The trades seem fair.
There is a lot of youth there that will want raises the following year. It looks like you’ll need to trade Armia, Bailey, Benn, Seguin, Dobby or Lindell to give raises. It would be tight, especially with Hintz and Guri.

That’s a real nice roster for next year.

I would hope that either Bourque or Johnston breaks the lineup at training camp.

My guess is that JR will ask for something equal or a little bit higher than what Hughes got if he signs for 8 years. His even if he is not a center.

I don’t know if we would get that return for Faksa. I don’t see him that much better than Armia and the contracts are pretty similar. Also, I would guess that Montreal is on Faksa’s NMC list.

I like the moves. My biggest concern would be next offseasonn. Money gets right real quick. Assuming Hintz sees $8M per year, the Stars would have roughly $14M to spend on 7-8 roster spots, including Gurianov, Dellandrea, Peterson, and a backup goalie.

If Nill were able to shed a contract or two to make the cap work next offseason, I’m down for the trades above. Like the team