You aren’t getting Robertson and putting protection on picks.

Everybody protects their firsts now. Nobody is giving up the pick that becomes Bedard.

Ahem.

Florida.

Also DAL declines. With DAL also lacking their own first they can't afford becoming this much worse.

You aren’t getting a 23yr old 40 goal scorer and putting conditions on the pick, if you think you’re in the running for Bedard you shouldn’t be making trades for Robertson anyway. Make the offer better than because it makes zero sense for DAL to accept restrictions.

Dallas isnt exactly dealing from a position of strength right now. Is their plan at this point wait until they've banked enough cap to sign him to the deal he wants and only play him for part of this season?

Increasingly better plan than trading him for an insufficient package

He is an RFA, they are dealing from a massive position of strength. What’s he going to do sit out the whole year, sign an offer sheet with one of the 5 teams in the league that has more cap space than them? Oh wait at least 2 of those teams are actively tanking and not trading picks. If a team offersheets him there are no protections on the picks. So how is it that they aren’t dealing from a position of strength?

The teams who would offer sheet him are not going to be getting a top 5 pick, especially not after acquiring Robertson. You also can't just force him to play either, even if you hold his RFA rights. Depending on how this is being handled, he may demand a trade out of Dallas before it's all over due to being fed up with management/ownership, especially if it's over a very reasonable asking price of 7 mil AAV when compared to other young players contracts this off season.

Lol. This is a direct comp to the Eichel trade.
Anyone that says this isn’t a fair offer is in for a bad time if they do deal him

Who cares, Eichel was hurt and demanding a trade. That’s a hair brained comp.

Yeah you can just force him to play or well play or sit that’s what an RFA is, he has zero leverage unless he wants to go to Europe which he won’t. He can demand away, doesn’t mean DAL has to take an offer that is below what they are willing to accept which imo would include an unprotected 23. Robertson has zero leverage, other teams have zero leverage. DAL holds all the cards if they want to play hard ball.

Robertson doesn’t want out. The only person with a problem is Gagliardi and somebody needs to tell him to keep his mouth shut and let his GM deal with negotiating. “These kids score 40 goals and all of a sudden they want 7 million.” Yeah Tom, that’s how that works. It is what it is. Nill and his guys will get something figured out. I took Robertson in fantasy this year. Wouldn’t have done that if I didn’t think they were gonna get something figured out. Wouldn’t be at all surprised if both sides said screw it and signed a one year deal to get Robertson back on the ice. And then immediately start working on his next deal

Yeah, he can refuse to play for the team again and force his way out of Dallas, whether that involves playing in Europe or taking a year off from Hockey, you can't hold a gun to his head and tell him to get on the Ice, even if he is in the state of Texas. That may be bad for his career, but it's worse for Dallas, and I don't imagine that's a secret to anyone.

If Robertson gets traded, I guarantee you will be disappointed by the return. Buffalo fans were about Eichel, Hawks fans were about Debrincat. Everyone thinks they have the golden goose on their team and other teams will have to give up their left nut, arm, leg, firstborn child, ++ in order to get them.

Fact of the matter is, if the owner in Dallas is refusing to let the GM pay Robertson, then the Stars have no leverage, RFA rights or not, because Dallas needs that points production this year, their season is sunk without it.

You don’t understand business leverage do you? That’s why this conversation is pointless. I’m not even a Stars fan and I know they wouldn’t accept conditions on a pick, if you think you’re picking top 10 you shouldn’t be trading assets for a guy who is going to get paid.