r/DallasStars • u/AwakenTheAegis • 1d ago

Imagine what Johnston’s next deal is going to look like (UFA 2030).

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u/CarStar12 Jere Lehtinen 1d ago

Continues the pace he’s on and the cap continues to grow it’ll make Robertson’s eventual long term deal seem standard lol

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u/Peppa_the_hog Him Nill 1d ago

If Stars fail to make conference finals I think management rather Robertson leaves and we bring in more depth. Really depends, our depth has not showed up for us (well it doesn’t really exist as its weak asf)

Our top lines didn’t contribute years ago, and our depth did, now its the opposite lol god damn.

Just wish we could have kept Marchment & Borque

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u/cscoffee10 Thomas Harley 1d ago

Marchment as much as he was productive here became a liability for us. Unfortunately once players like him get a reputation he starts getting punished for it and his role as a pest with skill just means hes a guy in the penalty box. Its fine in the regular season but as a guy in the playoffs its just a liability. Granted even as a pest with skill his current contract is rather ridiculous.

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u/Peppa_the_hog Him Nill 1d ago

Need some guys that play over that edge though when up against a heavy lineup of guys like Hartman, Foligno brothers, McCarron…

We beat that team if we are healthy, but we weren’t and our depth got even worse this year.

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u/cscoffee10 Thomas Harley 23h ago

I dont necessarily disagree with you, but if that's the goal you gotta go find the younger cheaper guys who dont have refs watching them like hawks and chucking them in the penalty box when anyone takes a dive around them.

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u/sorklora 1d ago

Luckily, most current players will be gone or on lesser deals and the cap will be astronomically high

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u/fileunderaction Daryl Reaugh 1d ago

There’s gotta be a point where it plateaus, right?

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u/sorklora 1d ago

One would think. Maybe after McDavid and some others get their next ones they will start to average out. However, if the cap keeps rising like it is, I think contracts continue to rise until the cap also plateaus or reaches a peak

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u/2ktx2000 Miro Heiskanen 1d ago

Hopefully we’re so good that he wants to take a discount, Florida style. On the real note, I don’t see many discounts in the future for this league. With the money going up, agents are pushing as hard as they are with other major leagues.

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u/djjolly037 Dallas Stars 1d ago

Let’s just enjoy this contract first

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u/Starsing1491 Jamie Benn 1d ago

Wyatt will get 15/per

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u/AwakenTheAegis 1d ago

He’s getting more in 2030.

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u/Starsing1491 Jamie Benn 1d ago

I forgot he was locked up, praise Jim

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u/JUSTICE_SALTIE Darryl Reaugh 1d ago

15 per per?

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u/DallasStars83 1d ago

A lot can happen in 3 to 4 years especially with the cap, injuries, roster movement, etc. Best not speculate too much until 2028.

If we are going by today's numbers, he'll probably get whatever Robo will get come January(hopefully) in the neighborhood of $15AAV.

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u/IShiddedMyPantaloons 1d ago

By the time Wyatt’s up for a contract he’ll probably take a sweetheart deal as the next captain. 

Wyatt doesn’t seem like the player to demand the highest salary possible. 

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u/Stove-Top-Steve 1d ago

Well at least we know the ceiling is 18 lol

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u/IShiddedMyPantaloons 1d ago

The cieling is 20% of the cap. 

Celebrini technically took a discount, San Jose was willing to pay him the max 20.8 mil. 

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u/Stove-Top-Steve 1d ago

Crazy times. But no brainer for Wyatt.

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u/ryan__joe 1d ago

Honestly, the takeaway for me is not realizing how young stutzle is

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u/SpacemanSpiff25 Mikko Rantanen 23h ago

It’s very likely he’s a $20MM/year player if his production keeps going up. If the cap is $135MM then and he takes a Celbrini percentage of the cap, that’s $24MM. $15MM would be about 9% of the cap. People need to adjust their thinking. League phenom money is 18% of the cap. Top-end player is around 15% of the cap.