Rather swap gurianov because ges older and robertson gives janmark 1 more year

Would VGK take Gurianov 1 for 1? I’d feel we’d have to add a pick. I think this reads is good for Dallas now cause of Benn and Radulovs age and with the addition of Pavelski and Perry too. The time to win is now. Robertson will be 30-40 goal scorer in the NHL in his prime but DAL doesn’t have time to wait for his prime

Im fine with a minor pick/prospect because with this we get gusev and have enough depth to let robertson develop

No, we would not, Gurianov is not worth it

But i would do Robertson

the other option is flipping Gusev for an affordable # 4 RD (which is where we need the most help atm)

I think the only dman Dallas has available currently on the roster are Honka and Oleksiak who’ll be a bottom pair guy, while Honka still can be a top 4, but his value is so low. What about:

DAL:

Gusev

VGK:

Honka
Machersin
Conditional 2nd turning into a 1st if Gusev scores 50+ points

Now we're getting somewhere.

Realistically, Nill isn't going to trade Comeau. Not one year after he signed him to a (stupidly) large contract to be a depth PK guy. And Ottawa has no need taking on an aging contract while they are trying to get younger. And with the additions of Zaitsev and Hainsey, they likely aren't in the market for another RD right now.

After Dickinson gets his $2Mish contract, the Stars will have less than $500K in cap space. They won't be able to make a trade like this because once they sign Gusev they go over the cap limit. I know you can go over by 10% during the offseason, but we have to be back under by the time the season starts. This is a list of players the Stars can "Paper Transaction" down to the minors for the first day of the season, and not risk waivers (all 3 should be on the opening night roster):

Roope Hintz - $811,667
Miro Heiskanen - $894,166
Denis Gurianov - $894,166

This gives Dallas $2.6M to move off the books for the opening day of the season.

Assuming Gusev makes $3.5M (low ball for the basis of this argument), that means between him and Dickinson, Dallas spends $5.5M, putting them at $84.53M before the season starts. Even after dropping those three players listed above to the minors for the sake of cap space, the Stars are still $500K over the salary cap, and they can't drop Hanzal down to LTIR until after day 1 of the season. The only way this trade works is if someone already on the NHL roster is going back to Vegas. Otherwise, the Stars won't be under the salary cap by the time the season begins.

And I don't understand the notion that "Dallas doesn't have time to wait for his prime". Why should the Stars throw away their entire future to add to a team that right now could already compete for a Cup? Dallas needs to be adding (or keeping) pieces that keep Dallas competitive after Seguin and Benn are gone.

Robertson, Hintz, and Heiskanen could very well turn into their future Benn, Seguin, and Klingberg. Don't throw that away to add to a team that can already compete now.