Guess Oduya should take the hint and move on.

Posted by Hootinani on 07/10/15 at 08:20 PM ET

Great trade for the Stars, and Oduya should be signed now I think the Hawks were trying to make moves to get under the cap.

Posted by bababooey on 07/10/15 at 08:21 PM ET

maybe they move seabrook and keep oduya? don’t know the cap but it’s weird oduya hasn’t signed anywhere yet. that’s odd.

Posted by Chet from twitter: thegansen on 07/10/15 at 08:31 PM ET

Weird deal for Dallas.  They really struggle on defense.

Posted by Ajax19 on 07/10/15 at 09:06 PM ET

uhh, so what happened to the 1st round pick, plus top prospect, plus top 6 forward on an entry level deal?

Posted by gretzky_to_lemieux on 07/10/15 at 09:08 PM ET

daleys decent.

Posted by Chet from twitter: thegansen on 07/10/15 at 09:23 PM ET

and cheaper.

Posted by Chet from twitter: thegansen on 07/10/15 at 09:24 PM ET

This actually seems like a pretty fair deal.

Chet, if they trade Seabrook and keep Oduya… they’re freakin’ crazy. I know they need cap space but Seabrook is a legit top D, especially for the Hawks where they don’t want for much offense after Keith and the forwards.

Posted by Nathan from the scoresheet! on 07/10/15 at 09:26 PM ET

maybe but they must be looking for cap savings. seabrook’s only signed through this season, he’s already a $5.8m cap hit, he’s going to want one more big long deal that chicago likely cannot sustain. selling high and bringing in cheaper daley as a semi-replacement might make sense. do they have RFAs they’ll need to pay more starting next summer? if so he’s prob. gone anyway.

Posted by Chet from twitter: thegansen on 07/10/15 at 09:38 PM ET

Zuh?

Trades sure have been…. interesting… lately.  No idea why Dallas makes this one.

Posted by Primis on 07/10/15 at 09:42 PM ET

The Stars just let the Hawks off the hook—big time. Even though they didn’t pay with the sun, the moon, and the stars: I still don’t like it.

They’re in the same division and rather making them wait and sweat it out through July into camp they gave up comparable value instead of paying pennies on the dollar later.

Oduya has to be furious…would be interesting if he says they made a verbal commitment as long as he was willing to accept slightly less than the 3.3M cap hit he had last year…this is when you wish the “insiders” were available to watch and find out what was happening.

Either way they still are in cap trouble next year with 3.2M in potential bonuses and Tikhonov, Versteeg, and Seabrook as UFA’s.

Posted by d ca on 07/10/15 at 10:11 PM ET

oduya wants to be in chicago. he’s prob thrilled w this. he’s not signed anywhere for a reason.

Posted by Chet from twitter: thegansen on 07/10/15 at 11:34 PM ET

btw GMs, I’ll say it: know the future. call me. i love skating but my name only gets on that Cup one way.
LA lawyer, I’ll sell the firm. huge mistakes still being made.

Posted by Chet from twitter: thegansen on 07/11/15 at 02:20 AM ET

hugz

Posted by Chet from twitter: thegansen on 07/11/15 at 02:20 AM ET

oh btw LGRW

Posted by Chet from twitter: thegansen on 07/11/15 at 02:22 AM ET

If you are a Stars fan you have to be pretty happy with Jim Nill. Trades for Sharp, Spezza, and Segiun. Just brought in another goalie too. It’s almost like he is making trades look easy.

Posted by All American in MN on 07/11/15 at 08:38 AM ET

Dallas needs D now, time to get on the phone and remind Jimmy how much he always loved Ericsson and Kindl, Kenny.

Posted by Garth on 07/11/15 at 09:58 AM ET

Look at Nill getting stuff done.

Posted by Vladimir16 from Grand River Valley on 07/11/15 at 10:25 AM ET

Don’t forget Stevie. The grasshoppers have learned well

Posted by cigar_nurse from On LTIR for the Greenville Pylons on 07/11/15 at 10:55 AM ET

The grasshoppers may just be executing better.  Hard to compare, though.  Dallas and Tampa have had very high picks in the last 10 yrs and that skews things. still wouldn’t mind seeing an aggressive trade where holland packages up young talent for proven top tier player.  Think Dallas regrets the Segiun trade?  Think they didn’t give a lot up to get him? Team that gets the best player aoat always wins the trade…

Posted by All American in MN on 07/11/15 at 12:05 PM ET

Wow. Serious respect for Chicago’s front office. They get it.

Posted by JayK on 07/11/15 at 12:59 PM ET

Oh yeah - forgot to mention - it’s become glaringly apparent that Scotty was responsible for Jim Nill’s reputation as well.

Posted by JayK on 07/11/15 at 01:01 PM ET