Nill wants to keep Robertson and sees him as part of the future in Dallas. However, he will be an RFA with arbitration rights. We all know how those arbitration negotiations go. The Dallas Stars don’t want it to get to that point.
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However, as discussed on The page between Fourth Period’s Dave Pagnotta and Jeff Marekcould be Jason Robertson’s next AAV underneath Mikko Rantanen’s $12 million, which is the benchmark considering the Stars use Rantanen as the top end of the internal salary cap?
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Jeff Marek: “A complicating factor for Dallas here is that the player is arbitration eligible, and you know what happens in arbitration in general? I mean, listen, players can really get a windfall in arbitration here, and that’s why I don’t know if the Dallas Stars want to get that far considering they seem to have a $12 million cap with Mikko Rantanen. And look, Jason Robertson could sound the alarm to go to our arbitration. Full stop.
How much of a mitigating factor is the Rantanen contract for Robertson? He will be 27 when this contract starts. I know Dallas isn’t exactly keen on long-term contracts for players, long-term contracts for players in their late 20s, but the RFA status with the hammer and also Rantanen’s internal cap?
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Dave Pagnotta: “Rantanen has more impact, or that contract has more impact on these types of discussions with regards to the greetings, excuse me, to Robertson for a number of reasons. First of all, that contract was recently closed. That obviously happened last year, and with that was understanding how the trend was going with regard to the salary cap.”
But I think the Rantanen deal has more impact in terms of the negotiations in terms of number plateaus and things like that, and that’s also the complicated stuff to some extent, in terms of the fact that it’s just not done yet. Because how many guys get an eight-figure improvement on the same selection, even though the caps increase and even though there is more money to spend?
And Tom Gaglardi, the owner, isn’t afraid to shell out money for it. But how many boys? You have to be responsible. How many guys will be in the eight figures, and how many and how high will be in the eight figures for the foreseeable future? That’s a factor for both of these guys, because these could easily be, and likely will be, eight-figure deals for AAVs.
The Stars have $28 million in cap space as of now next year based on projected numbers, which is still a lot of room to play with for most of the roster, not just these two.
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It’s not just about the Rantanen deal, though. It’s the Martin Necas agreement: $11.5 million per season over eight years. The Kyle Connor deal in Winnipeg is the Rantanen eight-year deal for $12 million per season. Logan Cooley of the Utah Mammoth just received $10.5 million per season over an eight-year, entry-level deal.
The Stars want to keep Jason Robertson. It won’t just come down to what Mikko Rantanen gets, but what other contracts Robertson signs between now and when.
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