Team: 2023-24 Dallas Stars

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 2, 2023

Published: Jul. 2, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

TL;DR: I'm not sure if this is worth it, but this is the only RD trade that I think could make any sense for everyone involved. Just putting some ideas down.

A lot of talk among fans before free agency was the desire to upgrade the RD position and get Miro back on his left side. On day 2 of free agency, there's only one worthwhile RD available, and that is public enemy #1 Mr Matt Dumba... I actually think he would fit in pretty perfectly with Miro considering how he played DAL that series, but it'd involve a couple of cap dumps that may be hard to pull off in this cap climate.

The only RD trade that I could find that possibly could make sense... is this. And I don't know if it's worth it.

I think Nill jumped a bit too early signing Dadonov, because with Duchene surprisingly coming available, now there's no room for Stankoven. So, this trade does two things. Swaps Suter for a RD, while also freeing up space for Stankoven in the lineup. Does it do either of these two things well enough to make it worth it? I'm really not sure.

On the PIT side, they seem to be shopping Petry around. The issue for them is, they'll now have an extra LD, but I think Suter or Petterson or even PO could figure out the right side. Gets them a forward with some bite, which their group is missing. The cap will work if they cap dump Casey DeSmith (I guess that's the plan with signing Ned?) and run a 21 man roster (alternately, they send Ned to the minors and dump Granlund, which they may do anyway).