{"time":1782490591688,"blocks":[{"id":"d9Sh8ZPmQ1","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"With the trade and free agent market drying up, the New York Islanders are receiving inquiries regarding forward Mathew Barzal. "}},{"id":"N9L6alB6Y2","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"General manager Mathieu Darche has told us numerous times that his job is to listen, so this news shouldn't shock anyone. "}},{"id":"0vEXHF0ZT_","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Barzal, 28, who has four seasons left on his deal at $9.15 million annually, has a 22-team modified no-trade clause. That means he can only be dealt to nine teams, with many of those teams already having significant money tied up in their forward group, I'm told. "}},{"id":"UhmxN_3FuL","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Two teams that I believe checked in on Barzal are the Dallas Stars and the Montreal Canadiens. "}},{"id":"sSwVfaimNF","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The Stars are dealing with pending unrestricted free agent Jason Robertson at the moment and if they can't re-sign him, he'll be on the move."}},{"id":"PjgHb7Y429","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"While Robertson doesn't have any trade protection, he controls where he goes like Noah Dobson did last summer. "}},{"id":"rZwDxMI3WO","type":"linkTool","data":{"link":"https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-york-islanders/latest-news/jason-robertsons-contract-situation-mirrors-noah-dobsons-with-the-islanders","meta":{"title":"Jason Robertson's Contract Situation Mirrors Noah Dobson's With The Islanders","site_name":"The Hockey News","url":"https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/new-york-islanders/latest-news/jason-robertsons-contract-situation-mirrors-noah-dobsons-with-the-islanders","description":"As Dallas faces a contract stalemate with their superstar sniper, a blueprint emerges for Lou Lamoriello to leverage draft capital and young talent for a franchise-altering acquisition.","image":{"url":"https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/5b7620a8-4448-4c90-9bb6-b9118640258e.jpeg","type":"jpeg","width":"1150","height":"493"}}}},{"id":"K9Gf4dWW-H","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The Stars aren't looking for picks and prospects for Robertson as they want to continue contending for a Stanley Cup so them having interest in Barzal in a potential deal makes complete sense."}},{"id":"-H6gIG9VDt","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The question is would Robertson have interest in signing on Long Island?"}},{"id":"RZoEQ0gYu3","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"He did play for head coach Pete DeBoer, who was hired by the Islanders with four games to go. "}},{"id":"vjRBT4bGMK","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"While the Seattle Kraken are likely an interested party, especially after trying to land Artemi Panarin ahead of the 2026 NHL Trade Deadline and striking out on Robertson, I don't believe that Barzal would be interested in going there. "}},{"id":"0XBUbDC4GC","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"The Islanders don't have interest in rebuilding and have previously told the Canadiens \"no\" when they called about Bo Horvat."}},{"id":"LRL1haHrJK","type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Moving Barzal for picks and prospects makes no real sense, even less sense with DeBoer aboard. "}}],"version":"2.31.6"}

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