100% Hockey's John Shannon for Legacy Heating and Cooling (7/22/26)
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434 in oil country. Don't want to keep them waiting any longer. We go to the River Cree Resort and Casino Hotline and bring on 100% Hockey's John Shannon. John, how are you?
How are you?
Feeling great. Awesome stuff. We had Darren Millard on the show on Monday, and he said he was the better half of 100% hockey. Do you have any comments on that?
Well, you know, he is a goaltender, and Cam, you know what goaltenders are like. That's what I hear, yes. It's all about goaltending.
It is an important position, John.
It really is. Well, how many hat tricks do goaltenders get? Not many.
Awesome. We'll start with the most pressing news today, John. Obviously, Jason Robertson avoiding arbitration with the Dallas Stars, signing a one-year contract worth $12 million. I mean, what does that tell you about where negotiations are standing now, and how significant could that be heading into next summer for the Stars and Robertson?
Well, I mean, Jason Robertson never... didn't want to be a Dallas star.
Who is John Shannon and why is he on Oilers Now today?
He's always wanted to be a Dallas star. So what this does is basically buys him a six-month window to start negotiations again for a long-term deal, which he can sign after January 1st next year. And then from a Star's perspective, Mikko Rantanen is the highest paid guy at 12.5. This kind of fits into where they are. So from that perspective, this is, I think, in the short term, a win-win. And we'll see what happens now in a negotiation that will inevitably, in my opinion, result in Jason Robertson signing a long-term deal with the Dallas Stars, perhaps as long as the maximum next year, which will be seven years.
We're in the middle of arbitration season, and we've seen a lot of it this year. At least 16 players headed into arbitration or were heading in before they got it settled. I mean, from your years covering the league, how much can arbitration hearings affect the relationship between a player and their team?
Well, it can. It also changes if the player actually is in the arbitration as opposed to the agent, because sometimes the agent can buffer the hard news that the team is trying to put in place. The bigger issue, I think, in the NHL arbitration system is that You know, it's either one number or another. And unlike baseball, that you can actually pick a number in between, that makes a ton more sense. But for, like, case in point, Jet Grieve, who is the goaltender for the Columbus Blue Jackets, thinks he's worth $7.9 million. And the Blue Jackets are offering less than $3 million. somebody's going to be really ticked off if it does get to arbitration. And there is a final ruling because those numbers are so variant that you wonder exactly, are we watching the same player?
And how many people are watching and understanding exactly what he does? I don't think Jed Grieve is worth that kind of money, but obviously somebody who represents him does.
Yeah, that's a pretty wide margin. I usually don't see that.
No, and that's really, Cam, that's really the issue is the giant gap between the team and the player doesn't normally exist to that extent. Um, you know, and, and, and, and by the way that, you know, they, I think they, I think they go, they probably, they could settle tonight. If I think they, their, their hearings tomorrow, they could settle tonight. But, uh, this is one of those ones where, um, you know, I, I just think the players, um, Not in reality. I mean, if you watch the Blue Jackets play the second half of the year, Grieve had a pretty good season. But there were times during that run where they tried to get to the playoffs where he just couldn't stop the puck, including a 3-0 lead against the Boston Bruins and losing 4-3.
And I think that that's the type of information that you're going to see being brought forward by the club to say, hey, listen, we like them, but we don't like them that much.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:32
2
Who is John Shannon and why is he on Oilers Now today?
1:32–6:25
3
What does Jason Robertson's one-year $12M deal with Dallas mean for future negotiations?
6:25–14:00
4
How can NHL arbitration deadlines affect player-team relationships?
14:00–22:44