- David Pagnotta reports Ottawa is making a big push for Jason Robertson
- The Senators would use the three first-round picks they got for Brady Tkachuk
- Read below for the offer sheet wrinkle and where Dallas stands
Ottawa barely had time to digest the Brady Tkachuk trade before lining up its next target.
The Fourth Period’s David Pagnotta reported Sunday night that the Senators plan to turn the haul they got from Florida into Jason Robertson. Ottawa came away from the Tkachuk deal with three first-round picks and a second-rounder, and that draft capital is the ammunition.
Pagnotta laid out two ways it could happen:
So the Senators either work out a trade with Dallas or wait for Robertson to hit July 1 as a restricted free agent and slide an offer sheet across the table. Both paths get messy fast.
Robertson is the kind of winger you build a retool around. He landed on the NHL’s First All-Star Team this season, and he is exactly the scoring Ottawa just shipped out of its own division.
Take a look at what the Senators are chasing:
Money is the holdup in Dallas. Robertson made $7.75 million in each of the last four seasons and is due for a raise that could push toward $14 million a year.
Stars general manager Jim Nill reportedly has a red line around $12 million, the same figure Mikko Rantanen carries through 2032-33.
Frank Seravalli said earlier this month that Robertson and the Stars were still “quite a ways apart” on a new deal. Ottawa is betting that gap stays open long enough to pounce.
