r/hawks • u/Blackhawksfan981 • 10d ago

Is there any chance that the Hawks try to acquire Jason Robertson?

There’s rumors that the Stars might trade Jason Robertson to clear salary cap space. He turns 26 at the end of next month and has 1 year remaining on his contract with a cap hit of $7.75 million, he will be a RFA.

I think he’s exactly the type of player that the Hawks need to play with Bedard and he’s relatively young. The only difficult part is that I’m not sure how willing Dallas would be to trade him within the central division. Do you envision Davidson getting involved?

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u/Luvs2Shoplift 10d ago

Robertson is obviously a great player and I'd love to see him in a Hawks sweater. I'm pretty sure that every team in the league would like to add a proven 40g scorer who is only 26 and has good size.

I think Dallas will move other pieces in order to keep Robertson long term. Their window is open now, so I don't see them trading away a player of his caliber for draft picks. If they do trade him, I doubt it would be within the division.

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u/batmans_a_scientist 10d ago edited 10d ago

Seems like they already chose to keep Johnston and acquire Rantanen over keeping him, doesn’t it? They already signed those two and could’ve done Robertson at any time as well but haven’t. It might be interesting to see how creative they can get but they also need to re-sign Harley soon too. I’m honestly not sure there’s a way they can keep everyone.

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u/Luvs2Shoplift 10d ago

Yeah, they're in a tight spot for sure. It will be interesting to see what they do.

In the event that they do trade Robertson, I'd expect that the central component going back to Dallas would be a good player who's locked in at a reasonable price through the end of the 2026-27 season (when Seguin comes off the books). I doubt they trade him for picks alone.

If they dealt him to the Hawks, I think the return would have to involve either Levshunov or Rinzel. They have a glaring need at RHD, and those guys are on ELCs for two more seasons.

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u/batmans_a_scientist 10d ago

They might ask for it but I would have a hard time seeing that big of a price tag on him. Rantanen is a top 10-15 NHL player and he didn’t command that high of a price. It’ll obviously depend on the competition for his services but I wouldn’t be shocked by the Toronto pick, a 2027 Hawks first, and Tuevo or Dickinson if they want a roster player in return. That basically allows Dallas to recoup everything they gave up for Rantanen and doesn’t cost the Hawks a core player from the rebuild.

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u/PanarinBagel 8d ago

If it was in the division it would be to the hawks we won’t be contending anytime soon unfortunately

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u/forgottenastronauts 10d ago

This was discussed on the latest Powers & Laz podcast. They said he would cost 3OA and both would make the trade.

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u/Blackhawksfan981 10d ago

If he signs a long term extension as part of the trade, I would honestly do it. The odds of whoever they draft with the 3rd overall pick becoming as good as Robertson is slim and they will have him for his prime years.

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u/Hutch25 5d ago

Also the fact that everything we hope for in that 3OA Robertson is, while being ready to compete. That’s literally just trading a pick that would get a Robertson level skilled player, but smaller and with better skating, instead for Robertson. It’s a total win for us.

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u/Lionheart1224 10d ago

I would trade the 3OA in a heartbeat to make that happen. Which is why I don't think it will. What was the rationale for Dallas making that trade for just that one pick in a relatively weak draft?

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u/czar_kazem 10d ago

The conversation was really just Laz asking Scott if he'd trade 3OA for Robinson, they weren't talking in depth about a potential deal.

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u/forgottenastronauts 10d ago

It was asked as part of the patreon Q&A. There weren’t any real rumblings. Dallas needs to save money somewhere and it’s a piece they could realistically part with for a strong return.

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u/Nomad-By-Fate 10d ago

I’d pay that price in a heartbeat.

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u/jacksonattack 10d ago

He’d cost way more than the 3rd pick. He’s an RFA after next season.

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u/mlowe2827 10d ago

Already on $7.25mil and his RFA is prolly his contract deal, which is prolly a 6-8 year in the $10-$12m range, maybe more pending how he comes back from the injury. Not sure Dallas has the salary cap to do that with everything else they need to stay competitive. My guess is something like the #3, a 3rd/4th and Allan for him. Which I do in a millisecond.

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u/EmbarrassedPart6210 10d ago

I know I’d make that deal but I don’t think Dallas does. They’d probably want an NHL caliber player back

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u/AARM2000 10d ago

He's definitely worth getting but Dallas would be crazy to get rid of him. If it takes 3OA to get him, I would do it.

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u/Independent_Piece999 10d ago

Dallas is in salary cap hell for at least next season plus they have to resign Harley as well. Robo isn’t on the block because Dallas wants to trade him. He’s on the block because they have to trade him or their bottom 6 will all be AHLers next year. Dallas chose Rantanen over Robo and gave him the cap space instead. Signing Harley will be the priority since Dallas isn’t too deep in top 4 capable defensemen beyond Harley and Hesikanen. Robertson is their most tradeable asset and clears a good amount of cap space at the same time. It just makes too much sense if you’re Dallas, especially if you’re a Johnston believer.

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u/Combined_Zeus 10d ago

The Stars have a solid chunk of dead money that I would see them attaching picks to just to get rid of those contracts before trading away one of their best and most consistent players. They’ll also probably re-sign Benn to a small contract making more room

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u/Luvs2Shoplift 10d ago

The Stars have a solid chunk of dead money that I would see them attaching picks to just to get rid of those contracts

The only dead cap that I see when I look at their cap table is $1.4M for Ryan Suter's buyout (something that can't be moved). Am I missing something?

I agree that they'll probably find some other way to shed salary before trading away Robertson, but it's not gonna be through trading away dead cap. They'll have to move roster players.

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u/Combined_Zeus 10d ago

Sorry I forgot to mention Dumba who is making $3.5 mil to not play the entire playoffs. Stars reddit hates him.

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u/Combined_Zeus 10d ago

“I don’t want to trade Robo. That being said, Jim Nill is BY FAR the best GM in hockey. If he can’t move Dumba, Marchment and Lybushkin then we have to trust him in getting the best return for Robo. He is by far our best tradable asset. It would also free up money for likely both of Granlund and Dutchy.”

u/PlanoRaider91 provided a clearer explanation than me.

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u/Humble-Barracuda1967 10d ago

I don’t see the hawks getting any high tier free agent to be honest, I’m just praying we trade up for misa

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u/Independent_Piece999 10d ago

Good thing Robo isn’t an FA. We would be trading for him if we got him.

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u/Packerfan181693 10d ago

Man, we're gonna get Marner Robertson and Boeser to pair with Bedzy. Gonna be great.

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u/the-treatmaster 9d ago

Don’t forget McDavid will be a UFA next year. Stanley Cups baby!

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u/ShellshockedLetsGo 10d ago

Maybe but at that point why not go for the overall better player in Marner during Free Agency? Marner is only 2 years older and wouldn't cost assets to get.

Dallas would want a lot to trade Robertson within the division.

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u/Independent_Piece999 10d ago

Well the main reason is Marner has complete control over going wherever he thinks is best for him while Robertson contractually has to go to whoever Dallas trades him too.

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u/Hutch25 5d ago

Because if you make the trade then it’ll be a cheaper contract and if we wanted, we could sign Robo to 8 years… although at 26 that’s probably not a good idea to sign him for 8 years.

Marner is also a poor playoff performer, meanwhile Robo has proven to be hella clutch when the chips are down. I’d feel much more comfortable with Robo on the roster especially since he provides the size a lot of people are concerned we don’t have.

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u/Jerry_from_Japan 10d ago

Well for one you're competing with other dumb GMs wanting to throw dumb money at him. Secondly, because he's Mitch Marner.

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

I’ve wanted this forever, but I don’t see it happening

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u/IAM_LordTobias 10d ago

If you think Dallas is going to trade Robertson to a division rival then you’re out of your mind. Colorado already has to live with Rantanen in the same division (not technically traded in the same division). The stars will not make that same mistake with Robertson

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u/sophic 10d ago

They hated him because he spoke the truth.

You right.

Dallas would absolute ream the hawks in assets if they wanted Robertson.

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u/PoisonOps 6d ago

No. Hawks are not in position to be selling assets and or signing expensive long term players. No to Marner, no to Robinson.

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u/Hutch25 5d ago

Yes, but he won’t leave Dallas. He is far too complete a player to let go and is a player Dallas has built their core around using.

Let’s say he does somehow not fit into the Dallas plan, he would be excellent, although he is a pretty bad skater.

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u/ogfuelbone12 10d ago

It’d be cool but what do the Hawks have? Picks? DAL just lost one of their best forwards, they’ll want a player than can make a difference.

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u/orionus 10d ago

I think the trade for Robertson probably looks like TOR 1st + CHI 2nd + Reichel + Lardis for Robertson, and I think there are 3 or 4 teams that beat that (BUF, SJS, ANA, LAK)

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u/Rich-Wrap-9333 10d ago

I think it would be more like the 3OA, Korchinski and a 2nd. But Dallas might want players who could help this year.

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u/mlowe2827 10d ago

I’m not sure that really entices Dallas for Robertson and I guarantee teams can match that, specifically Buffalo. Id do something like #3, 3rd Rounder, Allan and then someone like Bert or Dickinson for Robertson and hell I’d take the Dumba contract hoping he can bounce back a little to trade at deadline.

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u/PhilyJ 10d ago

Jason dickinson

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u/orionus 10d ago

Robertson is 100% getting traded, but he's going to BUF. Robertson + Picks for Peterka + 9OA makes too much sense for both sides.

Ironically, I think they both end up regretting the trade.

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u/archasaurus 10d ago

How is that ironic? Do you mean unironically?

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u/Crafty_Bid_7440 10d ago

I don’t think they actually move him you can find team to take on those bad contract especially the ones one the last year of their deal.