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All Seravalli does at this point is feed Allan Walsh talking points into the public sphere.

I'm gonna get warned or banned. I deserve it, but God did it feel good after all the condescending nonsense from you John. It. Felt. Good. See y'all in 48hrs unless something happens. I think I need to be an adult, wink wink Johnny, and unplug for a bit.

"Act like an adult"

And blocked 🚫 Continue your whining, boring, incessant trash talk of the franchise at your leisure. Also @JohnC kiss my ass.

First the constant Sabres bashing in your posts is as I've already noted, ***** annoying. It's in every thing you post regardless of the topic. Second, why would Dallas trade Robertson? Because they don't think they can sign him next year and believe they can trade him and still get better. Will they? Idk, sounds like probably not but they might think they can use that 7.75 million this year and 10 million every year after for players that will help them win playoff games. Colorado traded Rantanen, guess they are at the children's table. Calgary traded Tkachuk, children's table. Teams trade for players sometimes.

Everyone... meaning like 2 posters ever?

Are you not aware that Dallas was not in the Stanley Cup finals with Robertson? Maybe Dallas considers him replaceable. You're totally missing the point. You argued no good franchise would trade a useful player even though that's exactly what Edmonton did. It's not a comparison of who's a better player McLeod or Robertson, it's a discussion of why teams trade players.

For what it's worth, I've seen a few reports that Dallas is exploring re-signing Robertson.

I'm sorry, remind me again who Dallas traded for and just signed for long term? Was it a winger? Not worth the price? McLeod made pennies last year. Bingo

Why would Edmonton trade us their middle 6 center when they're a serious franchise that's competing for a cup?

I just need 9oa and Samuelsson for Dobson? Done. Sign me up. Like now.

You can if they're over 35yrs old

When Peterka plays defense like Reinhart and creates offense like Reinhart, then sure. And I mean 23yr old Reinhart Also it's only if we're getting a better player.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6436425/2025/06/20/2025-nhl-mock-draft-the-athletic-hockey-show/ They have us taking McQueen. Martin (5oa) is long gone by then for those wondering.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6391288/2025/06/20/nhl-draft-2025-scouts-mcqueen-ryabkin/ Notes: the defense rankings are all over the place McQueen is going to 15 I think. Did well in interviews. Ryabkin I'm not interested in. Talent yes, dedication no. Pass.

Even with that move the Dallas Stars have major cap issues. They need at least 4 more forwards and will have to spend at least 1 mill on a defender to give them 7. At minimum that's 12f, 7d, 2g. That's 21 players and realistically they need another forward and defender but let's do bare minimum. They have 4.9 million to sign 5 guys to simply ice a full roster. That doesn't even account for injury issues. They need another move if not 2 to clear space. If you can sell them jjp and he bridges for 2x5 or 3x6 which is the estimates, you can add another 1.75-2.75 in cap while also not downgrading (if they believe that) your roster as much. I wonder if they'd dump Nils Lundqvist who's arbitration eligible for Kyrou who is on an ELC? Could save them another million bucks.

Only 6 players from the 2023 draft have played at least 10 NHL games to this point. Bedard 1st overall Fantilli 2nd Carlsson 3rd Smith 4th Michkov 7th Benson 13th Theoretically, 2025-26 should be Benson's rookie year by all accounts and yet he's managed borderline elite defense while playing for 2 different hc and being jerked around all over the lineup. Idk what his offensive ceiling is, but I don't think we'll find out for another 4yrs.

One last note that got from EP draft guide. Carter Bear finished 3rd, just behind Berkley Catton, for even strength primary points per 60 in the WHL. Carter Bear drives and creates offense while also being bordering on elite defensively.

Imo, I don't think public draft evaluation understands or takes much account of checking ability. Being able to check, (that includes hitting, cutting through an opponents hands, stick lifts, and those shoulder to shoulders battles), in both zones seems to get far less attention than slick passing plays. O'Brien skates "better" than Bear stylistically, he tends to connect a bit more on his passes, he uses handles to manipulate lanes open. Those things are easy to identify and at least publicly are more valuable than Bears ability to read opponents and bate them, his checking is top notch, his shot is better but no one seems to care, and while his ability to pass might be less, it's still an advanced skill. So the question I end up with is what's more likely, O'Brien develops and rounds out a checking game or Bear improves his skating stride to help unlock the hands he already shows? I'll bet on Bears skating over O'Brien and the checking. I could be wrong, we'll see. Benson's checking and manipulation went underrated in his draft year. Jarvis, same thing. Will Bear be another one of these guys? One note, both players might be really good nhl guys in the end. It's not either or.

Why Adams shouldn't be gm reason number 507

We pretty much know Benson can and does contribute at the NHL level.

Guess we were on the ntc list

Krebs, right now, this very second, is not as good defensively as 19yr old Benson was. Benson feels nothing like Krebs.

They aren't trading Oettinger.