I’ve worked in this league long enough to know those aren’t your decisions,” DeBoer said. We had some honest, frank conversations at the end of the season, and Kelly (general manager McCrimmon) thought our group wasn’t going to be part of the solution. That’s their prerogative.
In San Jose, Brent Burns led all NHL defensemen in shots in four of DeBoer’s five seasons as head coach. In his three seasons as head coach in Vegas, two Knights defensemen—Shea Theodore and Alex Pietrangelo—ranked top five in shots generated. Below is a table of each defenseman’s career average in points and shots per 60 minutes of even strength play during their time with DeBoer versus time without.
So should Stars’ fans panic about not signing Oettinger or Jason Robertson yet? In my experience in watching the way negotiations have gone with restricted free agents (RFAs) in the past with other NHL teams, I’m NOT worried about the contract negotiations for either player, and I’m very certain that a deal WILL get done for both players before the regular season starts. RFAs are not allowed to sign with just any team they want like unrestricted free agents (UFAs).
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
37 | C | |
26 | RW | |
65 | D | |
14 | C | |
33 | RW | |
45 | C | |
42 | D | |
17 | RW | |
36 | D | |
13 | C | |
10 | RW | |
12 | C | |
49 | C | |
63 | D | |
11 | RW | |
59 | D | |
34 | RW | |
2 | D | |
44 | D | |
55 | D | |
4 | D | |
24 | C | |
53 | C | |
51 | C | |
64 | LW | |
35 | G | |
25 | LW | |
23 | D | |
27 | LW | |
6 | D | |
9 | C | |
29 | G | |
54 | LW | |
16 | RW | |
40 | LW | |
28 | D | |
50 | G | |
21 | LW | |
39 | D | |
31 | G | |
91 | RW | |
46 | D | |
57 | C | |
71 | LW | |
43 | RW | |
20 | D | |
15 | LW | |
41 | G |