Overview
- Late June reports say the Stars are actively shopping defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin to free roughly $3.25 million in salary and create room for a Robertson extension.
- Jason Robertson is a restricted free agent projected to seek a raise above $12 million a year after a 45-goal, 96-point season, which outstrips Dallas’s usable cap space.
- General manager Jim Nill told local radio that talks with Robertson’s representatives are 'good,' that he views Robertson as a priority, and that there is no fixed deadline for a deal.
- The Ottawa Senators have been reported as an aggressive suitor, using newly acquired draft assets and signaling they could pursue Robertson by trade or with an offer sheet.
- What to watch next: whether Dallas moves Lyubushkin or Radek Faksa to create space, how the June 26–27 draft and July free-agency window compress decisions, and the draft-pick compensation an offer sheet would cost a rival club.