wonder under him again?

Full schedule to be released soon.

Texas Hockey is on the horizon ⭐️ pic.twitter.com/sFuKyr4o2e

— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) July 15, 2026

THE 2026-27 SCHEDULE IS HERE ⭐️

— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) July 16, 2026

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AgFrogfan said:

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GrapevineAg said:

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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.

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Howdy Grapevine, I'm just spitballin'. I'm just tired of seeing this front office put together amazing teams on paper with a stellar regular season only to look like a junior varsity squad in the playoffs.

Is it heart? Is it coaching? Is it team chemistry? Bad culture top to bottom?

I honestly don't know...

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LOL. JV squad in the playoffs? We've been to the WCF three out of four years.

Yeah, let's make Modano the GM. With his tons of hands on front office experience. Hell, let's get Brett Hull back in the mix too…maybe the Ambassador of Fun or whatever the hell he did the last time he was on the payroll.

You have every right to toss ideas out, just like we have every right to comment on how stupid they are.

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That's totally fine, MattAg. I wouldn't mind bringing back Ludwig, Zubov, & Hatcher if that meant instilling the determination it takes to win Lord Stanley's Cup. Do you honestly think this years' Stars could have given Carolina a 7 game thriller series in the Finals? The standard has to be raised from every facet within the organization. There's just no gas left in the tank when we get to the WCF.

2026: Lost in the Western Conference First Round to the Minnesota Wild, 4-2.

2025: Lost in the Western Conference Final to the Edmonton Oilers, 4-1.

2024: Lost in the Western Conference Final to the Edmonton Oilers, 4-2.

2023: Lost in the Western Conference Final to the Vegas Golden Knights, 4-2.

2022: Lost in the Western Conference First Round to the Calgary Flames, 4-3

Jim Nill as GM with the Dallas Stars:

201314: 40-31-11 (91 points) Playoffs: First Round

201415: 41-31-10 (92 points)

201516: 50-23-9 (109 points) Playoffs: Second Round

201617: 34-37-11 (79 points)

201718: 42-32-8 (92 points)

201819: 43-32-7 (93 points) Playoffs: Second Round

201920: 37-24-8 (82 points) Playoffs: Lost in Stanley Cup Final

202021: 23-19-14 (60 points)

202122: 46-30-6 (98 points) Playoffs: First Round

202223: 47-21-14 (108 points) Playoffs: Western Conference Final

202324: 52-21-9 (113 points) Playoffs: Western Conference Final

202425: 50-26-6 (106 points) Playoffs: Western Conference Final

202526: 50-20-12 (112 points) Playoffs: First Round

He's no Scotty Bowman. Maybe Gaglardi would be wise to pluck someone from Eric Tulsky's GM tree...again, just dumb takes from AgFrog.

Bedard 5x15

AgFrogfan said:

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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.

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Howdy Grapevine, I'm just spitballin'. I'm just tired of seeing this front office put together amazing teams on paper with a stellar regular season only to look like a junior varsity squad in the playoffs.

Is it heart? Is it coaching? Is it team chemistry? Bad culture top to bottom?

I honestly don't know...

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I don't want Modano near this organization as anything other than a former player. There's some bad blood, and he wasn't exactly the leader here - hell, Gainey had to have a serious 1-on-1 with him about how he needed to step up if they wanted to win the cup. He played the '99 finals with a broken wrist and should get a lot of credit, but the D guys and Nieuwy were the leaders imho.

We've had several good coaches in recent history, so maybe that's not the issue? Honestly, I think we need 1 really good and physical D man (ideally to pair with Miro to get him back on his natural side) and perhaps an upgrade in net.

16-years on, I'd like to think Modano and everyone else has gotten over it. I don't really know what mark, if any, he's made on the Minnesota Wild so I don't know if he's deserving of a bigger role here

There's no bigger Bob Gainey fan than me, but he's a 72 year old dinosaur who really hasn't worked a job like this in 15 years. And I've seen no indication Modano is ready to be a good GM. This would be a good ol' days stroll. Now I do think it's time to consider life after Nill, but neither of those interest me at all.

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There's no bigger Bob Gainey fan than me, but he's a 72 year old dinosaur who really hasn't worked a job like this in 15 years. And I've seen no indication Modano is ready to be a good GM. This would be a good ol' days stroll. Now I do think it's time to consider life after Nill, but neither of those interest me at all.

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Bro, Scotty Bowman is 92 and still wants to stay involved in the NHL. Don't tell me Gainey doesn't want some time away from his wife.

Interesting point on DLLs yesterday about how the Wing AAV is much lower than Centers.
Dallas should get Robertson for 12.5 or less pretty easily for 1 year imo.

Top NHL Winger AAVs (2026-2027 Season)

1. Kirill Kaprizov (Minnesota Wild, LW) - $17,000,000 AAV
Contract: 8 years, $136,000,000
Expires: End of 2033-34 season

2. Mitch Marner (Vegas Golden Knights, RW) - $12,000,000 AAV
Contract: 8 years, $96,000,000
Expires: End of 2032-33 season

3. Kyle Connor (Winnipeg Jets, LW) - $12,000,000 AAV
Contract: 7 years, $84,000,000
Expires: End of 2032-33 season

4. Mikko Rantanen (Dallas Stars, RW) - $12,000,000 AAV
Contract: 6 years, $72,000,000
Expires: End of 2031-32 season

5. Artemi Panarin (New York Rangers, LW) - $11,642,857 AAV
Contract: 7 years, $81,500,000
Expires: End of 2025-26 season

6. David Pastrnak (Boston Bruins, RW) - $11,250,000 AAV
Contract: 8 years, $90,000,000
Expires: End of 2030-31 season

7. Pavel Dorofeyev (New York Rangers, LW) - $11,000,000 AAV
Contract: 7 years, $77,000,000
Expires: End of 2032-33 season

8. Alex Tuch (Washington Capitals, RW) - $10,500,000 AAV
Contract: 8 years, $84,000,000
Expires: End of 2033-34 season

9. Jonathan Huberdeau (Calgary Flames, LW) - $10,500,000 AAV
Contract: 8 years, $84,000,000
Expires: End of 2030-31 season

Likely a bridge to next year so he can get 15 right?

Agree. Allows Seguin/Benn contracts to work themselves out/get off the books and give him term/amount closer to what he was looking for. Or unload him at TD next year for a moderate package of picks/players if everyone is too butt hurt to work it out

I don't think there's anyway they trade him now tbh. He still holds most of the power here in that wherever Dallas wanted to send him he would have to sign a long term contract in order for Dallas to get his full value. I think as FWappraiser said, he'll be signing a 7x14'ish type of deal January 1 of next year knowing that Seguin's money is coming off the books.

More or less, for better or worse, this is the team we're going to be rocking next year.

Yep, lots of flexibility heading toward next offseason. Money will be coming off the books, and they have this season (or at least part of it) to evaluate direction - resign or look to change things up

I would expect the heat is ON Harley now to have a 2024/25 type of year again, and if not he'll be out the door for whatever they can get for him. Because he has a NMC beginning in 2028, and they won't want that money on the books for the guy we saw last year.

I would think Faksa gets traded to make room. With Hyry coming on late, it makes the most sense. I'd like to see something like:

Robertson-Hintz-Seguin
Hryckowian-Johnston-Rantanen
Steel-Duchene-Benn*
Kiviranta-Hyry-Blackwell

with Back the 13th forward and hopefully Hemming making the jump and pushing Benn down to the 4th line at some point.

Maybe then we'll get a defenseman that isn't a 35+ year old has-been

Wish we could have worked a trade to improve the team.

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Wish we could have worked a trade to improve the team.

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Wish we could have worked a trade to improve the team.

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Technically they did.

Elliotte Friedman: The Kraken were given permission...to talk to Jason Robertson...offered him approximately $15m...on an 8-year deal; offer was declined; it’s believed the two teams had worked out some kind of trade...including Seattle’s...7th overall - Sportsnet (6/25)

— NHL Rumour Report (@NHLRumourReport) June 26, 2026

Kane at $8M per is DUMB.

So Jason Robertson is playing to get traded or are they waiting out the Seguin deal?? The man must hate Seattle with a passion

— jason demers (@jasondemers5) July 22, 2026

I wish these idiotic organ-EYE-zations would stop doing stuff like this. Never gonna get Robo extended at a number that won't cripple the franchise if this keeps up:

Breaking: The Sharks have signed forward Macklin Celebrini to a five-year contract extension worth $18.8 million AAV, the team announced.

The deal makes him the NHL's highest paid player. pic.twitter.com/YSleRUd97O

— ESPN (@espn) July 29, 2026

[EDIT to clarify: I'm not saying Celebrini doesn't deserve to get paid; if he keeps up this pace, clearly he does. Just not 18.8 IMO. My post is more a commentary on how the NHL keeps resetting the top of the salary charts like what the NFL does every year. The problem is the NHL isn't going to experience the same exponential revenue growth that takes the salary cap higher every season like the NFL does.]

It's Celebrini, he's worth it