{"id":611868,"date":"2026-07-01T11:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/611868\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T11:54:15","slug":"nhl-free-agents-2026-rumors-landing-spots-predictions-for-jason-robertson-top-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/611868\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Free Agents 2026 Rumors, Landing Spots Predictions for Jason Robertson, Top Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Jason Robertson is a restricted free agent this offseason and has already vetoed a trade to the Seattle Kraken, who were prepared to give up three first-round picks and a young player, per <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vy2Vavl106k&amp;t=579s\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Elliotte Friedman<\/a> on his 32 Thoughts podcast. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\"><a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefourthperiod.com\/pagnotta\/makar-contract-talks-will-carry-out-over-summer#google_vignette\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">David Pagnotta<\/a> of The Fourth Period reported, &#8220;The Dallas Stars and Jason Robertson&#8217;s camp have gone back to the negotiating table to see if they can reach any common ground on an extension \u2013 restricted free agents can start talking to teams as of tomorrow.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">There is another team interested in acquiring the 26-year-old forward, according to Pagnotta. He wrote, &#8220;The Pittsburgh Penguins have a lot of salary cap space and they aren&#8217;t afraid to use it. Just how GM Kyle Dubas allocates those funds, though, is the question. They&#8217;ve been in on Robertson and are looking to make a splash this summer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Robertson scored 45 goals and added 51 assists this past season, so it stands to reason that the Penguins would take a look at adding his shot to the roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">While Robertson is an elite scorer and would fit the Penguins&#8217; desperate need to get younger this offseason, it seems his heart is still in Dallas, and he would rather stay with the Stars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Especially considering a report from <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uq7HXmoqu_Y\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Darren Dreger<\/a> on the Barn Burner, who claims he turned down an AAV of $15 million. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Prediction: Dallas and Robertson agree to a contract extension<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jason Robertson is a restricted free agent this offseason and has already vetoed a trade to the Seattle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5110],"tags":[5,122,3328,159,5190,5189,4],"class_list":["post-611868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-islanders","tag-hockey","tag-islanders","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-islanders","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkislanders","tag-nhl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116844590772408707","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}