Let's chat about Tyler Myers, no-movement clauses, and maybe not rushing to report deals with NMCs
Some Thursday morning thoughts before the trade deadline.
The Dallas Stars traded for Tyler Myers on Wednesday, sending a 2027 second-round pick and 2029 fourth-round pick to the Vancouver Canucks for the right-handed defenseman.
The Canucks also retained 50 percent of Myers’ salary for the remainder of this season and next, meaning he’ll be playing in Dallas at a $1.5 million dollar cap hit.
Personally, I think it’s a good deal for Dallas. The assets spent aren’t really much to write home about, especially for a team that’s in a pretty clear Stanley Cup window, and Myers at that rate and on a depth chart that already had two minute-munching defenders — Miro Heiskanen and Esa Lindell — is way more palatable than I think some of the social media reaction warranted to the deal.
Myers isn’t perfect, he also doesn’t use his size physically as some might tell you, but he’s a piece that improves the Stars and at that price point, it makes a ton of sense for a team in this window.
You can read more about the fit for Dallas and the hockey reasons why the deal happened here from Robert Tiffin.
But today, I want to talk about something that the Myers trade highlighted in the current coverage of the deadline.
It was heavily reported/rumored that Myers was headed to the Detroit Red Wings first. That the teams, which have made deals before, had something in place and that it was now up to the player to waive his no-trade clause.
