Dallas Stars

Jason Robertson is taking the salary arbitration route with the Stars, a move that signals serious daylight between what Dallas wants to pay and what the talented forward believes he's worth. This isn't just another contract dispute - it's a test of how far the Stars are willing to go to keep one of their core pieces intact during a critical offseason. The arbitration process could get messy fast, forcing both sides to make their cases public in a way that rarely ends cleanly.