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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
Dallas isn’t trading Johnston…lol.
The Stars have gone all in on their win now window. You simply don’t part with a player like Johnston unless he’s part of a package that gets you a significant upgrade.
That’s not Ras or any package coming from the Flames that makes sense for the Stars right now.
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Hilariously, you managed to prove the point contrary to your first sentence and then tried to walk it back.
Trading Johnston is a Win Now move. From the Stars immediate view he is not a #1C, that is Hintz. Having Seguin and Duchene also make him expendable in the middle 6. Moving Johnston out makes sense for Bourque's situation too so he has an opportunity for a bigger role and bigger contract.
Andersson actually IS the upgrade that makes sense for the Stars right now. They came out of the playoffs and it was immediately pointed out that their D needed an upgrade on the right side. That is why there are so many rumours out there about the Stars trying to acquire him as he is the only option that fits into their cap structure. If they can bring in Andersson AND move out 2 cap dumps that are currently $7M in dead weight in the D group at the same time then that is a massive release valve for Nill to make better moves.
That is the type of move that makes one think about what it was like for the Flames to trade away Hull.
Robertson is not the solution for the Flames. The Flames already have a $10M LWer and the last thing we need is to bring in another expensive LWer and have his value tank because we do not have a C for him to play with. Could you imagine if Robertson came here, signed a massive extension, and his production cut in half?