- Jim Nill says the goal is still to sign Jason Robertson before the season
- Robertson filed for arbitration and has a July 25 hearing looming
- Read below for what the Stars GM said and where the standoff sits
Jim Nill isn’t backing off Jason Robertson.
The Stars general manager gave a fresh update on the contract standoff with his leading scorer, and the plan hasn’t changed. Get the deal done, Nill told Tracey Myers of NHL.com.
Nill was asked where the Robertson negotiations stand right now:
“The games don’t start until September, and this is part of contract negotiations. The goal is to get him signed and, as we talked about at the (2026 NHL) Draft, same situation.”
Robertson filed for salary arbitration on July 5, one of 15 players to do so. His hearing is set for July 25, which gives both sides a hard deadline to sort this out.
Here’s PuckPedia confirming Robertson among the filers:
Robertson turns 27 on July 22 and is coming off the best season of his career. He led Dallas with 96 points, 45 goals and 51 assists in 82 games.
Keeping him won’t be cheap. The Stars reportedly put an eight-year, $96 million offer on the table, and Robertson’s camp is believed to be pushing closer to $14 million a year. Nill hasn’t sounded eager to blow past Mikko Rantanen’s $12 million cap hit.
Dallas even had a sign-and-trade lined up to send Robertson to Seattle for the seventh pick at the draft. Robertson wouldn’t agree to a long-term deal with the Kraken, so that fell apart.
The trade chatter hasn’t gone quiet either. Take a look at the latest one making the rounds:
Nill has plenty on his plate this summer, with Dylan Larkin’s name floating through the same rumor mill. For now the message on Robertson is simple: sign him, and do it before September.
